- List of works by Erich Mendelsohn
List of works by the German architect
Erich Mendelsohn .*Workers' colony for the Builders' Union in
Luckenwalde (1919 -1920 )
*Garden pavilion of the Herrmann family, Luckenwalde (1920 )
*Work hall of the Herrmann hat factory, Luckenwalde (1919 -1920 )
*Conversion of the administration building of the "Hausleben" insurance company, Berlin (1920 )
*Einsteinturm (Observatory on theTelegraphenberg ) inPotsdam ,1917 or1920 -1921 "(building),1921 -1924 (technical equipment)." The building, its expressionistic form giving the impression ofconcrete as a building material, was mostly built in brick and then covered with plaster. Mendelsohn explained this was because of delivery problems; however, it is presumed that the real reason for the choice of building materials was problems with constructing the casing.
*Double villa on Karolingerplatz, Berlin (1921 -1922 )
*Steinberg hat factory, Herrmann & Co, Luckenwalde (1921 -1923 ) with a strict, angular form
*Mossehaus , conversion of the offices and press of Rudolf Mosse, Berlin (1921 -1923 )
*Weichmann silk factory,Gleiwitz ,Schlesien (1922 )
*Villa of Dr. Sternefeld, Berlin, (1923 -1924 )
*Furs factory of C. A. Herpich and Sons, Berlin (1924 -1929 )
*Schocken department store,Nuremberg (1925 -1926 )
*Red Flag Textile Factory ,Leningrad , (1926 )
*Extension and conversion of Cohen & Epstein department store,Duisburg (1925 -1927 )
*Cottage of Dr. Bejach,Berlin-Steinstücken (1926 -1927 )
*Schocken department store,Stuttgart (1926 -1928 ). The department store, together with theTagblatt-Turm (1924-1928) ofErnst-Otto Oßwald across the way, constituted an impressive ensemble of modern architecture, and was damaged only lightly in World War II. In 1960, the city Stuttgart demolished both, despite international protest. In its place today standsEgon Eiermann 's unremarkable department store building (Galeria Kaufhof, previously Horten).
*Exhibition pavilion for the publishing house Rudolf Mosse at the "Pressa " inCologne (1928 )
*Rudolf Petersdorff store,Breslau (1927 -1928 )
*Woga-Komplex and Universum-Kino (cinema), Berlin (1925 -1931 )
*Jüdischer Friedhof (Jewish cemetery),Königsberg ,East Prussia (1927 -1929 )
*Schocken department store,Chemnitz 1927 -1930 , known for its arched front with horizontal strips of windows.
*His own home, Am Rupenhorn, Berlin (1928 -1930 )
*House of the German Metal Workers' Union,Berlin-Kreuzberg (1928 -1930 )
*Columbus-Haus,Potsdamer Platz , Berlin (1928 -1932 ), originally a store for "Galeries Lafayette", not to be confused with the "Columbia-Haus" inBerlin-Tempelhof , which was torn down in1938
*Jewish youth center,Essen (1930 -1933 )
*Dobloug Garden store,Oslo ,Norway (1932 ). Built by Rudolf Emil Jacobsen from Mendelsohn's plans
*The De La Warr Pavilion ,Bexhill-on-Sea ,Sussex , England (1934 ). In collaboration withSerge Chermayeff .
*Nimmo house,Chalfont St. Giles ,Buckinghamshire ,England (1933 -1935 ). In collaboration withSerge Chermayeff .
*Cohen house , Chelsea,London (1934 -1936 ). In collaboration withSerge Chermayeff .
*Gilbey Firm, Camden, London (1935 -1936 ). In collaboration withSerge Chermayeff .
*Villa Weizmann,Weizmann Institute campus,Rehovot nearTel Aviv (1935 -1936 )
*Built around the same time: a cluster of three buildings on theWeizmann Institute campus, presently housing high-resolution NMR, biologicalMRI , and the Kimmel Center for Archeology, respectively
*Zalman Schocken villa and library,Jerusalem (1934 -1936 )
*Hebrew University , Jerusalem (1934 -1940 )
*Hadassah University hospital, Jerusalem (1934 -1939 )
*Anglo-Palestine-Bank, Jerusalem (1936 -1939 )
*Government hospital,Haifa (1937 -1938 )
*Synagogue B'Nai Amoona, now Center of Creative Arts,University City, Missouri (1946 -1950 )
*Maimonides Hospital,San Francisco (1946 -1950 )
*Park Synagogue , Cleveland Heights,Ohio (1946 -1953 )
*Russell house, San Francisco (1947 -1951 )
*Emanu-El Synagogue,Grand Rapids, Michigan , (1948 -1954 )
*Mount Zion Synagogue,St. Paul, Minnesota (1950 -1954 )
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