An impressive if infuriatingly convoluted brutalist-style arts complex, the Barbican Centre (opened in 1982) was...
East London · Silk St, London
The grander of London's two major opera houses, Covent Garden [as it is commonly known] attracts international...
Central London · Covent Garden, London
Opened in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain (a welcomed and needed postwar cultural redevelopment), the Royal...
Central London · Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London
Opened in 2008 with both a main house and an intimate basement space to host international A-list and often naughty...
Central London · 6 Leicester Place, London
London's ever-so-slightly less prestigious opera institution might not attract as many high-profile...
Central London · London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London
A classical-music training ground since 1822, the Royal Academy of Music took on jazz and musical theatre in the...
Central London · Marylebone Road, London
In its own category, the architecturally notable Union Chapel (octagonal floor plan) triples as a working church, a...
Northeast London · The Vestry, Compton Avenue, Canonbury, Islington, London
Opened in 2008, this Jeremy Dixon/Edward Jones-designed arts-and-office complex features London's first new...
Northeast London · 90 York Way, Kings Cross, London
Intimate but lofty central London music venue with a programme of more than 400 concerts a year, featuring Lieder,...
Central London · 36 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London
Namechecked by the Beatles in 1967 ("A Day in the Life"), the resplendent Royal Albert Hall was opened by Queen...
West London · Kensington Gore, Knightsbridge, London