Erich Mendelsohn
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Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a Jewish German 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 is a pioneer of the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architecture, notably with his 1921 Mossehaus design.
He is perhaps best-known for designing the Einstein Tower and his photobook Amerika. Bilderbuch eines Architekten. Mit 100 meist eigenen Aufnahmen des Verfassers (1926).
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