Balfron Tower
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Balfron Tower is a multi-story housing block in the Poplar district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is situated close to, and on the western side of the northern approach of the Blackwall Tunnel.
It was designed by architect Ernö Goldfinger and, like Goldfinger's later, very similar but slightly more famous Trellick Tower in west London, is associated with the Brutalist style of 1960s architecture. Both Balfron and Trellick towers are often regarded as striking and/or ugly. Goldfinger himself was pleased with the design and moved in to flat 130, on the 26th floor, for two months in 1968.
Balfron Tower is 27 stories high, and lifts serve all entry floors (that is every third floor); thus, to reach a flat (apartment) on the 11th, 12th or 13th floors, residents or visitors would take a lift to the 12th. The lift shaft sits in a separate tower, joined by seven (or eight) walkways.