Ronan Point, Clever Road, West Ham, London, after building collapse
Architect/Designer | Newham. Department of Planning & Architecture |
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1968 |
Image Date | 1968 |
View | Exterior |
Medium | 35mm Transparency |
Library Reference | GLC8806 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Flats ; Housing ; Prefabrication ; Building failure ; Skyscrapers |
NOTES: Ronan Point, a 23-storey prefabricated council housing block, was built by Taylor Woodrow Anglian, using a technique known as Large Panel System building or LPS. This system relied on gravity holding everything together. On 15 May 1968 a natural gas explosion blew out the pre-cast concrete panels which formed the side of the building. The entire end of the block collapsed like a house of cards. Ronan Point, together with the eight other blocks on the estate, was demolished in 1986 and replaced with two-storey houses with gardens.
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