Goldfinger's Trellick Tower

The Trellick Tower, which is located close to Portobello Road, is one of London's most distinctive 20th Century landmarks- and one of its most controversial too!

In this video, we'll be looking at the story of both the Trellick Tower and the architect behind it: Erno Goldfinger (and yes! There is indeed a James Bond connection)...

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:19 Goldfinger's Early London Works
03:25 Willow Road, Hampstead
05:31 James Bond
07:53 Goldfinger Goes Brutal
10:03 The Balfron Tower
10:45 The Trellick Tower
13:49 Where does the name 'Trellick' come from?
16:37 The Trellick's Renaissance
18:37 The Trellick Tower in Popular Culture

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Links for this video:

2 Willow Road, Hampstead
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visi...

The Elephant & Castle Pub
https://elephantandcastlepub.com/

Erno Goldfinger Open University Interview
   • Ernő Goldfinger Discusses Trellick Tower  

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Credits

Images & Footage:

Erno Goldfinger, 1945: National Gallery of Scotland

Budapest Footage: Pathe News, 1935

Abbatt Toys advert: https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/1...

Goldfinger’s Desk: Country Life, 1991

2 Willow Road open door: Steve Cadman (Creative Commons) https://www.flickr.com/photos/steveca...

National Theatre: Mfkrzzz (Creative Commons, via Wikipedia)

Trellick Tower Under Construction: Layers of London (https://www.layersoflondon.org/map/re...)

Trellick Tower Architectural Drawing
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper

Maps: Openstreetmap.org & National Library of Scotland

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Music:

Intractable by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...

Artist: http://incompetech.com/


Spy vs Spy (DJ Williams)

Bossa Sonsa (Quincas Moreira)

Don’t Fret (Quincas Moreira)


Long Road Ahead B by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Noble Dub (Silent Partner)

Swans in Flight (Asher Fulero)

AnalogueCabin (Noir Et Blanc Vie)

Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Elevator Sound Effect: namikiri (freesound.org)

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