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Balfron Tower, London, Ernő Goldfinger, 1967. View this on the map

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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.

- 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. Photography by London Architectural, Interior and Aerial Photographer - Joas Souza.

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