Main entry:

Erich Mendelsohn. English.

Title & Author:

Eric Mendelsohn : architect, 1887-1953 / edited by Regina Stephan ; with essays by Charlotte Benton ... [et al.].

Edition:

English ed.

Publication:

New York : Monacelli Press, 1999.

Description:

287 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281) and index.
"Why should we be laymen with respect to art?" : the formative years, 1910-1918 / Hans R. Morgenthaler -- "Organic!" : Einstein, Finlay-Freundlich, Mendelsohn, and the Einstein Tower in Potsdam / Kathleen James -- "Thinking from day to day, where history takes great turns, leaving hundreds of thousands unsatisfied" : early Expressionist buildings in Luckenwalde, Berlin, and Gleiwitz / Regina Stephan -- "Around noon land in sight" : travels to Holland, Palestine, the United States, and Russia / Ita Heinze-Greenberg -- "The merchandise is primary -- all architectural means serve its praise" : department stores in Berlin, Breslau, Chemnitz, Duisburg, Nuremberg, Oslo, and Stuttgart, 1924-1932 / Regina Stephan -- "No stucco pastries for Potemkin and Scapa Flow" : metropolitan architecture in Berlin : the WOGA complex and the Universum Cinmea / Kathleen James -- "We believe in Berlin!" : the Metal Workers' Union Building, the Columbushaus, and other office buildings in Berlin / Regina Stephan -- "Russia -- a miracle in the past and in the present" : Soviet buildings and projects / Kathleen James -- "Even if Berlin buildings had been well underway, I would have kept on fighting" : small buildings for the Jewish communities in Tilsit, Königsberg, and Essen / Kathleen James -- "One of the most lovable people and at the same time one of the most unpleasant" : Mendelsohn and his assistants in the 1920s and early 1930s / Regina Stepahn -- "The same means, the same end" : private houses in Berlin and the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright / Regina Stephan -- "I often fear the envy of the gods" : success, house, and home / Ita Heinze-Greenberg -- "We'll leave it to the Schultzes from Naumburg to ignore the Mediterranean as the father of the international art of composition" : the Mediterranean Academy Project and Mendelsohn's emigration / Ita Heinze-Greenberg -- "Enough mistakes and experience behind me -- enough strength and future before me" : buildings in England and the partnership with Serge Chermayeff, 1933-1941 / Charlotte Benton -- "I am a free builder" : architecture in Palestine, 1934-1941 / Ita Heinze-Greenberg -- "It will be hard for us to find a home" : projects in the United States, 1941-1953 / Hans R. Morgenthaler.

Summary:

"Eric Mendelsohn: Architect 1887-1953 presents an extensively illustrated collection of essays from an international group of scholars that explores not only all phases of Mendelsohn's architectural output but also his early education; his travels to Holland, Palestine, the United States, and Russia; and his professional practice and relationships with his colleagues and family."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

1580930344
9781580930345

Subject:

Mendelsohn, Erich Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.
German Architects.
English Architects.
American Architects.
Architecture (object genre) Germany 1910-1930.
Architecture (object genre) Great Britain England 1930-1940.
Architecture (object genre) Israel 1930-1950.
Architecture (object genre) United States 1940-1960.
Influence.

Form/genre:

Essays.
Quotations (texts)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953.
Stephan, Regina, 1963-
Benton, Charlotte.

Architect, 1887-1953

Holdings:

Location: Library main 209059
Call No.: NA44.M537.9 E8 1999
Status: Available