Balfron Tower. After careful restoration, Balfron Tower has a new lease of life to take it into its second half-century. The site at ground level, prior to our work, Our vision for the communal facilities - CGIs by Binyan Studios. The Balfron Tower proposals developed by Studio Egret West are linked with the sale of the block onto the private market. Tower Hamlets council voted unanimously in favour of refurbishment plans for the 27-storey Brutalist building, drawn up by Studio Egret West and Ab Rogers Design.. Tags Balfron Tower Ernő Goldfinger Housing Poplar Refurbishment Twentieth Century Society ​Studio Egret West The first residents are expected to move in next spring. More about our process A complete aesthetic renovation of the Grade II* listed, 26-storey building was carried out to create a total of 146 residential apartments. Ernö Goldfinger’s 27-storey Balfron Tower in east London had fallen into disrepair and out of favour. Architects Studio Egret West (SEW) and Ab Rogers Design (ARD) have overseen the update, with Brody Associates creating signage and graphic identity. We are Studio Egret West. As you approach the tower, a beam of light shepherds you safely across the drawbridge, towards the entrance and into the building. The covers have started to come off at east London’s Balfron Tower and the Twentieth Century Society doesn’t like what it sees. Working with joint venture partners, Poplar HARCA and Telford Homes, and architects, Studio Egret West together with Ab Rogers Design, the project will preserve and restore 146 apartments in this renowned Brutalist Grade II* listed tower. We have a lot in common, but it’s our differences that make our Studio the intensely social, productive place it is. We’ve remodelled the existing access corridors to make them open and bright. So we’re all an expert at something and a novice at something else. It is the largest block belonging to the Brownfield Estate in Poplar. To transform the 27-storey building into a modern residence, Studio Egret West and Ab Rogers Design are each responsible for the design of 50 per cent of the homes. Ab Rogers showflat, styled in collaboration with Blue Farrier As our cities become denser, more efficient and now increasingly controlled due to the implications of the coronavirus pandemic, so too grows the imperative for our wellbeing to introduce impromptu opportunities to engage playfully with our surroundings. Meanwhile, Ab Rogers Design used bolder mid-century-influenced hues – a charcoal grey kitchen matched with icy blue flooring, white walls, plus an impactful red bathroom ceiling. A restoration of Ernö Goldfinger’s 1967 iconic modernist design for Balfron Tower in collaboration with Studio Egret West and Brody Associates. 27 Oct 2015 – The Twentieth Century Society has called for the scrapping of plans by Studio Egret West and Ab Rogers to revamp Erno Goldfinger’s Balfron Tower. The Balfron Tower scheme is designed by Londonewcastle and not AHMM or Studio Egret West to my knowledge. We’ve preserved and celebrated Balfron Tower, improved the setting of next-door Carradale House – also by Goldfinger – and enhanced the Balfron Tower Conservation Area. We design and curate places with compelling narratives and identities, places that are firmly rooted in their context and grow naturally out of it. Designed in 1967 by legendary architect Ernö Goldfinger, the Grade II* listed building was lauded as one of the era’s most innovative examples of residential design. London «BACK TO GALLERY. Studio Egret West’s approach to Balfron Tower has been informed by conservation; respecting the external fabric of the building, restoring the internal communal spaces, and reinstating the concrete cornice and chimneys. Our approach has been one of ‘constructive conservation’ and of respect for the Brutalist aesthetics. London. Studio Egret West’s approach to Balfron Tower has been informed by conservation; respecting the external fabric of the building, restoring the internal communal spaces, and reinstating the concrete cornice and chimneys. Balfron Tower was designed by legendary architect Erno Goldfinger, and constructed in 1967. Residents now have access to a cinema room, table-tennis room, yoga room, dining room, library, workshop and gym. Client: LondoNewcastle Architect: Studio Egret West. There’s also a partnership with artist Ryan Gander, who has developed a set of doormats, door numbers and doorbell sounds, all based on original Goldfinger documents. 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