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
Westpoint Performing Arts Centre was once a rubbish dump, and methane gas monitoring stations can still be seen outside the building today. The building is owned by "The Auckland Musical Arts Trust" and administered by Auckland Music Theatre Incorporated who use the building as their own 'home base'. Auckland Council own the land which the building sits on. The performance space within the venue seats approximately 120 patrons, however the building has a number of spaces which can be configured to suit smaller, or larger numbers of patrons. Westpoint Performing Arts Centre The Westpoint Performing Arts Centre is a venue located in Point Chevalier,