Balfron Tower, Rowlett Street, Poplar, London: model

RIBA Ref No RIBA30648

Architect/Designer	Goldfinger, Erno (1902-1987)




Country	UK: England
City	London
Subject Date	1967
Image Date	1968
View	Exterior
Style	Brutalist
Medium	Model
Library Reference	MOD/GOLD/11
Orientation	Landscape
Colour Info	Colour
Credit	RIBA Collections
Subject	Housing ; Skyscrapers ; 1960s British Social Housing

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Picture of Doube-page spread from Mrs Goldfinger's notebook recording tenants' comments about living in Balfron Tower, Rowlett Street, Poplar, London, during the period when Erno and Ursula Goldfinger lived in a flat on the top floor

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NOTES: Balfron Tower was completed in 1967 but tenants only moved in in 1968 when the Goldfinger's moved into Flat 130 for two months.

Picture of Letter from Erno Goldfinger to Mrs Mary Swindley of Blackpool, Lancashire, dated 12 March 1968, in response to her letter to him applauding his announcement that he was going to live in a council flat for a couple of months

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NOTES: Relates to the period when Erno and Ursula Goldfinger lived in Flat 130 at the top of Balfron Tower, Rowlett Street, Poplar, London, to gauge the tenants' response to the design.

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Balfron Tower, Rowlett Street, Poplar, London: model

Doube-page spread from Mrs Goldfinger's notebook recording tenants' comments about living in Balfron Tower, Rowlett Street, Poplar, London, during the period when Erno and Ursula Goldfinger lived in a flat on the top floor

Letter from Erno Goldfinger to Mrs Mary Swindley of Blackpool, Lancashire, dated 12 March 1968, in response to her letter to him applauding his announcement that he was going to live in a council flat for a couple of months

Designs for Balfron Tower, Rowlett Street housing, Poplar, London: west elevation

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Balfron Tower, Rowlett Street, Poplar, London: model

Doube-page spread from Mrs Goldfinger's notebook recording tenants' comments about living in Balfron Tower, Rowlett Street, Poplar, London, during the period when Erno and Ursula Goldfinger lived in a flat on the top floor

Letter from Erno Goldfinger to Mrs Mary Swindley of Blackpool, Lancashire, dated 12 March 1968, in response to her letter to him applauding his announcement that he was going to live in a council flat for a couple of months

Designs for Balfron Tower, Rowlett Street housing, Poplar, London: west elevation

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