Nicholas Russell and Anna Nyburg will discuss these two leading British architects in this online seminar.
Russian-born Berthold Lubetkin (1901-1990) and Hungarian-born Ernö Goldfinger (1902-1987) established themselves as leading British architects who designed high-rise council housing after the Second World War; a type of building that now holds a poor reputation.
Lubetkin built one of the earliest post-war estates in London, Spa Green in Finsbury, while Goldfinger designed the last and most notorious council block in the city, Trellick Tower in North Kensington. Although both architects were communist Jewish migrants from central Europe who shared much in common, they were rivals who disliked each other. Their reputations suffered with the physical decline of their buildings and from their sometimes less than pleasant personalities.
Attendance is free of charge, register to attend online.