Another Brutalist Staircase
A different design from the one I posted a few days ago - much more angular...
It is located between Speed House (on the right) and Brandon Mews (on the left). The heavy gates at the bottom give access to/from the garage level. Speed House was the first Barbican block to be completed, in July 1969. Its seven stories contained 114 flats, maisonettes and penthouses, varying in size from two to five rooms. One of the floors of maisonettes is below the podium, i.e. somewhere down those stairs.
Brandon Mews, completed in November 1969, is a small terrace containing 26 two-storey homes clad in glazed engineering brick. All are below podium level and face out onto the Barbican Water Garden and Speed Garden (a very small part of which can be seen through the stairs).
Shot taken from the podium level in front of Willoughby House.
Another Brutalist Staircase
A different design from the one I posted a few days ago - much more angular...
It is located between Speed House (on the right) and Brandon Mews (on the left). The heavy gates at the bottom give access to/from the garage level. Speed House was the first Barbican block to be completed, in July 1969. Its seven stories contained 114 flats, maisonettes and penthouses, varying in size from two to five rooms. One of the floors of maisonettes is below the podium, i.e. somewhere down those stairs.
Brandon Mews, completed in November 1969, is a small terrace containing 26 two-storey homes clad in glazed engineering brick. All are below podium level and face out onto the Barbican Water Garden and Speed Garden (a very small part of which can be seen through the stairs).
Shot taken from the podium level in front of Willoughby House.