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5 unusual facts about Erich Mendelsohn


Amsterdam School

In German Brick Expressionism important expressionist buildings are excluded, such as the famous Einstein Tower in Potsdam by Erich Mendelsohn (white plaster) and the Philharmonie in Berlin by Hans Scharoun (yellow facade).

Bank Leumi

The main branch of Bank Leumi on Jaffa Road, Jerusalem, built during the British Mandate by the German Jewish architect Erich Mendelsohn, has been declared a landmark building.

Geoffrey Bazeley

It was his first major solo commission, and it clearly shows how he had imbibed the lessons of both Serge Chermayeff and his partner, Erich Mendelsohn.

Luckenwalde

The factory was designed by German architect Erich Mendelsohn in 1923, the factory is considered a milestone of Expressionist architecture.

Zodiak Free Arts Lab

As for the building that once housed the Zodiak: in 1981 the Schaubühne relocated to its present home in a former cinema (the Kino Universum, designed by architect Erich Mendelsohn in 1926), in Lehniner Platz, along the Kurfürstendamm.


Lucian Bernhard

In 1928 he opened the Contempora Studio with Rockwell Kent, Paul Poiret, Bruno Paul, and Erich Mendelsohn where he worked as a graphic artist and interior designer.


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Daniella Ohad Smith

It discusses such icons as the King David Hotel, the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, the Park Hotel in Jaffa, owned by Plato von Ustinov, grandfather of Peter Ustinov, and an unrealized hotel designed by Erich Mendelsohn in Haifa.