Barbican Centre
Performing arts centre in the City of London
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Summary
Barbican Centre is a performing arts center[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of performing arts center entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,975 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Field of work: performing arts[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: City of London[4]
- Country: United Kingdom[5]
- Instance of: art museum[6], theatre building[7], concert hall[8]
- Architect: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon[9]
- Owned by: City of London Corporation[10]
- Movement: brutalist architecture[11]
- Architectural style: brutalist architecture[12]
- Location: London[13]
- Designed by: Chamberlin, Powell and Bon[14]
- Part of: Barbican Estate[15]
- Commons category: Barbican Arts Centre[16]
- Occupant: BBC Symphony Orchestra[17]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom[18]
- Inception: 1982[19]
- Official website: https://www.barbican.org.uk/[20]
- Email address: mailto:info@barbican.org.uk[21]
- Heritage designation: Grade II listed building[22]
- Date of official opening: 1982[23]
- Native label: Barbican Centre[24]
- Wi-Fi access: gratis[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Architourist Guide[26]
- Street address: Silk Street, London, City of London, EC2Y 8BQ, England[27]
- Associated electoral district: Cities of London and Westminster[28]
- Historic county: Middlesex[29]
Why It Matters
Barbican Centre has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]