Transparency: the only way to end over half a century of public distrust in high-rise social housing

摘要

Public distrust in high-rise residential buildings is exceptionally high following the Grenfell Tower fire, but it is a problem that has existed for decades and requires definitive action to bring it to an end once and for all. Britain's relationship with tower blocks began in 1951 when the first tower named 'The Lawn' was completed in Harlow, Essex. By the 1960s they were a popular form of social housing.