
archpin · Brutalism
1972 · London, UK
Trellick Tower
Ernő Goldfinger
A 31-storey concrete blade with the service core split into a separate tower — engineering as silhouette.
- Detached service tower linked by sky-bridges every third floor
- Goldfinger's name inspired Ian Fleming's villain (he sued, settled out of court)
- Once notorious for crime; now Grade II* listed and gentrified
- Style
- Brutalism
- Function
- housing
- Materials
- raw concrete
- GPS
- 51.53, -0.21