Alfred Jacoby
Alfred Jacoby (born 1950) is a German architect and architectural lecturer, principally known for his output of synagogues in post-war Germany, development of a modern Jewish religious architectural vernacular, his teaching positions as a lecturer and professor of architecture, and his active architectural practice in Frankfurt am Main. Credited with being the first postwar architect in Germany to develop a distinctive Jewish vernacular for synagogue buildings, he is recognised as Germany's leading synagogue architect. Jacoby was Director of the Dessau Institute of Architecture at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Bauhaus Dessau, from 2000 until 2017.
Alfred Jacoby
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- Name
- Alfred Jacoby
- Born
- 1950
- Birthplace
- Offenbach, Germany
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- New Synagogue (Darmstadt) · Synagoge Beith-Schalom (Speyer)
- Languages
- German
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Alfred Jacoby (born 1950) is a German architect and architectural lecturer, principally known for his output of synagogues in post-war Germany, development of a modern Jewish religious architectural vernacular, his teaching positions as a lecturer and professor of architecture, and his active architectural practice in Frankfurt am Main. Credited with being the first postwar architect in Germany to develop a distinctive Jewish vernacular for synagogue buildings, he is recognised as Germany's leading synagogue architect. Jacoby was Director of the Dessau Institute of Architecture at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Bauhaus Dessau, from 2000 until 2017.
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• Name — Alfred Jacoby • Born — 1950 • Birthplace — Offenbach, Germany • Significant Buildings — New Synagogue (Darmstadt), Aachen Synagogue
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- 1.Hammer-Schenk, Harold. Die Architektur der Synagoge. Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Klett-Cotta. 1988. 978-3-608-76272-3.
- 2.Hein, Rainer. Neue Synagoge in Darmstadt: Zeichen des Glauben, der Versöhnung und Zuversicht. Frankfurter Allgemeine. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH. 10 November 2013.
- 3.Bernstein, Fred. Display Examines Synagogue Design. The New York Times. 12 November 2000.
- 4.Necker, Sylvia. Space and Spatiality in Modern German-Jewish History: Volume 8 of New German Historical Perspectives. Berghahn Books. 170. 1 June 2017. 978-1-78533-554-9.
- 5.Singer. Federal Republic of Germany: Synagogue boom. American Jewish Year Book. VNR AG. 96. 292. 1996.
- 6.Engel, Matthew. Germany reclaimed: Berlin's Jewish revival. New Statesman. NS Media Group. 23 May 2018.
- 7.Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. Architektur und Geoinformation: Prof. Alfred Jacoby. Hochschule Anhalt.
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- Jacoby, A. 2001. Synagogenbau in Deutschland nach dem Krieg. Kunst und Kirche: Präsidium des Evangelischen Kirchenbautages in Verbindung mit dem Institut für Kirchenbau und kirchliche Kunst der Gegenwart an der Philipps-Universität Marburg. 211–214.
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Alfred Jacoby is recorded as architect. Synagogen von Alfred Jacoby. In a New Spirit. Synagogues of Alfred Jacoby, Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia.
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