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- He began by dealing with the machine age in an expressionist mode but was later forced to adapt modernism to geographic and technological circumstances different from those of Europe. He tried to develop a Hebrew version in Palestine and was able to conclude his life's work with a humanized version of modernism in his American period.
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Sep 11, 2024 · Erich Mendelsohn was a German architect known initially for his Einstein Tower in Potsdam, a notable example of German Expressionism in architecture, and later for his use of modern materials and construction methods to make what he saw as organically unified buildings.
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Erich Mendelsohn’s career showcases the evolution of modernism during the 20th century. He began by dealing with the machine age in an expressionist mode but was later forced to adapt modernism to geographic and technological circumstances different from those of Europe.
Erich Mendelsohn (German pronunciation: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈmɛndl̩ˌzoːn] ⓘ); 21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) [1] 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.
Apr 10, 2020 · Erich Mendelsohn’s work as draughtsman, architect, photographer and writer reveals his intense involvement with the development of German Modernism during the 1920s.
Jun 11, 2018 · The German architect Erich Mendelsohn (1887-1953) was a leading pioneer of modern architecture. Beginning with a sculptural and emotional approach, he later became more closely allied with the International Style.
Erich Mendelsohn engaged a modernist vocabulary for the renovation of C. A. Herpich Sons, Furriers (fig. 5.1) on the Leipzigerstraße in 1924, down the street from the Wertheim department store.
Apr 11, 2016 · I will illustrate such ideological tension by focusing on the work of Erich Mendelsohn in Palestine on the one hand and on the Tel Aviv architectural circle — known by the Hebrew word for ‘circle’, Chug — on the other.
