Possibly the best example of residential Brutalist architecture in the UK. The Barbican was built in the mid 1960s on a piece of ground devastated by WWII bombing raids. The bombing was so extensive that prior to its construction, there were only 48 people registered as living there The site was originally the primary Roman Fortress in London, along with the original city walls, Circa 200AD (Hence the name "Barbican") The estate is a rare example of UK government owned housing, rented at market rate (it was never conceived as 'social housing') but nonetheless was sold during Thatcher's tenure…
