Ernő Goldfinger

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Ernő Goldfinger was a Hungarian-born British modernist architect best known for his influential, often controversial Brutalist residential and office buildings in mid-20th-century London.

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Ernő Goldfinger canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Brutalist architect
architect
human
modernist architect
countryOfBirth Hungary
countryOfCitizenship Hungary
United Kingdom
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1902-09-11
dateOfDeath 1987-11-15
designed 2 Willow Road
Alexander Fleming House
Balfron Tower
Metro Central Heights
Trellick Tower
educatedAt École des Beaux-Arts
École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
employer Goldfinger architectural practice
ethnicGroup Hungarian
familyName Goldfinger
fieldOfWork architecture
givenName Ernő
influencedBy Le Corbusier
languageOfWorkOrName English
Hungarian
livedIn London
linked to: London, England

Paris
movement Brutalism
Modernism
name Ernő Goldfinger
notableFor Brutalist residential buildings in London
controversial high-rise housing projects
influence on post-war British social housing design
notableWork 2 Willow Road
Alexander Fleming House
Balfron Tower
Metro Central Heights
Trellick Tower
Willow Road houses
occupation architect
placeOfBirth Budapest
placeOfDeath London
linked to: London, England
residence London
linked to: London, England
sexOrGender male
spouse Ursula Blackwell
style Brutalist architecture
linked to: Brutalism

Modernist architecture

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Brutalism hasNotableProponent Ernő Goldfinger
Trellick Tower architect Ernő Goldfinger
subject linked to: Trellick Tower in London
Ernő Goldfinger name Ernő Goldfinger