Berthold Lubetkin

Ernö Goldfinger lived for three years in Highpoint in London, which Berthold Lubetkin built in 1935 and 1938. This building is a complex apartment followed by Le Corbusier’s ‘Les 5 points d’une architecture Nouvelles. This building has common space such as a tennis court and swimming pool, tea room, etc. 

The Lubetkin Penthouse, Highpoint II North Hill, London N6 | The Modern House (no date). Available at: https://www.themodernhouse.com/past-sales/3332-highpoint-ii/ (Accessed: 28 February 2022).

As with Willow Road, there was opposition from local residents and the second phase of the building was redesigned and modernism toned down. 

Highpoint North Hill, London N6 | The Modern House (no date). Available at: https://www.themodernhouse.com/past-sales/33-8-highpoint/ (Accessed: 28 February 2022).

He was a cosmopolitan figure and an early adopter of modernist architecture in London. Also, his contacts with the émigré architects with whom he worked accelerated the modernist movement. 

The Lubetkin Penthouse, Highpoint II North Hill, London N6 | The Modern House (no date). Available at: https://www.themodernhouse.com/past-sales/3332-highpoint-ii/ (Accessed: 28 February 2022).

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