As the precursor to the larger Trellick Tower, Ernö Goldfinger's brutalist Balfron Tower in London was a testbed for the architect's utopian housing ideals.

IT’S still dubbed the ‘ugliest building in Britain’ even after undergoing a £40m refurbishment that – it is hoped – will entice City bankers to move in there next mont… ...

Completed in 1967, the Balfron Tower, as well as the low-rise Carradale House alongside it, remains one of the best-known works of the legendary modernist provocateur Ernö Goldfinger. Located on the ...

Designed and conceived by visionary Hungarian-British architect Ernő Goldfinger, Balfron Tower’s 26 floors of ‘streets in the sky’ offer some of the most amazing panoramic views of London.

Those living on the top floor of the Grade II listed Balfron Tower have had to trek 84 metres up and down stairs - the height of 17 double-decker London buses - every time they need to leave their ...

W*: What do you find so intriguing about the architecture and story of Balfron Tower? LF: I think of Goldfinger and Balfron as interesting London characters and I love how the building has been used ...

In the 1960s, Balfron Tower was built in the Poplar neighborhood in the East End of London to house the city’s poor. Today, the building is being re-purposed as high-end housing for professionals.

An iconic East London building, Balfron Tower, is now available to rent (Picture: Way of Life) There are few architectural icons in London you can actually live in. . However, a new reimagining of ...

Balfron Tower residents 'downright insulted' by £100 compensation offer after 'crippling' broken lifts ordeal ‘Our lives are worth £100’, one resident complained after being offered compensation ...

Residents living inside Balfron Tower, in Tower Hamlets, east London, were stuck inside their homes for nearly a week from May 13 after their lifts broke.. The 26-storey Grade II-listed tower ...

IT’S still dubbed the ‘ugliest building in Britain’ even after undergoing a £40m refurbishment that – it is hoped – will entice City bankers to move in there next mont… ...