London, The Barbican, limited edition print on Ordnance Survey Map, by Chris Snow / Maps & Diagrams (Copy)

I like the Barbican a lot, but I know not everyone does. I made this print a while ago after a visit there as I just couldn’t get it out of my head.

It is a celebration of concrete and of the Barbican scheme as a whole. There are also splashes of colour such as the nice big tree in the centre which is the edge of the residents’ private garden and also the long rows of flower boxes on the balconies of the estate building.

The buildings are printed overlapping the edge of the map and you can see the parts of the writing from the margin of the map, which I like. The map is a section from a lovely 1960s Ordnance Survey which has some good colours in it too. This would have been the map around at the time when building first began on the Barbican project.

This is an archival quality print on lovely thick acid free textured matt cream paper.

This print is available framed or unframed and you can also decide whether you would like it mounted in an off-white mount.

If you select ‘30x40cm print’ then you will receive a print carefully rolled and sent in a thick cardboard tube. It is a high quality, fade resistant print. It is printed using ultrachrome ink on tiziano acid free paper.

If you select ‘Mounted print’ then you will receive the print hung in an off-white mount ready to frame. The mounted dimensions of the unframed print are 40x50 cms which means you can buy a frame from a shop rather than have one made, should you wish.

If you select ‘Framed print’ then you will receive a print, hung in a mount and framed ready to hang on the wall. The frame is a wood effect square edged frame as shown in the photos. The frame has an acrylic front rather than glass so is suitable for sending in the post.

Hope you like it.

Thanks for looking.

Chris