Erich Mendelsohn
(1887-1953)
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.
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Architectural and urban critique conveyed through a collective visual narrative, highlighting modernity’s ambivalence.
Books
Erich Mendelsohn's "Amerika": 82 Photographs
(Dover Publications, 1993)
Amerika
(Da Capo Press, 1977)