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Their home was once called ugly. Barbican residents think a new tower is worse

Their housing complex was once called ugly, but residents feel a new office tower nearby is worse.

The Star MalaysiaSTEPHEN CASTLE查看原文 ↗
他们的房子曾被形容为丑陋。巴比肯的居民认为新建的塔楼更糟糕。

A view over the Barbican, where a three-bedroom, 102sq m apartment is on the market for about US$2mil (RM8mil).

Loved by fans, loathed by critics, the Barbican housing complex has divided opinion since it rose from the bombed-out ashes of central London after World War II.

When architects first proposed the high-density, concrete development in the mid-1950s, the brutalist design was radical, with raised pedestrian walkways, triangular towers and serrated balconies. In 2003, respondents in one survey voted the complex the country’s ugliest building.

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