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hand drawn architectural cross section from the 1960s https://shop.barbican.org.uk/products/pod1049390 https://shop.barbican.org.uk/products/pod1049390 edit:
by codeulike 8mo ago
hand drawn architectural cross section from the 1960s
https://shop.barbican.org.uk/products/pod1049390 https://shop.barbican.org.uk/products/pod1049390
edit: misread the title, thought we were talking about the barbican again
- saaaaaam 8mo agoThat’s of the Barbican, not the Southbank Centre. Still an amazing building, but not the right amazing building!
- calpaterson 8mo agoThe Barbican is similar in many ways: a place that people either like or dislike depending on subjective personal preference but objectively has never actually worked very well. cf this programme from the BBC Archive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvXpvH99tic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvXpvH99tic It was clearly badly designed and problematic right from the start with little in the way of shops or services for the residents. But that's the thing about monumentalist architecture: looks singular but function is an afterthought. The south bank centre is similar.