Barbican Residential Estate (London)

United Kingdom / England / London
 library, residential neighbourhood, Grade II Listed (UK), 1960s construction
The Barbican Estate is a residential estate in the City of London, in an area densely packed with commerce and finance. It also contains, or is adjacent to, the Barbican Arts Centre, the Museum of London, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Barbican public library, the City of London School for Girls and a YMCA, forming the Barbican Complex. With the exception of Milton Court, which contained a fire station, medical facilities and some flats, the complex has been Grade II listed as a whole.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbican_Estate
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Coordinates:   51°31'11"N   -0°5'37"E

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  • It is one of the most successful developments from the 1960s - a time famed for bad architecture, and nearly all of it has been Grade II listed and left as a monument to the controversial architecture of that period.
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