Erich Mendelsohn

During the 1930s, émigré German architects such as Richard Kauffman and the great Erich Mendelsohn built Gartenstädte neighborhoods in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

During the 1930s, émigré German architects such as Richard Kauffman and the great Erich Mendelsohn built Gartenstädte neighborhoods in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

After looking back on earlier buildings, which had tended to adapt historical, often exotic, styles in order to create buildings that would convey some sort of authenticity, Blake surveyed what was already then an amazingly rich group of contemporary designs by architects as notable as Erich Mendelsohn and Philip Johnson.

Abstraction in the Synagogue 2010

After looking back on earlier buildings, which had tended to adapt historical, often exotic, styles in order to create buildings that would convey some sort of authenticity, Blake surveyed what was already then an amazingly rich group of contemporary designs by architects as notable as Erich Mendelsohn and Philip Johnson.

Abstraction in the Synagogue 2010

During the 1930s, émigré German architects such as Richard Kauffman and the great Erich Mendelsohn built Gartenstädte neighborhoods in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

Erich Mendelsohn 1887–1953 was one of these German architects who was thrilled to join Zehnerring, but within a few years he fled Germany while getting out was still a possibility.

Bauhaus in Britain; Chermayeff and Bexhill-On-Sea Hels 2009

The Bexhill Borough Council set up an architectural competition in 1933 and prepared a brief that indicated that a modern building was required. 230 architectural designs were submitted, exhibited and assessed, and the winning entry was declared to be that submitted by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff.

Bauhaus in Britain; Chermayeff and Bexhill-On-Sea Hels 2009

Erich Mendelsohn 1887–1953 was one of these German architects who was thrilled to join Zehnerring, but within a few years he fled Germany while getting out was still a possibility.

Archive 2009-08-01 Hels 2009

Under the leadership of chair Judah L. Magnes, the building committee engaged German Jewish architect Erich Mendelsohn, who built a structure acclaimed for its beauty as well as its suitability for the Middle Eastern setting.

Rose Luria Halprin. 2009

Using exaggerated plasticity and ex­t­ravagant shapes, the German Erich Mendelsohn (d1953) and Hans Poelzig (d1936) were important figures in the lead into modern architecture.

Modernist Architecture Hels 2009