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Balfron Tower

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Balfron Tower is a 26-storey residential building in Poplar, a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. [1]

57 relations: A12 road (England), Alice Rawsthorn, Balfron, Blackwall Tunnel, Blitz (film), Brutalist architecture, Canary Wharf DLR station, Carradale, Catherine Yass, Chrisp Street Market, Denzel Washington, Dezeen, Docklands Light Railway, East End of London, English Heritage, Ernő Goldfinger, For Queen and Country, Glenkerry House, Godfather (album), Greater London Council, Housing association, Hustle (TV series), Langdon Park DLR station, Listed building, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London Buses, London Buses route 108, London Buses route 15, London County Council, Morning Glory (Oasis song), National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Oasis (band), Open House London, Owen Hatherley, Paul W. S. Anderson, Poplar HARCA, Poplar, London, Public housing, Ready to Go (Republica song), Republica, Robin Hood Gardens, Shopping (1994 film), Stratford station, The Bartlett, The Fixer (2008 TV series), The New York Times, The Times, The Verve, Thermal bridge, This Is Music, ..., Trellick Tower, Wayne Hemingway, Whitechapel (TV series), Wiley (musician), Window, 1994 in film, 28 Days Later. Expand index (7 more) »

A12 road (England)

The A12 is a major road in England.

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Alice Rawsthorn

Alice Rawsthorn OBE (born 1958 in Manchester) is a British design critic, who writes on design in the international edition of The New York Times.

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Balfron

Balfron is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland.

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Blackwall Tunnel

The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, England linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, and part of the A102 road.

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Blitz (film)

Blitz is a 2011 British crime thriller film directed by Elliott Lester, starring Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen and David Morrissey.

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Brutalist architecture

Brutalist architecture flourished from 1951 to 1975, having descended from the modernist architectural movement of the early 20th century.

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Canary Wharf DLR station

Canary Wharf is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in the Canary Wharf (within the estate) in East London.

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Carradale

Carradale (Càradal) is a village on the east side of Kintyre, overlooking the Kilbrannan Sound and the west coast of the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, approximately 14 miles from Campbeltown.

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Catherine Yass

Catherine Yass (born 1963) is an English artist.

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Chrisp Street Market

Chrisp Street Market was the first purpose-built pedestrian shopping area in the UK.

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Denzel Washington

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, director, and producer.

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Dezeen

Dezeen is an online architecture, interiors and design magazine based in London, with offices in Hoxton.

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Docklands Light Railway

The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system opened in 1987 to serve the redeveloped Docklands area of East London, England.

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East End of London

The East End of London, usually called the East End, is the historic core of wider East London, east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London, and north of the River Thames.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.

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Ernő Goldfinger

Ernő Goldfinger (11 September 1902 – 15 November 1987) was a Hungarian-born architect and designer of furniture.

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For Queen and Country

For Queen and Country is a 1988 British-American crime drama film co-written and directed by Martin Stellman and starring Denzel Washington.

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Glenkerry House

Glenkerry House is a housing block on the Brownfield Estate in Poplar, London designed by the studio of the controversial Brutalist architect Ernő Goldfinger.

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Godfather (album)

Godfather is the eleventh studio album by English grime MC Wiley.

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Greater London Council

The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986.

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Housing association

In Ireland and the United Kingdom, housing associations are private, non-profit making organisations that provide low-cost "social housing" for people in need of a home.

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Hustle (TV series)

Hustle is a British television crime drama series starring Adrian Lester, Robert Glenister and Robert Vaughn.

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Langdon Park DLR station

Langdon Park is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Poplar in Greater London, England.

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Listed building

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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London Borough of Tower Hamlets

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London Borough in East London which covers much of the traditional East End.

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London Buses

London Buses is the subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL) that manages bus services within Greater London.

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London Buses route 108

London Buses route 108 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England.

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London Buses route 15

London Buses route 15 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England.

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London County Council

London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected.

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Morning Glory (Oasis song)

"Morning Glory" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, written by Noel Gallagher, and released on the band's second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? in September 1995.

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National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the largest membership organisation in the United Kingdom.

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Oasis (band)

Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991.

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Open House London

Open House London is an event which promotes appreciation of architecture by the general public.

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Owen Hatherley

Owen Hatherley (born 24 July 1981 in Southampton, UK) is a British writer and journalist based in London who writes primarily on architecture, politics and culture.

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Paul W. S. Anderson

Paul William Scott Anderson (born 4 March 1965) is an English film director, producer, and screenwriter who regularly works in science fiction films and video game adaptations.

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Poplar HARCA

Poplar HARCA (Housing and Regeneration Community Association) is a housing association in the East End of London, England.

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Poplar, London

Poplar is a mainly residential district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London, about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east of Charing Cross.

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Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local.

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Ready to Go (Republica song)

"Ready to Go" is a song by Republica, released as a single on 15 April 1996.

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Republica

Republica are an English alternative rock band, formed in 1994.

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Robin Hood Gardens

Robin Hood Gardens is a residential estate in Poplar, London designed in the late 1960s by architects Alison and Peter Smithson and completed in 1972.

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Shopping (1994 film)

Shopping is a 1994 British action crime drama film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson about a group of British teenagers who indulge in joyriding and ramraiding.

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Stratford station

Stratford is a major multi-level interchange station serving the district of Stratford and the mixed-use development known as Stratford City, in the London Borough of Newham, east London.

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The Bartlett

The UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment (The Bartlett) is the Faculty of the Built Environment of University College London (UCL).

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The Fixer (2008 TV series)

The Fixer is a British drama television series, produced by Kudos for ITV.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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The Verve

The Verve were an English rock band formed in Wigan in 1990 by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury.

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Thermal bridge

A thermal bridge, also called a cold bridge or heat bridge, is an area or component of an object which has higher thermal conductivity than the surrounding materials, creating a path of least resistance for heat transfer.

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This Is Music

"This Is Music" was the first single released from The Verve's second album, A Northern Soul.

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Trellick Tower

Trellick Tower Cheltenham Estate, commonly known as Trellick Tower, is Grade II* listed tower block on the Cheltenham Estate in Kensal Town, London.

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Wayne Hemingway

Wayne Andrew Hemingway, MBE (born 19 January 1961) is an English designer and co-founder of Red or Dead.

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Whitechapel (TV series)

Whitechapel is a British television drama series produced by Carnival Films, in which detectives in London's Whitechapel district dealt with murders which replicated historical crimes.

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Wiley (musician)

Richard Kylea Cowie Jr, (born 19 January 1979), better known by his stage name Wiley and in his early career Wiley Kat, is an English rapper, recording artist, record producer from Bow, East London.

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Window

A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof or vehicle that allows the passage of light, sound, and air.

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1994 in film

This is a list of films released in 1994.

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28 Days Later

28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Alex Garland, and starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, and Christopher Eccleston.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfron_Tower

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