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The tower was built in 1966 as part of the now-demolished Divis Flats complex, which comprised twelve eight-storey blocks of terraces and flats, named after the nearby Divis Mountain. The tower, a vertical complex of 96 flats housing approximately 110 residents, was designed by architect Frank Robertson for the Northern Ireland Housing Trust ...
Built on site of the old Hendon Aerodrome in North West London. Named after Claude Grahame-White, aviation pioneer who established the aerodrome. Plain, square, brick terraced houses and "Brick Brutalist" low-rise flats. Brick Brutalist Colindale, currently being demolished/refurbished 3: Becontree: 1921–35 built Barking and Dagenham, London
Oliver Bond flats, also known as Oliver Bond House, is a group of blocks of flats in the Liberties area of Dublin, Ireland. [1] They were designed by Herbert George Simms and built in 1936. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are named after Oliver Bond , a member of the Society of United Irishmen .
In 2013, Jeanette Lowe, whose maternal grandmother was one of the first residents to be rehomed there, had an installation titled The Flats Pearse House: Village in the City with the National Photographic Archive [2] As part of the installation, flat 3B was restored to its original state, including Corporation green painted walls, a bath in the ...
The following table and map show the areas in Ireland, previously designated as Cities, Boroughs, or Towns in the Local Government Act 2001. Under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, Ireland had a two-tier system of local authorities. The first tier consisted of administrative counties and county boroughs.
The Ballymun Flats were the first homes with cable television in Ireland. RTÉ Relays Ltd, a subsidiary of the national broadcaster RTÉ, installed cable television into the flats in 1963, giving each residence access to Irish stations such as RTÉ Television and UK stations such as BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, and from 1982, Channel 4.
Kellington is a small village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, on the banks of the River Aire.Situated almost equidistant between the towns of Pontefract and Selby, the village dates back to at least the 11th century when it was listed in the Domesday Book (as Chelinctone). [2]
The island of Ireland has relatively few tall buildings. The island's first tall building was Liberty Hall, built in 1965, which stands at 59.4 metres (195 ft). The current tallest habitable building on the island of Ireland is the Obel Tower in Belfast, Northern Ireland at 85 metres (279 ft).