NOTES: Tecton were responsible for the masterplan, which was given Town Planning consent in 1948, and Skinner, Bailey & Lubetkin were responsible for its development and execution.
NOTES: The Barbican Centre is located in the heart of the Barbican complex and comprises: a concert hall, two theatres, an art gallery, three cinemas, 2 exhibition halls, conference suites, the conservatory, and various restaurants and refreshment facilities. The Guildhall School of Music and the Barbican Library lie adjacent and are accessible from the centre.
NOTES: This sketch appears to relate to one of three mural paintings executed by Burne-Jones in the drawing-room at Red House in the summer of 1860, soon after William and Jane Morris moved in. The incomplete series of paintings illustrates the wedding procession, ceremony and feast of the Arthurian knight Sir Degrevaunt, in which the Morrises are depicted as Degrevaunt and his bride.
NOTES: The Regent Cinema was designed by Robert Atkinson with interiors by Walpole Champneys and murals by Walter Bayes. The proscenium was designed by Lawrence Preston.
NOTES: The Regent Cinema was designed by Robert Atkinson with interiors by Walpole Champneys and murals by Walter Bayes. The proscenium was designed by Lawrence Preston.