Kia Utzon-Frank creates brutalist-inspired marshmallow treats
Goldsmith-turned-pâtissier Kia Utzon-Frank has designed a series of flødeboller sweets inspired by the Barbican's brutalist-style architecture. More
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Jean-Michel Basquiat's art reconstituted the world around him, says Boom for Real curator
The curator of a new Barbican exhibition on Jean-Michel Basquiat has selected five key works that show how the late American artist drew on a vast range of design influences – including comic books, sweet wrappers and illustrations from Gray's Anatomy. More
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Studio Ben Allen inserts pale plywood children's bedroom into Barbican flat
London architecture firm Studio Ben Allen has built a plywood structure inside a flat in London's brutalist Barbican Estate to create a bedroom for two children, featuring archways, steps and a fold-down desk. More
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Banksy artworks appear on Barbican walls ahead of Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition
Banksy has painted Basquiat-inspired artworks on the walls of the Barbican, just days before the London gallery is set to open a major exhibition of the late New York artist's work. More
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Francisco Sutherland Architects inserts an oak structure into a Barbican flat
Francisco Sutherland Architects has slotted a timber structure containing a bathroom, mezzanine and wardrobes into a triplex apartment in London's brutalist Barbican Estate. More
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Europe's top cultural organisations pressure UK government to support them in Brexit negotiations
The Barbican, the V&A and the British Museum are among over 500 leading arts organisations and individuals that have urged the UK government to support cultural exchange programmes and free movement of workers after Brexit. More
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"The Japanese House is about fear, imagination, aggression and dreams"
The Japanese House exhibition at London's Barbican doesn't offer solutions to the housing crisis, says Owen Hatherley, but it does show what's possible when architects respond to extreme change and instability. More
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Full-size houses by Ryue Nishizawa and Terunobu Fujimori built inside Japanese House exhibition at Barbican
One of the best-known projects of SANAA co-founder Ryue Nishizawa has been recreated inside London's Barbican as part of an exhibition about Japanese housing, along with a charred timber teahouse by Terunobu Fujimori. More
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Competition: win a book showcasing 22 apartments inside the brutalist Barbican estate
Dezeen is giving five readers the chance to win a copy of Residents: Inside the Iconic Barbican Estate, which features photographs of apartments inside the brutalist complex. More
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Azman Architects adds cherry-wood partitions and zigzag-patterned carpet to Barbican flat
Azman Architects has overhauled a one-bedroom apartment in London's Barbican Estate, adding cherry-wood sliding doors, Missoni-inspired carpet and custom-made furniture. More
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Emulsion transforms apartment in London's brutalist Barbican Estate
Emulsion has transformed a triplex apartment in London's iconic Barbican Estate with a new mezzanine floor and a colour palette inspired by Le Corbusier. More
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Omer Arbel suspends aluminium lighting sculpture above Barbican foyer
London Design Festival 2016: Bocci's creative director Omer Arbel has created a site-specific lighting installation for London's Barbican Centre (+ movie). More
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PLP Architecture proposes London's first wooden skyscraper at the Barbican
PLP Architecture and researchers from the University of Cambridge have revealed a concept for London's first wooden skyscraper – a 300-metre-tall addition to the Barbican housing estate. More
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Birth of brutalist Barbican Estate documented in Peter Bloomfield's construction photos
Photographer Peter Bloomfield spent four years behind-the-scenes on the construction site of London's Barbican Estate, documenting the iconic brutalist development as it "emerged from its chrysalis of scaffolding" (+ slideshow). More
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Quinn Architects renovates apartment in London's Brutalist Barbican Estate
London studio Quinn Architects has designed a minimal interior for this apartment in the city's Barbican Estate, pairing white lacquered surfaces with timber skirting and oak cabinets (+ slideshow). More
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"Eames has become a vaguely suggestive word applied to alchemise junk shop remnants"
Opinion: as London's Barbican gallery launches a major retrospective on Modernist designers Charles and Ray Eames, Sam Jacob wonders whether it matters that the Eames name has taken on a life of its own. More
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The World of Charles and Ray Eames exhibition opens at the Barbican
From triple-screen films to plywood chairs, the multi-disciplinary careers of American Modernist design duo Charles and Ray Eames are the focus of an exhibition at London's Barbican Centre. More
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Competition: three limited-edition Barbican Estate prints by Dorothy to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with the Barbican Centre to give readers the chance to win one of three limited-edition prints illustrating the iconic Barbican Estate in London by Manchester-based studio Dorothy (+ slideshow). More
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Conran and Partners to turn Barbican's Blake Tower into luxury apartments
Design and architecture studio Conran and Partners is reworking the interior of a 17-storey block that forms part of London's Brutalist Barbican Estate, transforming it from a youth hostel into high-end apartments (+ slideshow). More
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"Le Corbusier was incredibly attuned to the power of photography," says Barbican exhibition curator
Interview: a new exhibition at the Barbican in London explores how photographers have shaped public perceptions of architecture over the past century. Dezeen spoke to curator Elias Redstone about how greats including Le Corbusier, Aldo Rossi and Zaha Hadid have forged "symbiotic relationships" with photographers. More
