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Balfron Tower. Photo / Liamatom Poplar’s Balfron Tower, the stubbier, slightly older sister of Ernő Goldfinger’s Trellick Tower, already has a reputation as a hub for the arts: the Bow Arts Trust regularly holds events there. Now the Brutalist building’s exterior is to be the …

Homeless shelters might be even more packed than usual this Christmas as around 300 squatters are due to be evicted from a block of flats that have stood empty for 3 years in Poplar today. Tower Hamlets say that the squatters, which include families, have …

Rule #1 when you’re launching a new product or service in the local community: don’t piss off members of said community. On Thursday morning a gaggle of people including local schoolkids, farmers, press, and Rosie Boycott descended on a Costcutter store in Tower Hamlets to …

Said Adrus has spent the past 3 months in residence on the 21st floor of the iconic Balfron Tower courtesy of Bow Arts Trust. How he’s managed to produce anything, rather than being totally distracted by the most amazing views across London, mystifies us. Descending …

If you missed it on Open House weekend you can legitimately get inside Goldfinger’s Balfron Tower this weekend without stalking a resident. Artist Peter Wylie is exhibiting his paintings on the 21st floor, 4 of which are off the building they’re hanging in. Called “From …

Despite a cast of cheerleaders including Lord Foster and Zaha Hadid, Poplar’s Robin Hood Gardens estate, whose plight we reported on in March, appears doomed. A proposal to have the Brutalist masterpiece / eyesore (an opinion that depends on how many black turtleneck sweaters you …

The tussle over the fate of an east end council block stepped up a gear over the weekend, as a heavyweight “starchitect” and a respected art critic both sided with a campaign to save the building. Robin Hood Gardens, a 1972-built concrete block in Poplar, …