Ernő Goldfinger
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Ernő Goldfinger was a Hungarian-born British architect and furniture designer. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1930s, and became a key member of the Modernist architectural movement. He is most
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1–3 Willow Road
Trellick Tower, Kensal Town
Brandlehow School, Putney, London
Balfron Tower
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Balfron Tower is a 27-storey residential building in Poplar, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London. Built in a Brutalist style, it forms part of the Brownfield Estate, an area of soci
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…a solution. Goldfinger rose to prominence in England as a designer of tower blocks. Among his most notable buildings of the period were the 27-floor Balfron Tower and the adjacent eleven-storey Carradale House in Poplar, which served as models for the similar 31-floor Trellick Tower in Kensal Town (started 1968…
Balfron Tower, a prominent example of Brutalist housing
November 2005
Carradale House, with Balfron Tower behind it
Balfron Tower lobby in 2008