London’s ‘ugliest’ tall buildings where flats can cost £1million
But it bears astonishing parallels to real-life Hungarian-Jewish architect Ernő Goldfinger, who arrived in the UK in the ...
London's best brutalist homes — from the Alexandra Road Estate to the Barbican
The Smithsons are best known for their late-Sixties Robin Hood Gardens social housing project in Poplar. Demolition of the ...
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London’s brutalist Balfron Tower opens two eclectically designed show apartments
A couple of colourful doors to two show homes have opened in Ernö Goldfinger’s 27-storey Balfron Tower in London. Completed in 1967 for the London County Council, the iconic Grade II*-listed brutalist ...
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Brutalist - and beautiful? Captivating new photo book celebrates London's council estates, from the first post-war housing to iconic blocks that have become some of the capital ...
It 'celebrates London council estates in all their diversity ... who was behind the Balfron Tower. Scroll down to see MailOnline Travel's selection of images from the tome, touted as 'the most ...
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A Tale of Two Towers: Trellick Tower turns 50
Trellick Tower, Kensal Rise, west London in 1975 (Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections) The first of the two buildings, Balfron Tower, was in the east London neighbourhood of Poplar. Once it ...
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Balfron Tower
Studio Egret West has breathed new life into the Grade II*-listed Balfron Tower in East London. Ernö Goldfinger’s brutalist 27-storey tower was originally built between 1965 and 1967 for the ...