Erich Mendelsohn

Erich Mendelsohn
Erich Mendelsohn (1925)
Born	(1887-03-21)21 March 1887 Allenstein, Prussia (now Olsztyn, Poland)
Died	15 September 1953(1953-09-15) (aged 66) San Francisco, California, United States
Nationality	German
Citizenship	German, British (since 1938)
Occupation	Architect
Spouse	Luise Maas (m. 1915)
Buildings	Einstein Tower, Potsdam De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea Petersdorff Department Store, Breslau (Wrocław) Weizmann House, Rehovot
Projects	Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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. Mendelsohn was a pioneer of the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architecture, notably with his 1921 Mossehaus design.