WILL TANNER: Ian Fleming named the infamous Bond villain "Goldfinger" because at the time he was writing the books, Marxist architect Erno Goldfinger was ruining London with his horrifically ugly buildings

Ian Fleming named the infamous Bond villain "Goldfinger" because at the time he was writing the books, Marxist architect Erno Goldfinger was ruining London with his horrifically ugly buildings

Particularly, he put a modernist house in Fleming's sometime-home of Hampstead,… https://t.co/GqvlOBZTlJ

— Will Tanner (@Will_Tanner_1) July 31, 2025

Marxist architect Erno Goldfinger, 1902-1987.  And his works.