RMGB07EW–The remains of furniture on two floors after the collapse of a complete corner of a 22 storey block of flats at Canning Town in the east End of London.
RMBH37EN–Tower Hamlets, Whitechapel East London 1970s UK. Peabody Estate, multiracial block of flats 1975 Britain. Bengali man in doorway. HOMER SYKES
RM2CHB2K3–Herr Paul Lucke, Federal German Minister of Housing, shakes the hand of Renee O'Brien during a visit to her flat at Cornish House, a newly-completed 18-storey block of three-room flats in Southwark, London. On left is E.E. Woods, vice-chairman of the London County Council.
RM2BW3HYN–London ' s Flat Flats Towering over the busy dockland , surrounded by cranes and the tail masts of the world ' s shipping , is London ' s most curious building . Isolated at the side of the Surrey Dock Canal the narrow building situated in Northey Street , Limehouse , is used as a block of flats . Photo shows : London ' s smallest and most curious block of flats , situated at the side of the Surrey Dock canal in North Street , Limehouse . 13 Jul 1936
RFM7A5D8–High angle monochrome view looking up at an expensive Edwardian block of period apartments typically found in Kensington, West London, UK
RMMHNN70–Morshead Mansions, Morshead Road, Maida Vale, London. Date: circa 1910
RMA04T18–Tower block in Hackney London
RMBHJPC3–Flats in Lambeth, London, c1945-1980. Artist: Eric de Maré
RMEB8M97–Cromwell's Tower, Barbican Center, London, England, united Kingdom.
RMB56JY6–A Cockney earns his living: They've chosen the hard way to collect a weekly pay packet - two dustmen leave a block of London flats by the back way. August 1947 P009118
RM2EF0NBW–UK, West London, Notting Hill, 1973. Rundown & dilapidated large four-story houses are starting to be restored and redecorated. No.227 Westbourne Park Road & modern block of flats the other side of Powis Gardens. 'ANGEL' Graffiti on the house pillar.
RMBHWCR0–Victorian Slum Building Peabody Housing Estate. Tower Hamlets Whitechapel east London UK 1970s. Multiracial Britain, immigrant children playing in the communal area of the block of flats. 1975 HOMER SYKES
RM2RXBG7A–Black and white abstract architecture of Isokon Building. Completed in 1934 it was the first modernist block of flats in Britain. London. UK
RF2BJRYB7–1930s Architecture Apartment Block Flats Red Brick Balconies Art Deco The Grampians, Shepherds Bush Road, London W6 Collcutt & Hamp Maurice Webb
RMHTW9AG–Archive image of a block of council flats, public housing, Lambeth, London, England, 1979
RF2BJXEK3–1930s Architecture Apartment Block Flats Red Brick Balconies Art Deco The Grampians, Shepherds Bush Road, London W6 Collcutt & Hamp Maurice Webb B&W
RM2BDNH5N–Art Deco style Ormonde Court block of flats, Putney, London, UK
RMC1K9X8–1960s. London. A newly constructed high rise residential tower block, built to provide volume housing on empty WWII bomb sites.
RF2JE5MR3–Empty tower block - Dennison Point on the Carpenters Estate, Stratford, Newham, earmarked for development, London 2022
RFDRFBR0–Park Gate Mansion Wanstead Flats London Borough of Redbridge circa 1880
RM2D8YCKY–Father walking street with child looking through iron railings in urban setting with apartment block in background, B/W, Hackney, London, England, UK
RM2CHB2JT–Herr Paul Lucke, Federal German Minister of Housing (second from left, hat in hand) is accompanied by E.E. Woods (third from left), vice-chairman of the London County Council, during a visit to Cornish House, a newly-completed 18-storey block of three-room flats in Southwark, London.
RM2BW3HN1–London ' s Flat Flats Towering over the busy dockland , surrounded by cranes and the tail masts of the world ' s shipping , is London ' s most curious building . Isolated at the side of the Surrey Dock Canal the narrow building situated in Northey Street , Limehouse , is used as a block of flats . Photo shows : London ' s smallest and most curious block of flats , situated at the side of the Surrey Dock canal in North Street , Limehouse . 13 Jul 1936
RFM7A5CN–High angle monochrome view looking up at an expensive Edwardian block of period apartments typically found in Kensington, West London, UK
RM2CHB2KB–Princess Margaret, who is opening flats on the new Islington estate, receiving a bouquet of flowers from Pauline Quinn and Bette Sweetman, the first children to be born on the new estate in London.
RM2BWB187–The Archbishop of Canterbury in procession at the opening of the new block of flats of the St Marylebone Housing Association in Earl Street , Lisson Grove , London . 9 October 1935
RM2CHB2JR–Minister of Housing Henry Brooke and members of his party on the balcony of one of the two 13-storey blocks of flats at Highview Gardens, New Southgate, London. (L-R) Henry Brooke and his wife, Francis J.V. Brown, Mayoress of Southgate, and David du R. Aberdeen, the architect.
RM2BW39K0–Europe 's largest block of flats will have bomb proof shelter at Albany Street and Euston Road . Pouring out the roof of the new flats . 25 July 1935
RMG5F6YR–Miss Christine Keeler leaving a block of flats in Devonshire Street, London, when the trial of Dr. Stephen Ward on vice charges was due to open at the Old Bailey.
RMA04T03–Lift and staircase in block Hackney London
RMGAFTNK–A policeman is seen on duty outside the block of flats in Wimpole Street, London today, where the radio 'ham' lives who tipped off police that he had overheard a gang talking about a raid. Later the police searched a number of banks within a 10 mile radius, including the branch of Lloyd's where a huge haul was carried out.
RMEB8MM2–Cromwell's Tower, Barbican Center, London, England, united Kingdom.
RM2CHB2K7–Princess Margaret waving to onlookers as she leaves after opening the new Islington estate in London. Alongside her is Mayor of Islington Ald. H.J.L. Lygoe.
RMMPTJHE–Brutalist block of flats on Field End Road, Hillingdon, London, 1968-1975. Artist: John Gay.
RMG46CWY–Pop music guitarist Jet Harris, who pleaded guilty at Marylebone to assaulting a company director by pointing a gun at him. Harris, who was charged under his real name of Terence Harris, said that when he held up five people in the foyer of a block of flats, he did so for a joke.
RF2BJXG9D–1930s Architecture Apartment Block Flats Red Brick Balconies Art Deco The Grampians, Shepherds Bush Road, London W6 Collcutt & Hamp Maurice Webb B&W
RM2BDNH5P–Art Deco style Ormonde Court block of flats, Putney, London, UK
RMGB06Y3–Rescue workers search debris after the collapse of a complete corner of a 22 storey block of flats at Canning Town in the east End of London.
RMC1K9WT–1960s. London. A newly constructed high rise residential tower block, built to provide volume housing on empty WWII bomb sites.
RM2CHB2JX–Residents get a close-up view of Princess Margaret from balconies of Amwell Court in Green Lanes, London, during her visit to the new block of council flats which the princess opened.
RMW143KB–June 14th 2019 the second anniversary of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, and a community still in mourning. Kensington, London, UK Credit: B. Catterall
RMPEW2F1–Council estate housing 1970s UK. Regents Canal looking across to the De Beauvoir Estate, Haggerston east London. New build tower blocks. 1978 HOMER SYKES
RMB4HPBY–A small boy plays outside a block of flats in Stockwell South London Image used for Battery Children
RMS0W2P4–Flats in London
RM2J0F4CX–Cooper Close, Waterloo Road, a smart block of flats which was completed last April. But it is still empty, rotting away while housing lists grow longer. It was built by the Greater London Council but instead of letting the 63 flats they decided to sell to a housing association. The buyers, Greater London Secondary Housing Association, planned to dispose of the flats under a co-ownership scheme. However, plans have delayed after the GLC and the Government went to war after the GLC discovered that the cost of building exceeded the market value of the flats. 10th January 1980.
RM2DD9N33–UK, London, Docklands, Poplar, near Isle of Dogs, 1974. Local boy outside Ontario house, one of the Canadian buildings (Canada Estate, Poplar),
RM2BW39MN–Europe 's largest block of flats will have bomb proof shelter at Albany Street and Euston Road . Pouring out the roof of the new flats . 25 July 1935
RF2DE5NKM–Construction background with copy space in black and white, London cityscape background with tall skyscrapers and office blocks and misty city buildings, England, UK, Europe
RMA04T08–Tower block in estate in Hackney London
RMGR78W6–Flats, apartments, social housing, council housing in Bethnal Green area, London UK in July - monochrome black and white black & white B&W
RMEB8N0J–Cromwell's Tower, Barbican Center, London, England, united Kingdom.
RMAAK7W0–A boy below a tower block of social housing, Clapton, Hackney, London, UK.
RM2HFK3BX–Doddington Estate, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, 08/04/1969. Two workers asphalting the roof of a block of flats during the construction of the Doddington Estate. The Doddington Estate, just off Battersea Park Road, was designed by architects Emberton, Tardrew & Partners. The estate, which included tower blocks of flats, was built between 1967-71 by Laing for Wandsworth London Borough Council. It was built using their 12M Jespersen building system, consisting of prefabricated parts and precast concrete panels produced at their concrete factory in Andover.
RMS259DT–Rear Window
RF2BJXF5P–1930s Architecture Apartment Block Flats Red Brick Balconies Art Deco The Grampians, Shepherds Bush Road, London W6 Collcutt & Hamp Maurice Webb B&W
RMHM5634–Brutalist Architecture, London, United Kingdom
RM2H36A7K–High Rise Tower Block Developments In South Bank London Combining Office Work Space And Luxury Apartments
RF2BA0M9R–Balconies, block of flats, apartments in London. High contrast detailing highlights and long shadows.
RM2CHB2KC–Princess Margaret cuts the birthday cake for one-year-old Sharon, held by her mother, Mrs Gertrude Shipman, during the royal's visit to the new block of council flats in Green Lanes, London.
RMW1447A–June 14th 2019 the second anniversary of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, and a community still in mourning. Kensington, London, UK Credit: B. Catterall
RM2CHB2K0–Herr Paul Lucke (l), the Federal German Minister of Housing, with E.E. Woods, vice-chairman of the London County Council, when he visited Cornish House, a newly-completed 18-storey block of three-room flats in Southwark, London.
RMH4BXAK–Modern Apartment Block London
RMGAM2X6–Erno Goldfinger, left, the architect who designed the block and is now living there, shows some guests the view from his flat in the 26 storey block of flats, Balfron Tower, Poplar, London. Left to right, Erno Goldfinger, Desmond Plummer, Leader of the Greater London Council, Horace Cutler, chairman of the Housing Committee. The architect has taken a four roomed flat as a sociological experiment. He will study the living conditions he has produced for GLC tenants and use the experience gained when designing further homes.
RM2J0F216–Cooper Close, Waterloo Road, a smart block of flats which was completed last April. But it is still empty, rotting away while housing lists grow longer. It was built by the Greater London Council but instead of letting the 63 flats they decided to sell to a housing association. The buyers, Greater London Secondary Housing Association, planned to dispose of the flats under a co-ownership scheme. However, plans have delayed after the GLC and the Government went to war after the GLC discovered that the cost of building exceeded the market value of the flats. 10th January 1980.
RMG65F2A–Police lie on a roof top overlooking St James' Square, London and use binoculars to keep an eye on the Libyan People's Bureau on the eigth day of the seige. * 06/01/03 A siege in Hackney, East London, was entering its 12th day, as a gunman held police at bay after a team of armed officers attempted to storm his bedsit in a block of flats but came under fire. They fired back and retreated without any injuries and the stand-off has lasted since then.
RM2BW39K9–Europe 's largest block of flats will have bomb proof shelter at Albany Street and Euston Road . Pouring out the roof of the new flats . 25 July 1935
RMG5YX61–Michael Caine, playing a gangster, with Britt Ekland at Paddington, London, where they started work today on 'Get Carter', a new film directed by Mike Hodges. After two days on location in a luxury flat in Paddington, filming will continue at Newcastle-On-Tyne, where most of the the film will be shot.
RMAGFBK1–Tower block in estate in Hackney London
RM2DCNG03–UK, London, Docklands, Poplar, Robin Hood Lane. Robin Hood Gardens was a residential estate in Poplar (strictly speaking above 'The Island'). built in 1972. This photo was taken early in 1974.
RMH6EBJH–Harold Montefiore tries to woo voters from the saddle of his mare, Readymoney, in the Paddington North constituency, London. The balcony scene was enacted in Fleming Court, a block of flats in Paddington. PA AF 79567-2
RF2DE5NM1–Construction background with copy space in black and white, London cityscape background with tall skyscrapers and office blocks and misty city buildings, England, UK, Europe
RM2HFK3D5–Doddington Estate, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, 08/09/1971. Children playing on a climbing frame on the Doddington Estate, with a 10-storey and 13-storey block of flats behind, built using the 12M Jespersen system. The Doddington Estate, just off Battersea Park Road, was designed by architects Emberton, Tardrew & Partners. The estate, which included tower blocks of flats, was built between 1967-71 by Laing for Wandsworth London Borough Council. It was built using their 12M Jespersen building system, consisting of prefabricated parts and precast concrete panels produced at their concrete
RMG4DBF4–Housing - Luxury Flats - London
RF2BJXFFP–1930s Architecture Apartment Block Flats Red Brick Balconies Art Deco The Grampians, Shepherds Bush Road, London W6 Collcutt & Hamp Maurice Webb B&W
RM2CHB2WE–Minister of Housing Henry Brooke opens one of the two 13-storey blocks of flats at Highview Gardens, New Southgate, London.
RM2JN32B5–london architecture
RF2BA0M7M–Balconies in black and white. From an block of flats, apartments in London. High contrast detailing highlights and long shadows.
RMAAK7N5–A young boy hurdles over a metal fence below the tower block in which he lives, Clapton, Hackney, London, UK.
RME7HR9W–London Mansion Flats
RMRKY4YG–Footbridge with graffiti over the Bow Back River, viewed from the River Lea near Bromley-By-Bow, East london UK, with new apartments in background
RMJKH09W–The Bauhaus influenced 1930s modernist Isokon apartment building, designed by Wells Coates, in Hampstead, London. Black and white.
RM2A95DK5–London Docklands Development 1980s UK. New development on north side of River Thame is 84 St Katharine’s Way. Old and derelict warehouses being developed. 1987 UK HOMER SYKES
RM2J0EY20–Cooper Close, Waterloo Road, a smart block of flats which was completed last April. But it is still empty, rotting away while housing lists grow longer. It was built by the Greater London Council but instead of letting the 63 flats they decided to sell to a housing association. The buyers, Greater London Secondary Housing Association, planned to dispose of the flats under a co-ownership scheme. However, plans have delayed after the GLC and the Government went to war after the GLC discovered that the cost of building exceeded the market value of the flats. 10th January 1980.
RFDH6WXH–Modern apartments, Woolwich, London, England, United Kingdom
RM2BW39K8–Europe 's largest block of flats will have bomb proof shelter at Albany Street and Euston Road . Left to right - Mr M J T Goudie , the owner of the building , Colonel Gorforth of the Home Office , and Mr A E Parkinson , director of Sir Lindsay Parkinson , Ltd , the contractors , discussing the bomb proof shelter on the site . 25 July 1935
RFEYW6XM–A large block of flats in central London.
RMW143RE–June 14th 2019 the second anniversary of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, and a community still in mourning. Kensington, London, UK Credit: B. Catterall
RMK70YM3–Grenfell tower, London tower block fire
RMG1DK30–Photograph of Keeling House in Bethnal Green, a 16-story block of flats located on Claredale Street. Designed by Denys Lasdun (1914-2001) an eminent architect. Dated 20th Century
RF2DE5NKR–Construction background with copy space in black and white, London cityscape background with tall skyscrapers and office blocks and misty city buildings, England, UK, Europe
RM2HFK322–Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, Southwark, London, 06/10/1969. A lorry delivering precast concrete panels from Laing's factory in Andover to a block of flats on the Aylesbury Estate, built using the 12M Jespersen system. In 1963, John Laing and Son Ltd bought the rights to the Danish industrialised building system for flats known as Jespersen (sometimes referred to as Jesperson). The company built factories in Scotland, Hampshire and Lancashire producing Jespersen prefabricated parts and precast concrete panels, allowing the building of housing to be rationalised, saving time and money. Laing's So
RM2R9YD25–East End London 1970s, the Peabody Estate in Princess Street a multiracial block of flats in 1970s Britain. A new immigrant child stands in the doorway to the block of flats. Two empty glass milk bottles are outside on the pavement. Whitechapel, London, England circa 1975. 70s UK HOMER SYKES
RF2BJXE1N–1930s Architecture Apartment Block Flats Red Brick Balconies Art Deco The Grampians, Shepherds Bush Road, London W6 Collcutt & Hamp Maurice Webb B&W
RMFAPWBB–'L' and 'O' letters left on wall to display name of north London tower block.
RF2BJPNT5–Victorian Architecture Mansion Block Apartments Flats Guiness Trust Buildings 8BG, Fulham Palace Road, London by Joseph Son and Smithen
RM2DCN8ET–UK, London, Docklands, Poplar, Robin Hood Lane. Robin Hood Gardens was a residential estate in Poplar (strictly speaking above 'The Island'). built in 1972. This photo was taken early in 1974.
RF2BHJMTA–Neoclassical Ornate Architecture Stone Cambridge Gate, London, NW1 4JXvby John Nash
RMC21GMG–1950s, England. Mobile Library run by Battersea Borough Council outside a block of flats in this picture by J Allan Cash.
RF2BJWD6R–Hexagonal Architecture Modernist Apartment Block 1960s Malabar Court, India Way, Shepherd's Bush, London W12 Neil Moffet & Partners Noel Moffet Alina
RMJKH09T–The 1930s Bauhaus influenced modernist Isokon apartment building, designed by Wells Coates, in Hampstead, London. Black and white.
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