Erich MENDELSOHN
(1887 – 1953)
German architect known for his expressionist and organic architecture | 1887 born in Allenstein / East Prussia | 1912 graduates at “Technische Hochschule”, Munich | 1912-14 freelance architect | 1918 founds office in Berlin | 1923 plans power station in Palestine; meetsĀ Frank Lloyd WRIGHT | 1924 relationship to Erwin FREUNDLICH (“Einstein Tower”), an astrophysicst, and the Luckenwalde hat manufacturers Herrmann | 1926 co-founder of “Der Ring”, an association of progressive architects, with Ludwig MIES VAN DER ROHE | 1933 has to emigrate to England; partnership with Serge CHERMAYEFF (father of Peter CHERMAYEFF) | 1935 opens office in Jerusalem, plans projects in Palestine and for Chaim WEIZMANN, later first president of Israel | 1941-53 lives and died in San Francisco
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