Barbican Centre set for £150m makeover

By Dave Rogers2021-09-09T05:00:00

Competition to revamp Brutalist icon completed by Laing 40 years ago

The Barbican Centre is set for a major revamp nearly 40 years after the Brutalist icon was completed by John Laing in the early 1980s.

It was among a string of high-profile schemes the contractor carried out in its heyday including repairing the bomb-damaged Coventry Cathedral, building the M1 and completing the Severn Crossing.

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