2 Willow Road
In the leafy streets of Hampstead, 2 Willow Road is an extraordinary surviving example of Modernist domestic architecture in Britain — designed and lived in by the sculptor Ernő Goldfinger. Built in 1939, the house is a bold, rational concrete structure that stands in quiet defiance of its Georgian neighbours, and inside it remains almost exactly as Goldfinger left it: art, books, furniture and all, a perfect time capsule of mid-century intellectual life. Visiting feels like stepping into both a home and a manifesto.
- 1939 Modernist landmark
- Goldfinger's personal art collection
- Intact mid-century interior
Best for architecture fans and devotees of twentieth-century art and design.
Things to see at 2 Willow Road
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- Ove Arup Spiral Staircase
- Goldfinger-Designed Furniture
- 20th-Century Art Collection
- Concrete and Brick Modernist Facade
- The Studio-Living Room