Balfron Tower

Local nameBalfron Tower
LocationLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets, UK

Balfron Tower is a 26-storey residential building in Poplar, Tower Hamlets, East London. Built in a Brutalist style, it forms part of the Brownfield Estate, an area of social housing between Chrisp Street Market and the A12 northern approach to the Blackwall Tunnel. It was designed by Ernő Goldfinger in 1963 for the London County Council, built 1965–67 by the GLC, and has been a listed building since 1996. Balfron Tower is stylistically similar to Goldfinger's later Trellick Tower in London.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfron_Tower

Coordinates 51°30'48.721" N -0°0'31.773" E

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