When photographer Anton Rodriguez started his blog “Barbican Residents”, a through-the-keyhole tour of London’s celebrated Brutalist housing estate, it was as much to satisfy his curiosity about who his neighbours were and how their homes looked as anything. “They were really proud of their homes and had a lot to say about them.”Now Rodriguez’s blog has become a book, Residents: Inside the Iconic Barbican Estate, a more comprehensive overview compiled from shots that didn’t make it online. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Modern classic: an open-plan dining and sitting room. But as soon as I saw it, I took it.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest The right note: a glass-walled corner flat. Residents: Inside the Iconic Barbican Estate is published by The Barbican Centre, £30 (shop.barbican.org.uk)

Source: The Guardian October 10, 2016 09:54 UTC