I often get requests from architecture students and researchers asking me where they can find more material about the Barbican development. I don’t personally have anything more than what I have already put up on this site.

There are two main sources I can recommend to you for research:

The London Archives. This is where you will find a lot of original material.

The Guildhall Library. There are a few books here that may help you.

Sorry! I have nothing more to offer. I am afraid I don’t have time to reply to individual requests. However, you may find these books and articles helpful.

The Barbican Estate – Stefi Orazi

Chamberlin, Powell and Bon: The Barbican and Beyond – Elain Harwood

The Barbican: Architecture and Light – Jonathan Glancey

The Barbican Revisited – Nicholas Taylor

The Barbican: Sitting on History (1990) – Jennifer Clarke

The Barbican Centre: A Celebration – Peter Powell (ed.)

Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism – Barnabas Calder

This Brutal World – Peter Chadwick

Concretopia – John Grindrod

Modern Architecture in Britain – Nicholas Taylor (ed.)

ArchDaily – “AD Classics: Barbican Estate”

Historic England – “Building the Barbican”

The Barbican Estate (RIBA / modern illustrated editions)

City of London – Barbican Estate History

City of London Corporation — The Barbican Estate: Official Guides (various editions) (Produced during/after construction).

Barbican Centre — Official Guidebooks (1982 onwards)

Barbican Art Gallery / Centre Publications (exhibition catalogues)