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	Barbican - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Barbican (from mediæval Latin barbecana) - a fortified outpost or gateway, such as an outer defence to a city or castle and any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive purposes.
		Usually barbicans were situated outside the main line of defences and connected to the city walls with a walled road called the neck.
		However, several barbicans were built even in 16th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barbican (142 words)

	Barbican Arts Centre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Barbican is owned, funded and managed by the City of London, the third largest funder of the arts in the UK.
		The Barbican Centre was also voted "London's ugliest building" according to a BBC poll in September 2003.
		The Barbican Hall's acoustic is also controversial, being praised by some as attractively warm, whereas others find it too dry for large-scale orchestral repertoire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barbican_Arts_Centre (367 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Gradually the meaning changed, along with the pronunciation, to identify a fortified outpost or gateway, such as an outer defence to a city or castle and any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defence purposes.
		The original Barbican of this period was probably situated somewhere between the northern side of the Church of St Giles Cripplegate and the YMCA hostel on Fann Street.
		The Barbican site includes the Barbican Centre, which was opened by Her Majesty The Queen in March 1982.
	www.cityoflondon.gov.uk /our_services/barbican_estate/history.htm (1326 words)

	Housing Prototypes: Golden Lane/Barbican Estates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This was called The Barbican because it marked the entrance to the walled medieval city through Cripplegate which was just north of the ancient Roman fort, some walls of which still remained at the southern edge of the site.
		The Barbican was built in 5 phases between 1963 and 1976 and the Arts Center here was not finished until 1981, so, the firm worked here from 1952 to 1981 or almost 30 years.
		The Brutalist influences in the Barbican are especially apparent in the materials used in the housing: exposed concrete with a bush hammered finish, wood framed windows, the dark purple brick, and vaulted penthouse flats.
	housingprototypes.org /project?File_No=GB008 (2355 words)

	Cracow \| Guide \| Krakow Old Town \| The Barbican
		The Barbican was both a principal gateway and a key element of defence.
		In summer months concerts are sometimes held there, whilst during the daytime it is possible to walk around the interior, explore its nooks, and imagine those sentries of old.
		Built in 1499 during the era of the Ottoman threat, the Barbican has survived, against all the odds, and remains the best example of its kind in Europe.
	www.cracow-life.com /guide/Krakow_Old_Town/Barbican.php (225 words)

	<< About Us >> Barbican Supplies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Barbican Supplies endeavors to undertake a preventative maintenance programme on all machinery, equipment, premises and vehicles.
		All visitors are required to complete a visitor health questionnaire in order to provide an indication of their health status, prior to being admitted to areas where food is stored or prepared.
		Barbican Supplies Ltd recognize the fact that plant hygiene and good housekeeping is a critical factor in maintaining food safety As a result, cleaning schedules are in place and are an essential part of the quality system AII cleaning chemicals are kept in a locked area segregated away from production Sanitizers in use.
	www.barbicansuppliesltd.co.uk /aboutus.html (732 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| Arts critics \| Comment: The Barbican is an architectural gem
		The Barbican was long despised by those who made no attempt to understand it or who had never stepped inside one of its 2,000-plus flats.
		Confusion, though, is likely to be the epitaph of the arts centre, infamous for its perplexing levels, for the sweated stragglers rushing in to find seats just before the curtain rises and ending up in the foyer of an underground cinema, a conservatory or a car park.
		Given that the rooms inside the Barbican flats are based, as far as I can judge, on Le Corbusier's modular system of proportion (a modern-movement reworking of ideal Vitruvian classical proportions), flock wallpaper and Regency-style settees make as much sense here as a formula one Ferrari engine would inside a Nissan Micra.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /critic/feature/0,1169,671792,00.html (1430 words)

	A rarely seen grandeur
		The Barbican, in grim surroundings, seems younger and livelier than the Centre Pompidou in Paris and Washington's Kennedy Center, its near-contemporaries.
		Henry Wrong, the Barbican's first boss, kept walking into the most exotic accoutrements - such as the marble altar in the Ladies, intended for the incineration of intimate objects.
		This is going to cost another £12 million, but one of the Barbican's key successes has been to turn the Corporation of the City of London into the nation's third-largest arts benefactor, pumping in £70 million a year.
	www.scena.org /columns/lebrecht/020307-nl-colossus.html (948 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Good old Barbican
		Now the RSC is on the way out from the Barbican altogether, leaving the centre's two theatres to an uncertain, if interestingly enterprising, future as London's principal venue for visiting international theatre.
		There is one overarching reason that the Barbican is now marking its 20th anniversary in buoyant spirits: it has adjusted to the financial realities of early 21st- century arts funding far more effectively than many of its rivals.
		After a rollercoaster teenage decade, the Barbican is now at the leading edge of the performing arts in London.
	www.guardian.co.uk /saturday_review/story/0,3605,660292,00.html (635 words)

	Hobbs of Barbican
		Hobbs was among a raft of firms that took advantage of the bike boom in the late 1920s and early 1930s but quickly distinguished themselves by the quality of their machines and the elegant and beautifully filed lugs they often used.
		In London, this Barbican was situated on the northern edge of what was Roman Londinium, a town of approximately 325 acres.
		The original Barbican of this period was probably sited somewhere between the northern side of the Church of St Giles Cripplegate and the YMCA hostel on Fann Street.
	freespace.virgin.net /hobbs_of.barbican/history.html (911 words)

	The Castle Barbican (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Barbican was a forward defensible structure jutting out or set in front of the main castle defences or walls.
		In many cases the barbican formed part of the castle gatehouse complex, giving added strength to this potential point of weakness.
		Shown below are front and rear views of the impressive barbican at Pembroke Castle.
	www.castlewales.com /barbican.html (55 words)

	Barbican Piano Trio - Welcome
		Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Barbican Piano Trio is regarded as one of the UK’s leading ensembles with a reputation for stimulating performances, breadth of repertoire and exceptional audience rapport.
		The Barbican Piano Trio has performed across four continents, visiting the USA five times and making its debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall in 1994.
		The Barbican Piano Trio will celebrate the beginning of its third decade by revisiting many of the places at which it has performed over the past twenty years.
	www.barbicanpianotrio.com /index.html (489 words)

	Shortwood, Barbican to contest final next Sunday - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Mivkel Dillon opened the score for Barbican in the 23rd minute, and Evans capitalised on some sloppy defending by Nautica to score in the 27th and 28th minutes.
		Both teams are at their peak with Barbican enjoying a slight psychological advantage going into the final.
		Commenting on the finals, Barbican's coach Chris James said: "Shortwood is a very good team, and we have both split the two games we played so far this season.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20050819T230000-0500_86469_OBS_SHORTWOOD__BARBICAN_TO_CONTEST_FINAL_NEXT_SUNDAY.asp (460 words)

	Barbican (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Following shakedown training out of Charleston between 31 March and 24 April, Barbican arrived in the Pacific late in the summer of 1945 too late to participate in the war against Japan.
		In fact, Barbican did not depart Pear1 Harbor and head for the western Pacific until 17 August, two days after the Japanese capitulation ended hostilities.
		Barbican was placed out of commission at San Francisco on 12 June 1946 and was transferred simultaneously to the Coast Guard.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/b2/barbican-i.htm (246 words)

	Black and white Photography » Barbican: Beauty is in the eye of the leaseholder
		Barbican: Beauty is in the eye of the leaseholder
		NYCLondon is now beaming live to you from The Barbican, London’s sprawling modernist megacomplex of concrete.
		The Barbican is either revered or despised, depending on who you talk to.
	www.nyclondon.com /blog/archives/2004/11/15/barbican_beauty_is_in_the_eye_of_the_leaseholder.blog (641 words)

	USS Barbican (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Barbican arrived in the Pacific too late to participate actively in combat against the Japanese.
		On 24 October she departed Okinawa for Sasebo Japan Barbica~ remained on occupation duty in the Far East until 24 February 1946 when she departed for the United States.
		Barbican was decommissioned 12 June 1946 and loaned to the Coast Guard the same day.
	www.multied.com /1812/Ghent.htmlhttp://timeline/NAVY/Minelayer/Barbican.html (98 words)

	Barbican Centre, London
		The Barbican Centre is situated about ten minutes' walk north of St Paul's Cathedral, between Barbican and Moorgate.
		The Barbican Hall (for concerts and conferences), which has 2,026 seats and simultaneous translation equipment, is the permanent home of the London Symphony Orchestra; the Barbican Theatre with 1,166 seats is the London base of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
		In addition there is a studio theater ("The Pit") holding 200, the Barbican Art Gallery for temporary exhibitions together with a sculpture court, a municipal lending library, rooms for seminars, three cinemas, two exhibition halls (the Blue Exhibition Hall and the Red Exhibition Hall on the other side of Beech Street), a conservatory and restaurants.
	www.planetware.com /london/barbican-centre-gb-l-bc.htm (347 words)

	Barbican Theatre London - information and tickets
		The Barbican Theatre is part of the Barbican Centre, an Arts Complex which opened on 3 March 1982 and includes a concert hall, three cinemas, a library and a studio theatre.
		In December 1940 the district where the Barbican Centre now stands was bombed by the Luftwaffe - with most of the buildings flattened.
		During the first six-month 'gap', in the summer of 1997, the theatre was refurbished at a cost of £1.9million.
	www.thisistheatre.com /londontheatre/barbicantheatre.html (364 words)

	London My Barbican
		I am looking for a double room to rent in London Barbican area for an inclusive rent of £450 per month.
		I use an excellent dentist at the Barbican dental practise.
		Barbican Are there public squash courts in the Barbican area
	www.movethat.co.uk /London/My/Barbican (1588 words)

	Barbican Life Magazine for Barbican Area Property, Restaurants and Services
		The 'Lifestyle' magazine for residents of the City of London's prime residential Urban Village, Barbican Life is published quarterly on behalf of the
		The Barbican is a combined residential and cultural complex in the City of London which includes theatres, cinemas, a concert hall, art galleries, an exhibition centre and the City of London's top lending library as well as over 2,000 apartments in a series of low rise and high rise buildings.
		To advertise to the Barbican's 4,000+ residents, or for editorial submissions, contact
	www.geocities.com /barbicanlife (170 words)

	Barbican Bars // The Barbican // Plymouth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		All situated on or near to The Barbican in Plymouth, the bars range from champagne and wine bars, comedy clubs and restaurants to nightclubs.
		The Barbican, where Cook launched his famous voyage, was also the port where many Americans embarked on their voyage on The Mayflower.
		The Barbican is now the most popular part of the city for food and nightlife, affording spectacular views overlooking the marina.
	www.barbicanleisurebars.com (229 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Arts \| Barbican plans Bard without RSC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Barbican Centre is to fill the void left by the RSC's move by putting on plays itself.
		But the curtain came down on its era at the venue in May after a controversial decision by former artistic director Adrian Noble to take the RSC on a tour of London theatres.
		As well as two theatre spaces, the Barbican, which opened in 1982, also includes a concert hall, three cinemas and two art galleries.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/entertainment/arts/2295631.stm (424 words)

	Barbican
		The Barbican or 'death trap' was developed as another way to strengthen the main entrance, by adding more defences in front of it - the Barbican confined the enemy in a narrow passage - an easy target for castle inhabitants!
		The most common Barbican design was a walled passage projecting from the front of the gatehouse.
		The Barbican was an essential Castle part for as a form of defence against intruders.
	www.castles.me.uk /barbican.htm (311 words)

	Barbican Hotels \| accommodation - hotels in Barbican London
		Barbican underground station on Circle / Hammersmith and City / Metropolitan line.
		Its location is near the Barbican centre, whose various cultural activities will satisfy all tastes.
		The apartments are only five minutes from the Barbican underground station....
	www.kayukay.co.uk /barbicanhotels.html (176 words)

	Barbican, Shortwood in mid-season final again - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Barbican's Raymond Williams put the ball in the net, and the official ruled that the goal should stand.
		In the lone game at Buttercup Park at 4:00 pm, Real Mona will be seeking a win against Washington Strikers in hope of a favourable ruling from the league on their request for an unprecedented replay of a game based on referee's error.
		The mid-season final between Shortwood and Barbican for the NCB Capital Markets Peter Cargill Cup will take place on Saturday, June 3 at the Harbour View Stadium (4:00 pm), and the quarter-finals begin on Sunday, June 4 with a double-header at Barbican (4:00 and 5:30 pm).
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20060527T000000-0500_105453_OBS_BARBICAN__SHORTWOOD_IN_MID_SEASON_FINAL_AGAIN.asp (497 words)

	Barbican architecture and Le Corbusier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In 1922, he produced his project for a skyscraper city of 3,000,000 people, in which tall office and apartment buildings would stand in broad open plazas and parks with the spaces between them defined by low rows of housing.
		One of Le Courbousier’s most famous buildings is the Savoye House at Poissy in France, built in 1930 (pictured).
		This must have been one of the sources of inspiration for the terrace blocks in the Barbican.
	www.barbicanliving.co.uk /history/modernism/corbusier.htm (191 words)

	Barbican- Warsaw, Poland - VirtualTourist.com
		Barbican: The Barbican- the walls of the old Warsaw...
		The Barbican is a semicircular stronghold with Gothic Towers and a terrace surrounded by a parapet.
		The Barbican was built to protect one of the gates in the double ringed wall protecting Old Town in 1548.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Poland/Wojewodztwo_Mazowieckie/Warsaw-468976/Things_To_Do-Warsaw-Barbican-BR-1.html (806 words)

	Playbill News: Barbican Given Listed Status
		The Barbican Centre is built on a 35-acre residential estate, in the heart of Cityside, known as the Barbican.
		Construction work began in 1971, and the Barbican officially opened by HM the Queen in March of 1982, unveiling a mix of high-rise apartments, two theatres, three cinemas, a library and an art gallery.
		As the Barbican Centre moves into the 21st century, and prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2002, ambitious new plans are emerging for its complete refurbishment and improvement.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/62003.html (360 words)

	Barbican Centre
		The Barbican is Europe's largest multi-arts and conference venue presenting a year-round programme of art, music, film and theatre.
		Since it opened in 1982, the Barbican has been managed and funded by the City of London, the third largest sponsor of the arts in the UK.
		Open 363 days a year, the Barbican presents an unparalleled variety of performing and visual arts of world class calibre: classical and contemporary concerts, theatre, opera, dance, folk weekends, jazz and world music series, first release films and cinema seasons, painting, photography, sculpture, applied arts and crafts.
	www.cityoflondon.gov.uk /Corporation/leisure_heritage/barbican.htm (163 words)

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