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Glenkerry House, the Glossary

Glenkerry House is a housing block on the Brownfield Estate in Poplar, London, England, designed by the studio of the controversial Brutalist architect Ernő Goldfinger and finished in 1977.^[1]

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18 relations: Balfron Tower, Brutalist architecture, Emporis, Ernő Goldfinger, Freehold (law), Greater London Authority, Greater London Council, Housing cooperative, Housing Corporation, Johnston Birchall, Leasehold estate, Listed building, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, New Economics Foundation, Owner-occupancy, Poplar, London, Second Thatcher ministry, Valuation Office Agency.
Brutalist architecture in London
Ernő Goldfinger buildings
Housing cooperatives in the United Kingdom
Residential buildings in London

Balfron Tower

Balfron Tower is a 26-storey residential building in Poplar, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London. Glenkerry House and Balfron Tower are Brutalist architecture in London and Ernő Goldfinger buildings.

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Brutalist architecture

Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era.

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Emporis

Emporis was a real estate data mining company with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.

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Ernő Goldfinger

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

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Freehold (law)

A freehold, in common law jurisdictions such as England and Wales, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and twenty states in the United States, is the common mode of ownership of real property, or land, and all immovable structures attached to such land.

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The Greater London Authority (GLA), colloquially known by the metonym City Hall, is the devolved regional governance body of Greater London, England.

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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 cooperative

A housing cooperative, or housing co-op, is a legal entity, usually a cooperative or a corporation, which owns real estate, consisting of one or more residential buildings; it is one type of housing tenure.

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Housing Corporation

The Housing Corporation was the non-departmental public body that funded new affordable housing and regulated housing associations in England.

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Johnston Birchall

Johnston Birchall (1951–2021) was a leading British academic in the field of co-operative studies and at the time of his death Professor Emeritus at the Social Science Faculty of the University of Stirling.

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Leasehold estate

A leasehold estate is an ownership of a temporary right to hold land or property in which a lessee or a tenant has rights of real property by some form of title from a lessor or landlord.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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London Borough of Tower Hamlets

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a borough of London, England.

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New Economics Foundation

The New Economics Foundation (NEF) is a British think-tank that promotes "social, economic and environmental justice".

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Owner-occupancy

Owner-occupancy or home-ownership is a form of housing tenure in which a person, called the owner-occupier, owner-occupant, or home owner, owns the home in which they live.

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Poplar, London

Poplar is a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Second Thatcher ministry

Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 4 May 1979 to 28 November 1990, during which time she led a Conservative majority government.

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Valuation Office Agency

The Valuation Office Agency is a government body in England and Wales.

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References

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