Ronan Point (London)

United Kingdom / England / Westham / London
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Former place of Ronan Point. The scene of a high rise tower collapsing.

Ronan Point was built from pre-fabricated concrete panels, a cheap building method commonly used in all European countries during the 1950s and 1960s. For city councils, it was the perfect means to an end in solving the post-war housing crisis. However, the collapse of an entire corner of the recently opened Ronan Point, East London, became synonymous with the downfall of Modernist architecture in Great Britain.
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Coordinates:   51°30'48"N   0°1'21"E
This article was last modified 10 years ago