Residents in a noted brutalist tower block in east London have been stranded in their homes after the 26-storey building's two lifts stopped working. The Grade II listed Balfron Tower in Poplar has ...

IT'S still dubbed the 'ugliest building in Britain' even after undergoing a £40m refurbishment that - it is hoped - will entice City bankers to move in there next month. But The Sun can reveal that ...

Apartments in a building once called the ugliest in the country are on sale for up to £800,000 following a surge of gentrification. In Poplar, Balfron Tower, on the Brownfield Estate, was home to a ...

Residents living in one of London’s most famous brutalist tower blocks have said it is “downright insulting” that they have only been offered £100 in compensation after the lifts repeatedly broke down ...

In the 1960s, Balfron Tower was built in the Poplar neighborhood in the East End of London to house the city’s poor. Today, the building is being re-purposed as high-end housing for professionals. The ...

The Balfron Tower is somewhat of an ugly icon. It was designed together with its twin the Trellick Tower by Maxist architect Ernő Goldfinger and it has a love-hate relationship with the public due to ...

Londoners living in a listed tower block have spoken of their misery over failing lifts that have left them climbing up to 25 flights of stairs to reach their homes. Residents of Balfron Tower in ...

A new history of Britain’s tower blocks reveals the ways architecture and ideology have combined to ensure residents are ...