Panoramic view of the Barbican Centre from Britannic House Frame:none A view across the lake

A view across the lake of the then front of the Barbican Centre featuring the Barbican Estate and St Giles of Cripplegate in the foreground (October 1981)

This collection of photography of Brutalist architecture by Simon Phipps casts London in a new light

plus original ink drawings full of charm and humour

It includes plans and photographs from the centre’s design and construction

Panoramic view of the Barbican Centre from Britannic House Frame:none A view across the lakePanoramic view of the Barbican Centre, the City and St Pauls' Cathedral from Britannic House (February 1982). Photographer Peter Bloomfield was commissioned by the first Managing Director of the Barbican Centre to photograph the completion of the Barbican and gifted his entire collection of over 1,400 negatives to the arts centre. The rediscovered archive reveals the ambition and scale of the construction of what The Queen called 'one of the modern