Building Utopia: The Barbican Centre Hampstead 144 pages

144 pages

000 photographs - documenting more than 6

including detailed descriptions and histories

Viennese architect-designer Egon Riss (1901–64) is one of the modern movement’s more enigmatic characters: renowned for the characterful Isokon Penguin Donkey and Gull he created for Isokon Furniture

including Van Der Rohe's Casa Farnsworth

Building Utopia: The Barbican Centre Hampstead 144 pagesHardback, 288 pages By Nicholas Kenyon A beautifully designed celebration of the 40th birthday of the Barbican Arts Centre, in the heart of the City of London. It is the largest multi arts centre in Europe, encompassing an art gallery, theatres, concert halls, cinemas and a much loved conservatory, and regular collaborators include the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Compiled by the Barbicans managing director Sir Nicholas