Barbican

Image of Barbican by Flickr user Julio Albarran under Creative Commons

Down to London for a conference today to update my knowledge on flooding in preparation for several GA branch lectures coming up later in the year, and some website / Toolkit work as well. Some interesting presentations and
The event was held at the BARBICAN.
Hadn't really explored the Barbican before, and was really impressed with the whole ambience and quirky layout (until the end of the day, when I couldn't find the exit that is....)
Just been doing a spot of late night reading about it.
The outdoor space on the Lakeside Terrace was very impressive, particularly the circular seating areas at water level, and I loved the quirky cafe, that can be seen in the image above.
There was plenty of work going on to refurbish Frobisher Crescent.

Brutalism is the architectural style.
There is another example a few miles from where I live, and which has a pool where my daughter learnt to swim: Smithdon High School (some Flickr images on the link)

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