The 10 best tower blocks in Britain


Streets in the sky or blight on our skylines? Whatever you think of Britain’s many tower blocks, some are brave works of architecture that have come to be seen as classics. Here are our 10 favourites.


When it comes to architecture, few things polarise opinion quite like tower blocks. But whether you see these monolithic buildings a brave adventure of modernist design or concrete slums that blight our city skylines, you have to admit there's something uniquely fascinating about tower blocks. Here are 10 of Britain's best - or worst, depending on where you stand.

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