Erich Mendelsohn
Erich Mendelsohn (German pronunciation: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈmɛndl̩ˌzoːn] ⓘ); 21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German-British architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing a dynamic functionalism in his projects for department stores and cinemas. Mendelsohn was a pioneer of the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architecture, notably with his 1921 Mossehaus design.
Erich Mendelsohn | |
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Erich Mendelsohn (1925) | |
| Born | 21 March 1887 Allenstein, Prussia (now Olsztyn, Poland) |
| Died | 15 September 1953 (aged 66) San Francisco, California, United States |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | German, British (since 1938) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse | Luise Maas (m. 1915) |
| Buildings | Einstein Tower, Potsdam De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea Petersdorff Department Store, Breslau (Wrocław) Weizmann House, Rehovot |
| Projects | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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