Myron Goldfinger

Myron Goldfinger (1933-2023) was born and raised in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

He graduated from Atlantic City High School in 1950, then from University of Pennsylvania in 1955, where he studied under Louis Kahn and Paul Rudolph. Goldfinger then served in Army for two years designing cabinetry at the Pentagon.

After the military, Goldfinger worked for Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Philip Johnson before opening his own office in 1966. In the same year, he also got a teaching position at the Pratt Institute, where he worked for 10 years.

Goldfinger first rose to prominence with a residence he designed in 1969 for his family in Waccabuc, New York. He went on to design various private homes in the 1970s and 1980s.

He is best known for his homes in the richer areas of New York, most notably in the Hamptons. In 1981 Goldfinger designed a home for Fred Jaroslow, the chief operating officer of Weight Watchers. Goldfinger was also the architect of the Conason House in Southampton, New York (1984), which featured prominently in the Martin Scorsese film, The Wolf of Wall Street. Later in his life he designed more buildings outside of New York, including the luxury resort Altamer Luxury Villas and Cove Castles in Anguilla.

Goldfinger is also known for his publications. Villages in the Sun, from 1969, discussed the architectural style of the Mediterranean.

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