Erich Mendelsohn - Buildings (selected)

Buildings (selected)

• Work hall of the Herrmann hat factory, Luckenwalde (1919-1920)
• Einsteinturm (solar observatory on the Telegraphenberg) in Potsdam, 1917 or 1920-1921 (building), 1921-1924 (technical equipment). The building, its expressionistic form giving the impression of concrete 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.
• 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)
• Schocken department store, Nuremberg (1925-1926)
• Red Flag Textile Factory, Leningrad, 1926. Mendelsohn authored the building of the power station of the factory; the other buildings were authored by S. O. Ovsyannikov, E. A. Tretyakov, and Hyppolit Pretreaus, who was the senior architect of this project. The complex of buildings of this factory is included in the List of the objects of historical and cultural heritage issued by the government of Saint Petersburg in 2001 (with additions of 2006).
• Extension and conversion of Cohen & Epstein department store, Duisburg (1925-1927)
• Schocken department store, Stuttgart (1926-1928). The department store, together with the Tagblatt-Turm (1924-1928) of Ernst-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 of Stuttgart demolished the store, despite international protest. In its place today stands Egon Eiermann's unremarkable department store building (Galeria Kaufhof, previously Horten).
• Exhibition pavilion for the Rudolf Mosse publishing house at the Pressa in Cologne (1928)
• Woga-Komplex and Universum-Kino (cinema), Berlin (1925-1931)
• Schocken department store, Chemnitz (1927-1930), known for its arched front with horizontal strips of windows.
• His own home, Am Rupenhorn, Berlin (1928-1930)
• Columbushaus, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (1928-1932), not to be confused with the "Columbia-Haus" in Berlin-Tempelhof, which was torn down in 1938
• Jewish youth center, Essen (1930-1933)
• The De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England (1934). In collaboration with Serge Chermayeff.
• Cohen House, Chelsea, London (1934-1936). In collaboration with Serge Chermayeff.
• Weizmann House, Weizmann Institute campus, Rehovot near Tel Aviv (1935-1936)
• Built around the same time: a cluster of three buildings on the Weizmann Institute campus, presently housing high-resolution NMR, biological MRI, and the Kimmel Center for Archeology, respectively
• Hebrew University, Jerusalem (1934-1940)
• 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 (1947-1951)
• Russell House, San Francisco, California (1951)