Barbican Centre

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Concrete Garden: Fertile Ground

Sun 23 March

From discussions on allotments to Gaia theory and permaculture to DIY workshops on making your own plants grow, we look…

Conferences and Festivals

Young Barbican Takeover Festival 2025

Sun 02 March : 12:00

The Young Barbican Takeover Festival is an opportunity for London's young creatives to come together, explore the Barbican and enjoy…

Walks and Tours

Barbican Architecture Tours: New Perspectives

01 June - 31 July

Barbican

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours. Led by our expert guides, the…

Talks and Debates

Architecture on Stage: Takaharu + Yui Tezuka

Thu 04 April : 19:00

Architecture Foundation

Takaharu and Yui Tezuka of Tezuka Architects discuss their practice. Takaharu and Yui Tezuka founded Tezuka Architects in Tokyo in…

Other Events

SUNN O))) + Jesse Sykes with Phil Wandscher & Bill Herzog

Mon 01 April : 19:30 -22:00

Barbican

SUNN O))) returns in its core original raw form. Founders and guitarists Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson perform as Shoshin…

Other Events

Christmas with King’s College Choir

Wed 20 December : 19:30 -22:00

Barbican Centre

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge heralds the Christmas season, joined on stage by the superb Crouch End Festival Chorus.…

Conferences and Festivals

Conference – Resist, Persist: Gender, Climate and Colonialism

07 December - 08 December

Barbican Centre

A collaboration with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, this multi-day symposium uses the themes of RE/SISTERS…

Talks and Debates

Ronan Mckenzie and Mac Collins: ideation to realisation

Thu 23 November : 19:00

Barbican

Join multidisciplinary artist Ronan Mckenzie talk to artist and designer Mac Collins as they discuss their processes from ideation to…

Film Screenings

Architecture on Film: Pictures of Ghosts

Wed 29 November : 18:30 -20:15

PICTURES OF GHOSTS (Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil, 2023, 93 mins) [London Premiere] Kleber Mendonça Filho folds together personal and urban…

Other Events

Architecture on Film: News From Home + La Chambre + Intro

Thu 28 September : 18:40 -20:30

The Architecture Foundation

La Chambre (Chantal Akerman, Belgium, 1972, 11 mins) News From Home (Chantal Akerman, Belgium, France, 1976, 85 mins) Two remarkable…

Talks and Debates

Climate Migrants: Self-reliant communities after natural disasters

Thu 08 June : 09:30 -10:30

In the summer of 2022, one-third of Pakistan was flooded. Today, Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in…

Talks and Debates

City Dialogues: 15-Minute City

Tue 06 June : 11:00 -12:00

Originally unveiled in 2016, the concept offers a radical departure from the current direction of modern urbanism, reducing the radius…