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Balfron Tower features in Danny Boyle's post-apocalyptic film 28 Days Later, although this appearance is often mistakenly credited to Trellick Tower.
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Poplar contains notable examples of public housing including the Lansbury Estate and Balfron Tower.
The same era also saw the construction of the Robin Hood Gardens housing complex ( overlooking the northern portal of the Blackwall Tunnel ) – designed by architects Peter and Alison Smithson – and the similarly brutalist Balfron Tower, Carradale House and Glenkerry House ( to the north ) – designed by Ernő Goldfinger.
* 28 Weeks Later ( Woodstock Terrace and Balfron Tower )
Balfron Tower has been featured in various other music videos, films and television programmes.
Examples of the buildings and developments are Trellick Tower, Balfron Tower, Robin Hood Gardens and Keeling House in London, Hunslet Grange in Leeds and Park Hill, Sheffield.
Among his most notable buildings of the period were the 27-floor Balfron Tower and the adjacent eleven-storey Carradale House in the East End London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which served as models for the similar 31-floor Trellick Tower in North Kensington ( started 1968, completed 1972 ).
Balfron Tower and Carradale House are also listed Grade II, while an adjacent building by Goldfinger's studio, the 14-storey Glenkerry House, is run as a housing co-operative and is regarded as a model for management of buildings of the type.
* Balfron Tower and Carradale House
* Balfron Tower
Balfron Tower is a 27-storey housing block in Poplar, a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London.
Balfron Tower is high and contains 146 homes ( 136 flats and 10 maisonettes ).
Carradale House, with Balfron Tower behind it
Balfron Tower seen from Carradale
The two appear to be natural extensions of each other, linked by style and design, with the long, low form of Carradale House complementing the height of Balfron Tower.
The building has a similar podium to Balfron Tower, albeit more extensive with a large underground car park underneath.
Like Balfron Tower, the robust nature of the detailing to this building has helped it to weather the passage of time.
Balfron Tower was designed by architect Ernő Goldfinger and is associated with the Brutalist style of 1960s architecture.
Goldfinger's studio later added Glenkerry House on the same estate, complementing Balfron Tower and Carradale in style.
Carradale and Glenkerry Houses were also included in the Balfron Tower Conservation Area, designated in 1998.
In recent years Balfron Tower has been popular with visitors during the annual Open House Weekend.
In December 2007, following a ballot of residents in 2006, Tower Hamlets Council transferred its ownership of Balfron Tower, Carradale House and the surrounding Brownfield Estate to Poplar HARCA, a housing association.
Balfron and features
The music video for the song " Morning Glory " by Oasis features various external shots of Balfron Tower in its opening scenes.
Balfron and film
Balfron Tower is also featured in the 2011 film Blitz as the residence of the main criminal, Barry Weiss.
Balfron and appearance
14 storeys high, it stands in proximity to and complements the appearance of Balfron Tower and Carradale House, which were designed by Goldfinger himself and are now Grade II listed.
Balfron and is
Goldfinger's design is based on his earlier and slightly smaller Balfron Tower ( in Poplar, east London ), and is in effect a sister building.
The parish minister for Fintry is shared with Balfron with the Manse located there.
The ' Clachan Oak ' is an ancient sessile oak near Balfron in Stirlingshire.
It is within sight of the nearby Balfron Tower ; both are highly visible examples of Brutalist architecture.
Balfron and often
Balfron Tower has appeared as a location in many British television programmes, often when an impression of urban deprivation was required.
Balfron and Trellick
Other, more successful, manifestations of the Unité include Chamberlin, Powell and Bon's Barbican Estate ( completed 1982 ), Gordon Tait's Samuda Estate, Isle of Dogs ( 1965 ) and Ernő Goldfinger's Balfron Tower ( 1967 ) and Trellick Tower ( 1972 ), all in London.
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The two blocks were known as Rowlett Street Phases I and II during development before being named after the Scottish villages of Balfron and Carradale, a pattern followed in naming other locations on the nearby Aberfeldy and Teviot estates.
Pending the works to Balfron Tower, some flats are temporarily occupied by artists, who contribute to the community and put on displays in " heritage flat " number 123.
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Tower and features
One of the hardest hit structures was Bank One Tower, which was one of the dominant features of the Fort Worth skyline and which had on its top floor a popular restaurant.
She also features prominently in the book The Captive Queen of Scots by Jean Plaidy, in the short story " Antickes and Frets " by Susanna Clarke, in her 2006 collection The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories and The Secret Confessions of Anne Shakespeare by Arliss Ryan, and is the main character in the Jan Westcott historical / biographical fiction novel The Tower and The Dream.
Charles Dickens wrote a Christmas story about a lamplighter in Canonbury, which features the Tower.
As it is currently configured, the launch site features structures similar to Boeing's Delta IV SLC-37 launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, with a Fixed Umbilical Tower, Mobile Service Tower, Fixed Pad Erector, Launch Control Center and Operations Building, and a Horizontal Integration Facility.
Notable features of the Metacomet Ridge in Simsbury include Heublein Tower, Talcott Mountain State Park, Penwood State Park, and the Tariffville Gorge of the Farmington River.
Construction has obliterated all of these features, and only the University Tower remains as memory of the university's past.
In addition to the cathedral, notable features of the city include the 14th century Tower Gate, the Celtic Old Cross and a number of art galleries.
Willis Tower ’ s tallest antenna is taller than those of the Petronas Towers, however, in accordance with CTBUH regulations and guidelines, the antennas of Willis Tower were not counted as part of its architectural features.
Glastonbury Tor is a hill at Glastonbury, Somerset, England, which features the roofless St. Michael's Tower.
Signature features of those towers are slated for the Freedom Tower.
The University College tower, one of the most distinctive features of the University, was named the Middlesex Memorial Tower in honour of the men from Middlesex County who had fought in World War I.
Both towers are machicolated and Caesar's Tower features a unique double parapet.
The memorial features Locke, Blackpool Tower, Carnegie Hall, and the musical notes of the opening lines of " Hear My Song ".
The Sky Tower features prominently on the Auckland skyline at night due to its extensive illumination and SkyCity uses this lighting of the tower to promote various causes using a number of colours or mix of colours.
The St Kilda Foreshore and Catani Arch are on Jacka Boulevarde, while the upper Esplanade reserve where the Sunday markets are held features the Catani Clock Tower, heritage toilets and vaults.
Prominent features on the summit are the Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower, Bascom Lodge, the Thunderbolt Ski Shelter, and a television and radio tower.
The section features many classic Hersheypark attractions, including the Sunoco Twin Turnpike, Coal Cracker log flume, Kissing Tower and Great Bear inverted roller coaster.
PSG's crest features a red silhouette of the Eiffel Tower with the white royal cradle of Louis XIV between its legs on a blue background with white edging.
A pair of failed proposals was presented to the World's Fair Park Development Committee on March 31, 1994, that sought to reopen the Sunsphere as a restaurant ( similar to Dallas ' Reunion Tower, which features a restaurant at the top of the tower ).
Despite extensive alterations both externally and internally, the Tower retains its original medieval wooden roof and battlements, as well as some internal features.
* Milner's Tower the distinctive keyhole-shaped building that stands ontop of Bradda Head, a memorial to a local locksmith only reachable by foot ; it features on the crest and coat of arms for the village
* Gate Tower Building, which features the Hanshin Expressway passing directly through the 5th-7th floors of the building
* Comerica Tower is a main hub in the Dallas Pedestrian Network and features several retail spaces below ground.
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