tower block

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The seven firms each faced criticism in the final report of the inquiry into the June 2017 west London tower block fire, which claimed the lives of 72 people.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

Residents in a noted brutalist tower block in east London have been stranded in their homes after the 26-storey building's two lifts stopped working.

From BBC • May 21, 2025

Finley has plans to abseil down a tower block at Southend Hospital on 16 May to raise money for the Mid and South Essex Hospitals Charity.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

The government will fund the removal but because the couple have more than three properties they too are non-qualifying leaseholders and will have to pay towards the costs of making the tower block fire-safe.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025

It took a clobbering in the Blitz—I wasn’t there, thank God—and the replacement buildings and the tower block are a national disgrace.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan