Barbican Centre Barbican Centre is owned, funded, and managed by the City of London Corporation, the third-largest arts funder in the United Kingdom. It was built as The City's gift to the nation at a cost of £161 million (equivalent to £480 million in 2014) and was officially opened to the public by Queen Elizabeth II on 3 March 1982. The Barbican Centre is also known for its brutalist architecture. The second-floor library is one of the five City of London libraries. It is one of the largest public libraries in London and has a separate arts library, a large music library
Toronto Centre for the Arts Toronto Centre for the Arts The Toronto Centre for the Arts, previously known as the "Ford Centre for the Performing Arts" and the "North York Performing Arts Centre", is a performing arts venue in North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1993 as the "North York Performing Arts Centre" and was designed by Canadian architect Eberhard Zeidler for musicals, theatre productions and other performing arts. At opening, North York awarded management of the centre to Livent, which sold the naming rights in 1994 to Ford Motor Company of Canada. The building originally housed three theatres: the Main Stage Theatre