Interactive 3D View
The
Barbican Centre is a
performing arts centre in the
Barbican Estate of the
City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.
[1] The Centre hosts
classical and
contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and
art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a
conservatory. The Barbican Centre is member of the
Global Cultural Districts Network.
The
London Symphony Orchestra and the
BBC Symphony Orchestra are based in the Centre's Concert Hall. In 2013, it once again became the London-based venue of the
Royal Shakespeare Company following the company's departure in 2001.
The Barbican Centre is owned, funded, and managed by the
City of London Corporation, the third-largest arts funder in the United Kingdom. It was built as The City's gift to the nation at a cost of £161 million (equivalent to £480 million in 2014) and was officially opened to the public by
Queen Elizabeth II on 3 March 1982. The Barbican Centre is also known for its
brutalist architecture.
1:2,400 scale model generated using LiDAR data.