Photograph of Installed Directional Signs at Barbican Hall by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
Design In Situ
The Ken Briggs Collection includes photographs of the original sign system as installed for the Barbican’s opening in 1982.
Photograph of Installed Directional Signs by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
Design In Situ
There have been many rethinks of Barbican signage over the years, so these images are now an essential record of how the building originally looked.
Photograph of Installed Signs by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
There are photographs of the foyers
Photograph of Installed Sign: Information by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
Photograph of Installed Directional Signs at a Main Exit by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
Photograph of Installed Sign: Cinema 1 by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
The venues
Photograph of Installed Sign: Circle Left by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
Photograph of Barbican Hall. Main Sign by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
Photograph of Installed Sign: The Waterside Cafe by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
The original names of the restaurants and cafes
Photograph of Installed Sign: The Conservatory Terrace by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
Photograph of Membership Sign. by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
And details such as this Membership sign
Photograph of Installed Sign: Fire Hose Reel by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
And the instructions on this fire hose.
Photograph of Installed Pictograms: Lavatories by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
Even the design of the toilets
Photograph of Installed Litter Bin Sign by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
And the bins
Photograph of Installed Illuminated Sign: Car Park 4. by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
Had been thought through.
Photograph of Installed Directional Signs showing Stairs: Barbican Hall, Theatre by Ken Briggs & AssociatesBarbican Centre
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