PaulOfHorsham's photos with the keyword: Brutalism

Token greenery

Token greenery

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 280
Balfron Tower is arranged such that residents get a sunset view over Central London to the west (subject to there being an actual sunset on the day of course). These days, The Shard provides striking reflections earlier in the day as well.
Directory

Directory

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 255
Sign above the lifts in the ground floor lobby
To adjust the heating

To adjust the heating

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 168
An original feature in one of the rooms of the "Home Bodies" works
3 bar heater

3 bar heater

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 185
Some flats have great need of all the heating they can get; others not so much, apparently
Down the stairs

Down the stairs

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 265
Traipsing down the stairs to find more studios
Up the stairs

Up the stairs

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 289
One of the artists I had a chance to speak to told me that she had only known both lifts to be simultaneously defective twice in the 8 months or so she had lived there, so she may not be so familiar with this view.
London murky

London murky

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 183
An ironic description of some of the new London beers re-purposed for the "view" from the upper floors
Behind bars

Behind bars

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 189
Getting up close to the filthy windows. I love the effect and I'm glad the picture has come out as I remember it.
A street in the sky

A street in the sky

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 263
These run at every 3rd floor on the east side of the building. Why only every 3rd floor? Well, the flats are arranged such that some are on a single floor, while others have internal stairs either up or down. We were able to see examples of each.
Flat that goes up

Flat that goes up

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 248
Corridors of no power

Corridors of no power

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 245
An example showing how decayed the building is appearing these days. This will no doubt be jazzed up with LED lights and the concrete covered over for the nouveau riche who will be appearing in a couple of years.
Letting some light in

Letting some light in

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 247
With a bit of light flooding in, maybe it doesn't look so bad
Ripped out

Ripped out

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 170
One of the artists in residence has a photographic exhibit of flats after the previous residents have moved out, some of whom feel that they are being evicted in order that the area can be gentrified as is the case with so many traditional working-class areas of inner London
24 storeys

24 storeys

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 3 224
On my visit, the plan that emerged was a lift to the top (the 24th floor), visit a few artists, then make my way down the stairs to see what was occurring on the other levels.
Brown stained

Brown stained

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 1 188
It's all concrete
Service tower

Service tower

PaulOfHorsham
21 Sep 2014 292
This contains a pair of lifts, drying rooms now redundant and empty, and a boiler room at the top to provide heating to the whole building. This feature is, according to one person I spoke to, erratically effective, with some rooms overheated and others left cold.
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