Balfron Tower

Balfron Tower
Balfron Tower, a prominent example of Brutalist housing
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General information
TypeResidential flats
LocationLondon, E14
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°30′49.1″N 00°00′31.7″W / 51.513639°N 0.008806°W / 51.513639; -0.008806
Construction started1965
Completed1967
Height
Roof84 metres (276 ft)
Technical details
Floor count26
Design and construction
Architect(s)Ernő Goldfinger
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameBalfron Tower
Designated14 March 1996
Reference no.1334931

Balfron Tower is a 26-storey residential building in Poplar, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, 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 (Grade II*, originally Grade II).[1][2] Balfron Tower is stylistically similar to Goldfinger's later Trellick Tower in North Kensington, within West London

  1. ^ "Building of the Month: December 2012 – Balfron Tower". Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Balfron Tower (1334931)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 February 2014.