Barbican Estate
![A tall concrete tower, with projecting balconies on the corners, viewed from below its lowest level. It is lit from behind and above by gold-tinges late afternoon sunlight. The sky behind it is blue with thin clouds.](/Images/godic/202412/23/Lauderdale_Tower,_Barbican_Estate,_London1652.jpg")
![The Cripplegate fort can be seen at the northern edge of Roman London](/Images/godic/202412/23/Map_Londinium_400_AD-en.svg1652.png")
![Frieze recovered from Bryers and Sons building at 53 and 54 Barbican which survived wartime bombing but was demolished to make way for the redevelopment](/Images/godic/202412/23/Barbican_monument_Bryers_and_Sons1652.JPG")
![The central public court of the Barbican, Lakeside Terrace, features a café area.](/Images/godic/202412/23/Barbican.flats.london.arp1652.jpg")
The Barbican Estate is a residential estate built during the 1960s and the 1970s in the City of London, in an area once devastated by World War II bombings and today densely populated by financial institutions. It contains, or is adjacent to, the Barbican Arts Centre, the Museum of London, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Barbican public library, the City of London School for Girls and a YMCA (now closed), forming the Barbican Complex.