‘Utopia’ was also a pun, based on almost-identical Greek words for ‘no place’ and ‘a good place’. The Barbican Centre was, and remains, a place where utopian ideas are made tangible. Designed by young ...

Living in the Barbican is such an intentional thing ... The only architectural change he made was to remove a wall section of the galley kitchen, creating a breakfast bar and opening it up ...