The Barbican news

Nuffield Health has reopened the historic Barbican health club in London, as part of ambitious plans to establish its first wellness "health campus" in the ... More

Nuffield Health has acquired the lease for the historic Barbican health club site in London, which is currently operated by Virgin Active. Located on Aldersgate ... More

The London Centre for Music, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, has received a funding boost of nearly £2m ($2.3m, €2.2m) for the next stage ... More

New York-based architecture practice Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) have released the first concept designs for the long-anticipated London Centre for Music. Set to become ... More

US architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) has been announced as the design team tasked with creating the vision for a new Centre for Music ... More

A host of leading international architects are in the running to create a concept design for a new Centre for Music in the City of ... More

A seemingly doomed plan to build a new world-class concert hall in the City of London has been given a new lease of life, with ... More

Molecules 10,000 times narrower than the width of a human hair could hold the key to building towering wooden skyscrapers in the future, new research ... More

Architects around the world have been challenged to push the boundaries of modern wood building design in cities. Wood manufactured Metsä Wood has launched a ... More

Timber skyscrapers can improve our built environments and urban experiences, according British practice PLP Architecture and researchers from Cambridge University. To give credence to this ... More

The Barbican’s touring videogame exhibition, Game On, has come to Canada for the first time, with the installation at Montreal Science Centre becoming the country’s ... More

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, UK, welcomed back members of the public on 13 November following the completion of part of its £13.8m (US$21.5m, €17.3m) refurbishment. An ... More

The relaunch of a 20m swimming pool and sports hall at Golden Lane Sport and Fitness in the City of London has marked the completion ... More

More than 50 arts groups and thousands of UK and international artists are to participate in the World Shakespeare Festival (WSF) 2012, which is supported ... More

Mark Taylor, commercial and venues director at the Barbican arts complex in London, has been appointed chief executive of Wales Millennium Centre (WMC) in Cardiff. ... More

A national five-year arts project is being launched 24 August to mark the lead up to the 2012 London Olympics. The project, called Imagination Our ... More

Operator Absolute Leisure is set to revamp the Barbican Centre in York. The group has submitted amended plans to City of York Council and, if ... More

The Barbican Centre marked its unofficial 25th birthday with the unveiling of new public spaces following an eight-year revamp. The City of London invested £30m ... More

The Barbican arts centre in London has announced a strong set of financial results for 2005. In 2005, turnover increased 10.25 per cent on 2004 ... More