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  • Architect Kate Macintosh visits 269 Leigham Court Road resident Deirdre Shaw to talk with Doug Black, Lambeth team leader for Conversation and Urban Design on 26th June 2015 in London, United Kingdom. 269 Leigham Court Road, built 1968 -1973, was designed as sheltered housing for older people by Kate Macintosh for the London Borough of Lambeth. In 2014, the low rise brutalist estate and architecturally important Grade II listed building, was faced regeneration plans.
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  • Architect Kate Macintosh visits 269 Leigham Court Road resident Deirdre Shaw to talk with Doug Black, Lambeth team leader for Conversation and Urban Design on 26th June 2015 in London, United Kingdom. 269 Leigham Court Road, built 1968 -1973, was designed as sheltered housing for older people by Kate Macintosh for the London Borough of Lambeth. In 2014, the low rise brutalist estate and architecturally important Grade II listed building, was faced regeneration plans.
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  • Architect Kate Macintosh visits 269 Leigham Court Road resident Deirdre Shaw to talk with Doug Black, Lambeth team leader for Conversation and Urban Design on 26th June 2015 in London, United Kingdom. 269 Leigham Court Road, built 1968 -1973, was designed as sheltered housing for older people by Kate Macintosh for the London Borough of Lambeth. In 2014, the low rise brutalist estate and architecturally important Grade II listed building, was faced regeneration plans.
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  • The partially derelict Robin Hood Gardens estate on 20th May 2016 in Poplar, London United Kingdom. Designed in the late 1960s by Alison and Peter Smithson, the estate was completed in 1972. Brutalist in design, it was built as council housing with streets in the sky’, a style of architecture that emerged in Britain during the 60s & 70s.
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  • Architect Kate Macintosh visits 269 Leigham Court Road resident Deirdre Shaw to talk with Doug Black, Lambeth team leader for Conversation and Urban Design on 26th June 2015 in London, United Kingdom. 269 Leigham Court Road, built 1968 -1973, was designed as sheltered housing for older people by Kate Macintosh for the London Borough of Lambeth. In 2014, the low rise brutalist estate and architecturally important Grade II listed building, was faced regeneration plans.
    Leigham_Court_Road-1063.jpg
  • Adam Browne, freehold resident from Knights Walk estate on 1st June 2015 in  South London, United Kingdom.Knight’s Walk is a collection of mostly bungalows; originally built for the elderly and disabled; that are a part of the Cotton Garden Estate in Kennington. Designed by architect George Finch and built between 1969-1972; the estate is currently being put forward for listing by the Twentieth Century Society.
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  • Mary Van de Water, freehold resident from Knights Walk estate on 1st June 2015 in  South London, United Kingdom. Knight’s Walk is a collection of mostly bungalows; originally built for the elderly and disabled; that are a part of the Cotton Garden Estate in Kennington. Designed by architect George Finch and built between 1969-1972; the estate is currently being put forward for listing by the Twentieth Century Society.
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  • Knights Walk estate on 1st June 2015 in  South London, United Kingdom. Knight’s Walk is a collection of mostly bungalows; originally built for the elderly and disabled; that are a part of the Cotton Garden Estate in Kennington. Designed by architect George Finch and built between 1969-1972; the estate is currently being put forward for listing by the Twentieth Century Society.
    Knights_Walk-5715.jpg
  • Adam Browne, freehold resident from Knights Walk estate on 1st June 2015 in  South London, United Kingdom. Knight’s Walk is a collection of mostly bungalows; originally built for the elderly and disabled; that are a part of the Cotton Garden Estate in Kennington. Designed by architect George Finch and built between 1969-1972; the estate is currently being put forward for listing by the Twentieth Century Society.
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  • A desk on Knights Walk estate on 1st June 2015 in  South London, United Kingdom. Knight’s Walk is a collection of mostly bungalows; originally built for the elderly and disabled; that are a part of the Cotton Garden Estate in Kennington. Designed by architect George Finch and built between 1969-1972; the estate is currently being put forward for listing by the Twentieth Century Society.
    Knights_Walk-5615.jpg
  • Mary Van de Water, freehold resident from Knights Walk estate on 1st June 2015 in  South London, United Kingdom. Knight’s Walk is a collection of mostly bungalows; originally built for the elderly and disabled; that are a part of the Cotton Garden Estate in Kennington. Designed by architect George Finch and built between 1969-1972; the estate is currently being put forward for listing by the Twentieth Century Society.
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  • An Asian couple walking past the Barbican Kitchen at the Barbican Centre on the 30th July 2018 in central London in the United Kingdom. The Barbican Estate, built between 1960 & 1980, is in the City of London and is the largest of its kind in Europe. The Barbican Complex is a prominent example of British brutalist architecture and is Grade II listed.
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  • The brutalist Barbican Estate on the 30th July 2018 in central London in the United Kingdom. The Barbican Estate, built between 1960 & 1980, is in the City of London and is the largest of its kind in Europe. The Barbican Complex is a prominent example of British brutalist architecture and is Grade II listed.
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  • The National Theatre building on the South Bank captured from Waterloo Bridge on the 19th April 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • The National Theatre building on the South Bank captured from Waterloo Bridge on the 19th April 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • Open Garden Estates event at Knights Walk with architect Kate Macintosh on 14th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
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  • Open Garden Estates event at Knights Walk with architect Kate Macintosh on 14th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
    Knights_Walk-08413.jpg
  • Open Garden Estates event at Central Hill Estate on 13th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Central Hill is one of six estates earmarked by Lambeth Council for regeneration rather than repair. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
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  • Open Garden Estates event at Central Hill Estate on 13th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Central Hill is one of six estates earmarked by Lambeth Council for regeneration rather than repair. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
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  • Open Garden Estates event at Central Hill Estate on 13th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Central Hill is one of six estates earmarked by Lambeth Council for regeneration rather than repair. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
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  • Open Garden Estates event at Central Hill Estate on 13th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Central Hill is one of six estates earmarked by Lambeth Council for regeneration rather than repair. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
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  • Open Garden Estates event at Central Hill Estate on 13th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Central Hill is one of six estates earmarked by Lambeth Council for regeneration rather than repair. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
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  • A lady walking dogs on Central Hill Estate on 13th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Central Hill is one of six estates earmarked by Lambeth Council for regeneration rather than repair.
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  • Central Hill Estate Food & Wine shop on 13th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Central Hill is one of six estates earmarked by Lambeth Council for regeneration rather than repair.
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  • Sunset on the Southbank Centre on the 19th April 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
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  • The National Theatre building on the South Bank captured from Waterloo Bridge on the 19th April 2019 in London in the United Kingdom.
    NationalTheatre-04262.jpg
  • Open Garden Estates event at Knights Walk with architect Kate Macintosh on 14th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
    Knights_Walk-08437.jpg
  • Open Garden Estates event at Knights Walk with architect Kate Macintosh on 14th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
    Knights_Walk-08397.jpg
  • Open Garden Estates event at Knights Walk with architect Kate Macintosh on 14th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
    Knights_Walk-08344.jpg
  • Open Garden Estates event at Central Hill Estate on 13th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Central Hill is one of six estates earmarked by Lambeth Council for regeneration rather than repair. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
    Central_Hill-08302.jpg
  • Open Garden Estates event at Central Hill Estate on 13th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Central Hill is one of six estates earmarked by Lambeth Council for regeneration rather than repair. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
    Central_Hill-08284.jpg
  • Open Garden Estates event at Central Hill Estate on 13th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Central Hill is one of six estates earmarked by Lambeth Council for regeneration rather than repair. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
    Central_Hill-08274.jpg
  • Open Garden Estates event at Central Hill Estate on 13th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Central Hill is one of six estates earmarked by Lambeth Council for regeneration rather than repair. Open Garden Estates is an initiative by Architects for Social Housing ASH, a collective working to save London council estates under threat of demolition by Government housing policy, local authority estate regeneration programmes and property developers.
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  • A barking dog on Central Hill Estate on 13th June 2015 in Lambeth, South London, United Kingdom. Central Hill is one of six estates earmarked by Lambeth Council for regeneration rather than repair.
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  • The Barbican Estate on the 12th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The Barbican Estate is a residential estate that was built during the 1960s and the 1980s within the City of London in Central London.
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  • The Barbican Centre on the 12th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.
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  • The Barbican Centre on the 12th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.
    B_Barbican_P1042591.jpg
  • The Barbican Centre on the 12th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.
    B_Barbican_P1042580.jpg
  • The Barbican Centre on the 12th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.
    B_Barbican_P1042604.jpg
  • Home to hundreds of prisoners, a detail of Hut 39, renovated and kept as an exhibit in the Nazi and Soviet and Soviet Sachsenhausen concentration camp during WW2, now known as the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum. Sachsenhausen was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD special camp until 1950. Executions took place at Sachsenhausen, especially of Soviet prisoners of war. 30,000 inmates died there from exhaustion, disease, malnutrition, pneumonia, etc. The remaining buildings and grounds are now open to the public as a museum.
    berlin_sachsenhausen09-06-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Coils of rusting barbed wire in winter snow form a perimeter fence in the Nazi and Soviet Sachsenhausen concentration camp, now known as the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum. Sachsenhausen was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD special camp until 1950. Executions took place at Sachsenhausen, especially of Soviet prisoners of war. 30,000 inmates died there from exhaustion, disease, malnutrition, pneumonia, etc. The remaining buildings and grounds are now open to the public as a museum.
    berlin_sachsenhausen08-06-04-2013_1.jpg
  • A girl in a red jumper walking up some steps at the Barbican Centre on the 12th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.
    B_Barbican_P1042657.jpg
  • The Barbican Centre on the 12th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.
    B_Barbican_P1042651.jpg
  • The Barbican Estate on the 12th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The Barbican Estate is a residential estate that was built during the 1960s and the 1980s within the City of London in Central London.
    B_Barbican_P1042654.jpg
  • The Barbican Centre on the 12th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.
    B_Barbican_P1042648.jpg
  • The Barbican Centre on the 12th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.
    B_Barbican_P1042610.jpg
  • The Barbican Centre on the 12th September 2019 in London in the United Kingdom. The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe.
    B_Barbican_P1042561.jpg
  • Coils of rusting barbed wire in winter snow form a perimeter fence in the Nazi and Soviet Sachsenhausen concentration camp, now known as the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum. Sachsenhausen was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD special camp until 1950. Executions took place at Sachsenhausen, especially of Soviet prisoners of war. 30,000 inmates died there from exhaustion, disease, malnutrition, pneumonia, etc. The remaining buildings and grounds are now open to the public as a museum.
    berlin_sachsenhausen15-06-04-2013_1.jpg
  • A remembrance for Theodore Winter, a German carpenter, Communist and resistance fighter against the Nazis who was held in the special prison block of the Nazi and Soviet Sachsenhausen concentration camp during WW2, now known as the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum. Sachsenhausen was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD special camp until 1950. Executions took place at Sachsenhausen, especially of Soviet prisoners of war. 30,000 inmates died there from exhaustion, disease, malnutrition, pneumonia, etc. The remaining buildings and grounds are now open to the public as a museum.
    berlin_sachsenhausen10-06-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Coils of rusting barbed wire in winter snow form a perimeter fence in the Nazi and Soviet Sachsenhausen concentration camp, now known as the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum. Sachsenhausen was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD special camp until 1950. Executions took place at Sachsenhausen, especially of Soviet prisoners of war. 30,000 inmates died there from exhaustion, disease, malnutrition, pneumonia, etc. The remaining buildings and grounds are now open to the public as a museum.
    berlin_sachsenhausen07-06-04-2013_1.jpg
  • The notorious moto in German labour and extermination camps Arbeit Macht Frei ('Work will set you free') in the Nazi and Soviet Sachsenhausen concentration camp during WW2, now known as the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum. Sachsenhausen was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD special camp until 1950. Executions took place at Sachsenhausen, especially of Soviet prisoners of war. 30,000 inmates died there from exhaustion, disease, malnutrition, pneumonia, etc. The remaining buildings and grounds are now open to the public as a museum.
    berlin_sachsenhausen06-06-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Stained glass showing families encarcerated in the Nazi Sachsenhausen concentration camp during WW2, now known as the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum. Sachsenhausen was a Nazi and Soviet concentration camp in Oranienburg, 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD special camp until 1950. Executions took place at Sachsenhausen, especially of Soviet prisoners of war. 30,000 inmates died there from exhaustion, disease, malnutrition, pneumonia, etc. The remaining buildings and grounds are now open to the public as a museum.
    berlin_sachsenhausen04-06-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Stained glass showing families encarcerated in the Nazi Sachsenhausen concentration camp during WW2, now known as the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum. Sachsenhausen was a Nazi and Soviet concentration camp in Oranienburg, 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD special camp until 1950. Executions took place at Sachsenhausen, especially of Soviet prisoners of war. 30,000 inmates died there from exhaustion, disease, malnutrition, pneumonia, etc. The remaining buildings and grounds are now open to the public as a museum.
    berlin_sachsenhausen03-06-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Knights Walk Estate in the London Borough of Lambeth on 15th June 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Knights Walk was designed by the architect George Finch, especially for the elderly or people with disabilities and forms part of the Cotton Garden Estate. It was built between 1969-1972
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  • Cotton Garden Estate in the London Borough of Lambeth on 15th June 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Cotton Garden Estate was designed by the architect George Finch and completed in 1968
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  • Carradale House next to 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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  • Balfron Tower, from Chrisp Street Market, 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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  • 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.
    Balfron_Tower_2072.jpg
  • Carradale House, adjacent to 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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  • 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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  • Balfron Tower, from Chrisp Street Market, 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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  • The iconic Trellick Tower overlooking Golbourne Road on the 26th March 2018 in West London, United Kingdom. Trellick Tower is Grade II listed tower block on the Cheltenham Estate in Kensal Town, London. Opened in 1972, it had been commissioned by the Greater London Council and designed in the Brutalist style by architect Ernő Goldfinger.
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  • The iconic Trellick Tower overlooking Golbourne Road on the 26th March 2018 in West London, United Kingdom. Trellick Tower is Grade II listed tower block on the Cheltenham Estate in Kensal Town, London. Opened in 1972, it had been commissioned by the Greater London Council and designed in the Brutalist style by architect Ernő Goldfinger.
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  • Concrete steps covered in colourful graffiti at Trellick Tower on the 26th March 2018 in West London, United Kingdom. Trellick Tower is Grade II listed tower block on the Cheltenham Estate in Kensal Town, London. Opened in 1972, it had been commissioned by the Greater London Council and designed in the Brutalist style by architect Ernő Goldfinger.
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  • Knights Walk Estate in the London Borough of Lambeth on 15th June 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Knights Walk was designed by the architect George Finch, especially for the elderly or people with disabilities and forms part of the Cotton Garden Estate. It was built between 1969-1972
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  • Knights Walk Estate in the London Borough of Lambeth on 15th June 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Knights Walk was designed by the architect George Finch, especially for the elderly or people with disabilities and forms part of the Cotton Garden Estate. It was built between 1969-1972
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  • Cotton Garden Estate in the London Borough of Lambeth on 3rd August 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Cotton Garden Estate was designed by the architect George Finch and completed in 1968
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  • Carradale House next to 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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  • Carradale House, adjacent to 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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  • Balfron Tower, with adjacent building Carradale House, 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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  • Carradale House, adjacent to 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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  • 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.
    Balfron_Tower_2063.jpg
  • Balfron Tower, with adjacent building Carradale House, 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.
    Balfron_Tower_2042.jpg
  • 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.
    Balfron_Tower_2018.jpg
  • Balfron Tower, with adjacent building Carradale House, 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.
    Balfron_Tower_2011.jpg
  • Balfron Tower, with adjacent building Carradale House, 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.
    Balfron_Tower_2001.jpg
  • 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.
    Balfron_Tower_1974.jpg
  • 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.
    Balfron_Tower_1951.jpg
  • Small statue of Enver Hoxha in a waiting room inside the Pyramid,  Tirana. This brutal structure was designed by the daughter and son-in-law of Enver Hoxha, Albania's communist dictator. Initially, it was a mausoleum (officially the "Enver Hoxha Memorial Museum"), inaugurated in 1988 as the final resting place of Albania's ruler, Enver Hoxha, the lord of life and death in Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985.<br />
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With the fall of the Communist regime in 1991, Hoxha's corpse was evicted, just three years into its final rest. In 1992, the Pyramid became in name Tirana's main cultural center devoted to promoting contemporary arts (visual and performing arts, music, film and culture). In reality, its various halls were better known for the hosting of consumer goods trade fairs.
    Albania032_1_1.jpg
  • Marble statue of Enver Hoxha in the centre of the Pyramid, Tirana when it was a museum to the dictator. This brutal structure was designed by the daughter and son-in-law of Enver Hoxha, Albania's communist dictator. Initially, it was a mausoleum (officially the "Enver Hoxha Memorial Museum"), inaugurated in 1988 as the final resting place of Albania's ruler, Enver Hoxha, the lord of life and death in Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985.<br />
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With the fall of the Communist regime in 1991, Hoxha's corpse was evicted, just three years into its final rest. In 1992, the Pyramid became in name Tirana's main cultural center devoted to promoting contemporary arts (visual and performing arts, music, film and culture). In reality, its various halls were better known for the hosting of consumer goods trade fairs.
    Albania031_1_1.jpg
  • Children climbing the Pyramid, Tirana, after the fall of the Hoxha regime (they would have been imprisoned a year earlier). This brutal structure was designed by the daughter of Enver Hoxha, . Initially, it was a mausoleum (officially the "Enver Hoxha Memorial Museum"), inaugurated in 1988 as the final resting place of Albania's ruler, Enver Hoxha, the lord of life and death in Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985.<br />
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With the fall of the Communist regime in 1991, Hoxha's corpse was evicted. In 1992, the Pyramid became in name Tirana's main cultural center devoted to promoting contemporary arts (visual and performing arts, music, film and culture). In reality, its various halls were better known for the hosting of consumer goods trade fairs.
    Albania030_1_1.jpg
  • A shadow across the steps of the main Post Office in Palermo. Designed by Angiolo Mazzoni it is a brutal Fascist era structure. Palermo, Italy
    SFE_130919_014_1_1.jpg
  • A shadow across the steps of the main Post Office in Palermo. Designed by Angiolo Mazzoni it is a brutal Fascist era structure. Palermo, Italy
    SFE_130919_007_1_1.jpg
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