More about our neighbourhood
‘Located in the north-west of the City of London, the Barbican and Golden Lane area has a unique and extraordinary urban mix. Internationally renowned residential estates and world-class cultural institutions sit alongside the world’s largest financial centre.’
Publica, Barbican and Golden Lane Public Realm Strategy, 2013
‘One of the wonders of the modern world’
Queen Elizabeth II quoted in Dezeen, 2014
Resident Associations
Online Resources
- Barbican Living, website that gives loads of details on both Golden Lane and the Barbican Estates
- Modernist Pilgrimage, walking tour of Golden Lane and Barbican Estates
- Battle for the Barbican, Owen Hatherley, Tribune, 2022
Books
- The Barbican Estate and Golden Lane: An Urban Village, Stefi Orazi, Batsford
- Barbican and Golden Lane, The Everyday Press, 2015
Films, Videos and Music
- Barbicania, documentary, 2014
- Lila’s 2019 film for 50th Anniversary
- Golden Lane Estate, Landscape Architecture, 2022
- Concrete and the Clay, Unit 4+2
- Ghost Town, The Specials, 1981
- As it was, Harry Styles, 2023