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Architect: Ernö Goldfinger
Construction: 1967-1972
Image Taken: September 2009
Trellick Tower is perhaps the pinnacle of Goldfinger's ambitions for high rise living. Having spent a period of time living on the top floor of Trellick's shorter, East London sibling (Balfron Tower), Goldfinger was convinced of the benefits of high rise living and designed this thirty-one storey building in North Kensington.
With circulation every third storey, the detached service tower is linked to the residential blocks by link bridges which are of a recognisable human scale; that of railway carriages. With corridors on every third floor the flats are designed to wrap over and under these corridors and most flats are therefore duplexes.
Due to maintenance and social issues the tower was dubbed the 'Tower of Terror' during the 1970s, but after the introduction of a residents committee in 1984 and subsequent security improvements and the introduction of a concierge, the building is now seen in a more positive light. Those flats (rare in number) which have been purchased under the right-to-buy scheme and are now in private ownership are highly sought after given their space, modern design and location.
Sadly due to the problems with Trellick, Goldfinger was unable realise his dream of an even taller residential tower.
The building was Grade II* Listed in 1998.