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 three main sources I can recommend to you for research:
- The London Archives. This is where you will find box loads of original material.
- The Guildhall Library. There are a few books here that may help you.
- Barbican Library. They have a special collection of books and journals on Barbican history under lock and key.
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)