Flats in London’s privately owned Barbican proceed for £4m,while four miles away a similarly iconic social housing estate is set for demolitionLast month I cycled the four miles between two of London’s most iconic brutalist housing estates, the Barbican and Robin Hood Gardens. Both were designed by eminent architects around 40 years ago. Both acquire been praised and condemned in equal degree. One is a private estate and one is social housing. One is thriving, or the other facing demolition. Their contrasting fortunes say a great deal about British housing policy over the past 40 years. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com