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
Formerly social housing owned by the borough of Tower Hamlets, the Balfron Tower ... these are some of the perks that 21st century residents will have in the new Balfron. Samuel Ross begins a new ...
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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 ...
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A Tale of Two Towers: Trellick Tower turns 50
The resulting Trellick Tower, Balfron’s sister to the west in Kensal Rise ... following resistance from residents and heritage groups who objected to the proposed loss of children’s play spaces and ...
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Ten modernist council estates that made a "vital contribution" to London's architecture
Balfron Tower and Dawson's Heights are among the estates ... and it is much loved by its nearly 6,000 residents." "Almost at the beginning of his career, Denys Lasdun joined Lubetkin's Tecton ...