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Full 2002 02 deutsche bauzeitung

'Balfron Tower und Trellick Tower', Deutsche Bauzeitung
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Jörn Ebner, 2002

Intro

This German article begins with a short abstract in English which is reproduced below. It features one axonometric and two photographs of Balfron Tower.

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pp.80-84
The architect did not live to experience the belated appreciation of one of his finest buildings. Ernö Goldfinger died in 1987 at the time when his Trellick Tower, built for the GLC, had fallen into disrepute as a place of social trouble and violence. Meanwhile the Tower enjoys growing acceptance - above all by the young and prosperous adults who now populate it. Its predecessor, Balfron Tower in the East End, is still awaiting such gentrification.

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The architect did not live to experience the belated appreciation of one of his finest buildings. Ernö Goldfinger died in 1987 at the time when his Trellick Tower, built for the GLC, had fallen into disrepute as a place of social trouble and violence. Meanwhile the Tower enjoys growing acceptance - above all by the young and prosperous adults who now populate it. Its predecessor, Balfron Tower in the East End, is still awaiting such gentrification.