Balfron Tower In London

Women walking towards Balfron Tower on 27th April 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The architecturally important Balfron Tower is a 26-storey residential building in Poplar, a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. It was designed by Ernő Goldfinger and built in a brutalist style for the London Country Council. It and opened in 1967. The tower forms part of the Brownfield Estate. It has been a Grade II listed building since 1996. Balfron Tower is stylistically similar to Goldfingers later Trellick Tower in West London. Recently, residents and campaigners are battling to prevent a regeneration of the celebrated tower.

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Women walking towards Balfron Tower on 27th April 2016 in London, United Kingdom. The architecturally important Balfron Tower is a 26-storey residential building in Poplar, a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. It was designed by Ernő Goldfinger and built in a brutalist style for the London Country Council. It and opened in 1967. The tower forms part of the Brownfield Estate. It has been a Grade II listed building since 1996. Balfron Tower is stylistically similar to Goldfingers later Trellick Tower in West London. Recently, residents and campaigners are battling to prevent a regeneration of the celebrated tower.