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AD Classics: Balfron Tower / Erno Goldfinger

Oct 2011

By Tim Winstanley — Filed under: AD Architecture Classics ,Housing ,Residential ,Skyscrapers , Brutalism, Brutalist, Concrete, England, Erno Goldfinger, London, Social Housing

The Balfron Tower by architect Erno Goldfinger is an iconic Brutalist residential high rise located in London’s eastside Poplar borough. Designed in 1963 for the London County Council and completed in 1967 by the Greater London Council, this social housing estate broke the traditions of typical residential architecture. Conceived as a solution to sprawling suburbia, Goldfinger embraced verticality as the cure. More details after the break. read more »

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AD Classics: Trellick Tower / Erno Goldfinger

Aug 2011

By Tim Winstanley — Filed under: AD Architecture Classics ,Housing ,Skyscrapers , Brutalism, Concrete, England, Erno Goldfinger, London

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The Trellick Tower is an iconic structure located in west London, England. It has gone through numerous phases of public perception, most notably its notorious nickname as the “Tower of Terror.” Designed as social housing for the local council, it features numerous unconventional design elements. Architect Erno Goldfinger, drew inspiration from the modernist principles of Le Corbusier’s Unite d’Habitation for the tower’s dwelling units. More details after the break. read more »

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Brutalism in the UK

Jul 2010

By andyspain — Filed under: Architectural Photography , Brutalism, UK

Brutalism is the term coined to describe the raw architecture often made with concrete during the 1950s and 1960s (with a later resurgence). I’m an architectural photographer and my fascination with these concrete buildings has led to me document a number of them across the UK (an on-going project).

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