Submitted by Colin on 8 October 2012 - 11:30am
This piece first appeared as a guest blogpost on the website of the excellent London Historians group - http://www.londonhistorians.org/
The Barbican is probably one of the most Marmite (love it or hate it) pieces of architecture in London.
Rising phoenix-like, although very slowly, from the ashes caused by the bombing firestorm of 29/30 December 1940, its mass dominates the north of the City of London.