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… ...

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.

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 ...

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… ...

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 ...

Those living in the top floors of the 26-storey Balfron Tower, east London, have been periodically stuck in their flats as the lifts keep breaking down. advertisement. Metro.

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 ...

Residents living in one of London’s most famous brutalist tower blocks have said it is “downright insulting” that they have only been offered £100 in compensation after the lifts repeatedly broke down ...

Residents in a noted brutalist tower block in east London have been stranded in their homes after the 26-storey building's two lifts stopped working. The Grade II listed Balfron Tower in Poplar ...

Residents of Balfron Tower in Poplar say they’ve been left with “crippling anxiety” after being trapped in a lift or forced into a 10-minute climb to the top of the brutalist building.