In the late 1940s and 1950s Britain designed the best council housing in the world. Our selection represents only the cream of what was produced… It was left to the stalwart Ernö Goldfinger, a pioneer of the early international congresses on public housing in the 1930s, to continue to design tall blocks of real quality: his Balfron Tower is already listed, and Trellick Tower is also recommended.

In the late 1940s and 1950s Britain designed the best council housing in the world. Our selection represents only the cream of what was produced… It was left to the stalwart Ernö Goldfinger, a pioneer of the early international congresses on public housing in the 1930s, to continue to design tall blocks of real quality: his Balfron Tower is already listed, and Trellick Tower is also recommended.