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  • Liam Young imagines AI-powered mega cities and planetary supercomputers in Barbican exhibition

    Speculative architect Liam Young has opened an immersive exhibition at London's Barbican Centre exploring futures shaped by artificial intelligence, planetary infrastructure and climate technology.
    More about Liam Young imagines AI-powered mega cities and planetary supercomputers in Barbican exhibition

    Francesca Tesler | 5 June 2026
  • Origo by Delcy Morelos

    Delcy Morelos creates monumental soil installation by hand at the Barbican

    Colombian artist Delcy Morelos has created Origo, a 24-metre-wide installation made from spice-infused soil at the Barbican Centre's Sculpture Court in London. More about Delcy Morelos creates monumental soil installation by hand at the Barbican

    Starr Charles | 3 June 2026 | Leave a comment
  • Barbican Renewal Programme by Allies and Morrison

    Plans for Barbican revamp get go-ahead

    British architecture studios Allies and Morrison and Asif Khan Studio's plan to renew the Barbican Centre have received planning approval from the City of London Corporation. More about Plans for Barbican revamp get go-ahead

    Amy Peacock | 4 March 2026 | Leave a comment
  • Woman looking at dirt-covered dresses hanging in gallery space

    Barbican exhibition Dirty Looks explores the "disruptive" potential of dirt

    Barbican curator Karen Van Godtsenhoven and assistant curator Jon Astbury discuss the subversive role of dirt in fashion in this video produced by Dezeen to mark the opening of the London cultural centre's new exhibition. More about Barbican exhibition Dirty Looks explores the "disruptive" potential of dirt

    Francesca Tesler | 9 October 2025
  • Barbican launches multi-sensory exhibition exploring how we experience sound

    London's Barbican Centre has unveiled an immersive exhibition that explores how sound shapes emotions and memories. More about Barbican launches multi-sensory exhibition exploring how we experience sound

    Francesca Tesler | 29 May 2025 | Leave a comment
  • A letter 'B' in black against a yellow background

    HATO creates brutalist-informed brand identity for Barbican community forum

    Design studio HATO has developed a brand identity for the Barbican and Golden Lane Neighbourhood Forum that takes cues from the area's distinctive brutalist architecture. More about HATO creates brutalist-informed brand identity for Barbican community forum

    Ruby Betts | 13 August 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Museum of London on the Barbican estate

    Museum of London set for demolition after Michael Gove decides not to call in proposal

    The Museum of London and Bastion House are set to be demolished to make way for the London Wall West scheme, after UK levelling up secretary Michael Gove decided not to intervene. More about Museum of London set for demolition after Michael Gove decides not to call in proposal

    Amy Peacock | 20 May 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Ibrahim Mahama Barbican installation

    Dezeen Debate features "a solution to all modernist buildings"

    The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features an installation by Ibrahim Mahama that covers London's Barbican Centre. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "a solution to all modernist buildings"

    Saudatu Bah | 16 April 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Purple Hibiscus

    Ibrahim Mahama wraps Barbican Centre in swathes of pink fabric "made by a lot of hands"

    Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama collaborated with hundreds of craftspeople to create Purple Hibiscus, a handsewn installation of bespoke pink cloth covering the brutalist lakeside terrace of London's Barbican Centre. More about Ibrahim Mahama wraps Barbican Centre in swathes of pink fabric "made by a lot of hands"

    Jane Englefield | 10 April 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Barbican's Unravel exhibition explores the subversive power of textiles

    Curator Lotte Johnson discusses the transformative power of textiles in this video produced by Dezeen for the Barbican's latest exhibition. More about Barbican's Unravel exhibition explores the subversive power of textiles

    Francesca Tesler | 5 April 2024
  • Cornerstone by AHMM in London

    AHMM to transform office into co-living space next to London's Barbican estate

    Developer HUB and investor Bridges Fund Management have revealed plans to convert a 1950s office building in London into Cornerstone, a co-living residential scheme designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. More about AHMM to transform office into co-living space next to London's Barbican estate

    Kate Donaldson | 26 February 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Resolve Collective removes Barbican exhibition

    Resolve Collective removes Barbican exhibition following "hostile experiences"

    Interdisciplinary design studio Resolve Collective is disassembling its exhibition at London's Barbican Centre and withdrawing its events program in response to a series of negative encounters with staff and the censorship of a Palestinian speaker. More about Resolve Collective removes Barbican exhibition following "hostile experiences"

    Tom Ravenscroft | 22 June 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Photo of Barbican Centre under construction

    Lose Yourself in the Barbican archive makes the story of the brutalist icon "much more widely available"

    London's Barbican Centre has launched a digital platform to publicise its vast collection of drawings, photos and never-before-seen material that tell the story of the brutalist icon. More about Lose Yourself in the Barbican archive makes the story of the brutalist icon "much more widely available"

    Lizzie Crook | 6 June 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Resolve Collective reimagines role of institutions in Barbican installation

    In this exclusive video produced by Dezeen, Resolve Collective discusses its latest architectural installation at the Barbican, which takes the form of an interactive landscape to be used for community organisation. More about Resolve Collective reimagines role of institutions in Barbican installation

    Francesca Tesler | 13 April 2023
  • Resolve Collective founders Seth and Akil Scafe-Smith and Melissa Haniff

    Design should "transform people's realities" says Resolve Collective

    Interdisciplinary design studio Resolve Collective talks to Dezeen about its community-focussed designs ahead of the opening of its exhibition at the Barbican Centre later this month, in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. More about Design should "transform people's realities" says Resolve Collective

    Francesca Tesler | 23 March 2023
  • Our Time on Earth exhibition provides "space for hope" in climate emergency, says Barbican curator

    Curator Luke Kemp discusses the role of design and technology in reshaping our views of the natural world as part of the Our Time on Earth exhibition at London's Barbican Centre, in this video produced by Dezeen. More about Our Time on Earth exhibition provides "space for hope" in climate emergency, says Barbican curator

    Francesca Tesler | 22 August 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Isamu Noguchi a "pioneer of social sculpture" says Barbican curator

    Curator Florence Ostende discusses the recently opened exhibition focused on the work of Isamu Noguchi at London's Barbican Centre, in this video produced by Dezeen. More about Isamu Noguchi a "pioneer of social sculpture" says Barbican curator

    Francesca Tesler | 29 October 2021 | Leave a comment
  • How We Live Now exhibition at The Barbican

    Barbican celebrates Matrix feminist design group in How We Live Now exhibition

    The pioneering work of 1980s group the Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative is the subject of How We Live Now, an exhibition at The Barbican that looks at the biases in architecture and the built environment. More about Barbican celebrates Matrix feminist design group in How We Live Now exhibition

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 16 June 2021 | Leave a comment
  • London Centre for Music by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

    Plans for Barbican concert hall by Diller Scofidio & Renfro axed

    Plans for the pyramidal Centre for Music by Diller Scofidio & Renfro in London have been scrapped, with a "major renewal" of the nearby Barbican estate set to take place instead. More about Plans for Barbican concert hall by Diller Scofidio & Renfro axed

    Lizzie Crook | 19 February 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Shakespeare Tower apartment by Takero Shimazaki Architects

    Takero Shimazaki Architects infuses Barbican flat with Japanese details

    A client's strong ties to Japan informed the interiors of this Barbican apartment, which has been overhauled by Takero Shimazaki Architects. More about Takero Shimazaki Architects infuses Barbican flat with Japanese details

    Natasha Levy | 10 December 2019 | Leave a comment
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