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Films about the Barbican’s buildings and residents.
A middle class council estate
Why the City of London built the Barbican, and who it built it for.
Architecture Foundation / Film / 5:50 >
The Barbican mixtape
Archive footage of the estate under construction and its early years.
Barbican Centre / Film / 21:09 >
Living here in 1972
In 1972, BBC Nationwide asked residents what it was like to live on the unfinished estate.
BBC Archive / Film / 6:16 >
At home with Tom Morris
Tom Morris shows us his flat in a film by The Modern House and Farrow & Ball.
The Modern House & Inigo / Film / 2:03 >
Barbicania
A trailer for Bêka and Lemoine’s film about the people who live and work at the Barbican.
Bêka & Lemoine / Trailer / 1:17 >
Inside a Barbican flat
Amy Bass takes a tour of a Barbican flat.
Amy Bass / Film / 4:17 >