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‘The council tenants weren’t going to be allowed back’: how Britain’s ‘ugliest building’ was gentrified | Architecture | The Guardian theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…
www.theguardian.com ‘The council tenants weren’t going to be allowed back’: how Britain’s ‘ugliest building’ was... The east London brutalist landmark Balfron Tower was conceived as the perfect neighbourhood in the sky by its Marxist architect. Now its flats are being sold as ‘trophy properties’ I still find it hard to believe @MuseumoftheHome replaced the 1965 room setting. The trend for midcentury design shows no sign of waning. #midcenturymodern
I visited @MuseumoftheHome this afternoon. Very disappointing. Really miss the 1965 room setting. It’s a shame they could not find a place for the 1950s/1960s when they have accommodated awful spaces like this ⬇️
The big picture: the decline and fall of a utopian social housing scheme. theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…
www.theguardian.com The big picture: the decline and fall of a utopian social housing scheme Peter Mitchell’s 1975 shot of the derelict Quarry Hill flats in Leeds recalls a groundbreaking community dream