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Brutal Structures: Architecture Walking Tour

Part of Make! The New Brutal

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Image of Brutalist Architecture in the Square Mile as part of walking tour with Chris Rogers and make! The New Brutal

Explore the Square Mile’s Brutalist treasures with historian, writer and lecturer Chris Rogers.

Between the City of London’s facetted glass skyscrapers and carved stone palazzos stand buildings from another era executed in a very different material: concrete. They include a robust tower for a Livery Company, a state-of-the-art institutional space in Victorian disguise, a civic plaza that straddles past and future and an insurance market whose new home became an icon.

This tour takes a fresh look at these structures, revealing the surprising variety and subtlety in this still controversial movement.

 

Tagged with: Talks & events Barbican Tours Make! The New Brutal
  • Tour duration: 90min
  • Maximum capacity: 25
  • Meeting point: Barbican Shop, Level G
  • This tour has an age restriction of 16+

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Barbican Shop

Location
The Barbican Shop is located over two levels on Level G at the bottom of the Silk Street entrance ramp, opposite The Curve gallery, or can be accessed from Level -1. 

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.