Barbican Living
Type 58
Type 58 is a slightly smaller version of Type 20, as Type 57 is of Type 21. Type 20s and 21s constitute most of the flats in the blocks which face north and south, with flats running from front to back, except garden-level flats and penthouses. Type 20s and 21s are designed to slot together round the stair and lift section of each stairwell of the block. The Type 21 takes the space at the rear behind the stairwell for a second bedroom. The space at the front goes to the companion Type 20 flat, giving it an L-shaped living room or a 'study'.
Every so often along a block there has to be a fire exit corridor right to the front and back balconies. Those take up part of what would be the Type 21 extra bedroom and the Type 20 study. The flats next to such corridors are Types 57 and 58. The Type 58 gets some extra window frontage in the living room but not quite enough to really call the truncated 'L' a study. It also has a slightly larger bedroom than a Type 20. So they have 1 bedroom and a living room (2 rooms). There are 12 in Defoe House, 6 in Andrewes House and 6 in Speed House.
