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Possibly getting some more attention now because of some scenes from Andor 2 that were shot there: https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/1kb8k4u/lloyds_of_lo

by xnx 2y ago

Possibly getting some more attention now because of some scenes from Andor 2 that were shot there: https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/1kb8k4u/lloyds_of_london_and_the_barbican_estate_starring/ https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/1kb8k4u/lloyds_of_l...

paulsmith 2y ago
Yep, and S1E7: https://moviemaps.org/episodes/9c8 https://moviemaps.org/episodes/9c8 I was reading this post and thinking, huh, this would be a good set for a Coruscant shot in Andor, and sure enough ...
- fmajid 2y ago
  The Scarif transport network scenes in Rogue One were shot at London's Canary Wharf Underground station, however.
SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
That and it's also in the spy thriller series Slow Horses which is good too, it's a mix of Black comedy and spy tension.
- ukoki 2y ago
  Michael Fassbender's character has an apartment there in The Agency as well
  - tialaramex 2y ago
    Living in the Barbican seems so very typical for a spy that it'd be like a give away. James Bond obviously doesn't live there, but I can imagine any number of John le Carré's later characters (the early novels are set before it was built) would make sense.
    - Grosvenor 2y ago
      Don't they all live in Dolphin house? I swear Neil Burnside did.
      - masfuerte 2y ago
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_Square
sambeau 2y ago
The really amazing architecture of Coruscant is from the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Arts_and_Sciences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Arts_and_Sciences In particular, the Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Arts_and_Sciences#/media/File:Museo_de_las_Ciencias_Príncipe_Felipe_Valencia_2019_2.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Arts_and_Sciences#/med...
- LeanderK 2y ago
  I didn't enjoy the city of arts and sciences tbh, it felt disconnected, artificial, maybe almost totalitarian in its will to show off. I also thought that, if you look past the immediate effect, it just didn't feel that good looking. A bit similar to how I often feel about Zaha Hadids work. In comparison, in the barbican I felt like I could sit there for hours and enjoy the architecture. It has so many interesting details and aesthetically pleasing corners.

by xnx 2y ago

paulsmith 2y ago

Yep, and S1E7: https://moviemaps.org/episodes/9c8 https://moviemaps.org/episodes/9c8 I was reading this post and thinking, huh, this would be a good set for a Coruscant shot in Andor, and sure enough ...

fmajid 2y ago
The Scarif transport network scenes in Rogue One were shot at London's Canary Wharf Underground station, however.

SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago

That and it's also in the spy thriller series Slow Horses which is good too, it's a mix of Black comedy and spy tension.

ukoki 2y ago
Michael Fassbender's character has an apartment there in The Agency as well
- tialaramex 2y ago
  Living in the Barbican seems so very typical for a spy that it'd be like a give away. James Bond obviously doesn't live there, but I can imagine any number of John le Carré's later characters (the early novels are set before it was built) would make sense.
  - Grosvenor 2y ago
    Don't they all live in Dolphin house? I swear Neil Burnside did.
    - masfuerte 2y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_Square

sambeau 2y ago

The really amazing architecture of Coruscant is from the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Arts_and_Sciences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Arts_and_Sciences In particular, the Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Arts_and_Sciences#/media/File:Museo_de_las_Ciencias_Príncipe_Felipe_Valencia_2019_2.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Arts_and_Sciences#/med...

LeanderK 2y ago
I didn't enjoy the city of arts and sciences tbh, it felt disconnected, artificial, maybe almost totalitarian in its will to show off. I also thought that, if you look past the immediate effect, it just didn't feel that good looking. A bit similar to how I often feel about Zaha Hadids work. In comparison, in the barbican I felt like I could sit there for hours and enjoy the architecture. It has so many interesting details and aesthetically pleasing corners.