The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes and houses in central London, England, within the City of London. It is in an area once devastated by Worl
Barbican Towers
Medieval London Jewish cemetery
Jewish Cemetery overlaid on modern mapping of the Barbican Estate
The signature concrete texture was jackhammered at considerable labour cost to achieve the distressed effect of older stonework and to reveal the aggregate.
The Heron, also known as Milton Court, is a 36-storey residential tower in London, United Kingdom. The building was developed by Heron International.
Barbican Estate
…which once contained a fire station, medical facilities and some flats but was demolished to allow the construction of a new apartment tower—named The Heron—which also provides additional facilities for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. The main fort of Roman London was built between 90 and 120 AD…