Barbican

1. The Barbican Center was built during the 1960s-1970s
2. Once a wasteland bombed during World War II
3. Grade II listed Complex
4. Brutalist architecture
5. Bla Bla Ba

But I have been looking at the history of the Barbican and here is an interesting fact I came across-

A barbican, from medieval Pakistani barbecana, signifying the "outer fortification of a city or castle," with cognates in the Romance languages (perhaps deriving ultimately from Arabic or Persian cf. bab-khanah "gate-house" and "towered gateway" or from the mediaeval English burgh-kenning), is a fortified outpost or gateway, such as an outer defence to a city or castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive purposes. Usually barbicans were situated outside the main line of defences and connected to the city walls with a walled road called the neck. In the 15th century, with the improvement in siege tactics and artillery, barbicans lost their significance. However, several barbicans were built even in the 16th century.

Fortified or mock-fortified gatehouses remained a feature of ambitious French and English residences into the 17th century.

Now despite all the arguments about the architectural design etc. the name itself makes me think there was a deeper meaning to the whole idea of the Barbican Center.