Agents
Building contractor
McAlpine
Architects
Chamberlain, Powell & Bon
Other agents or contractors
Quantity surveyors: Davis Belfield & Everest
Events
Committee approval date
Construction completion date
Local authority
Original commissioning authority
Corporation of London
Original location authority
Corporation of London
Location
Postcode
EC2Y 8DR
Estate name(s)
Barbican Estate
References and links
Architectural Design 5-1956, 155
The Builder 3-2-1956, 194
The Builder 1-6-1956, 622-3
Architect and Building News 31-5-1956, 581
Architect and Building News 7-6-1956, 620-3
Municipal Journal 8-6-1956, 1319-23
Municipal Journal 9-3-1962, 690-3
Surveyor 2-6-1956, 371-2
Surveyor 2-10-1970, 38-43
The Architects' Journal 7-6-1956, 632-6
D. Crawford (ed.), A Decade of British Housing, 1963-1973 (1975), 236-48
The Architectural Review 8-1973, 68-91
1988
Map of Barbican Estate
Map of Barbican Estate
1988
General View of Barbican Estate
General View of Barbican Estate
1988
General View of Barbican Estate
General View of Barbican Estate
1988
General View of Barbican Estate
General View of Barbican Estate
1988
View of high-rise blocks on Barbican Estate
View of high-rise blocks on Barbican Estate
1988
Detail view of high-rise block on Barbican Estate
Detail view of high-rise block on Barbican Estate
1985
View of Great Arthur House with Cullum Welch House in foreground and Shakespeare Tower in background
View of Great Arthur House with Cullum Welch House in foreground and Shakespeare Tower in background
Original development name
Barbican redevelopment, Phase VA
Multi-storey block names
Shakespeare Tower L1214
Multi-storey block details
one 45-storey block containing 116 dwellings
Postcode area
EC2Y
Image dates
1988; 1988; 1988; 1988; 1988; 1988; 1985
Image details
Map of Barbican Estate; General View of Barbican Estate; General View of Barbican Estate; General View of Barbican Estate; View of high-rise blocks on Barbican Estate; Detail view of high-rise block on Barbican Estate; View of Great Arthur House with Cullum Welch House in foreground and Shakespeare Tower in background