Alfred Neumann
Alfred Neumann (January 26, 1900 – 1968) was an Austrian-born Israeli architect known for his modernist buildings. • Illustration — Bat Yam Town Hall (1963), Bat Yam, Israel by Neumann and Zvi Hecker
Alfred Neumann

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- Name
- Alfred Neumann
- Born
- January 26, 1900
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- October 23, 1968
- Place of death
- Québec, Canada
- Spouse
- Naomi Neumann
- Awards
- Behrens Award
- Nationality
- Austria–Hungary · Czechoslovakia · Israel
- Occupation
- pedagogue · architect · teacher
- Fields
- architecture
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Known for
- Bat Yam City Hall
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Alfred Neumann (January 26, 1900 – 1968) was an Austrian-born Israeli architect known for his modernist buildings. • Illustration — Bat Yam Town Hall (1963), Bat Yam, Israel by Neumann and Zvi Hecker
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Alfred Neumann (1900–1968) was an architect, pedagogue and teacher, of Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak nationality. The architect was born in Vienna and died in Quebec City.
Alfred Neumann was educated at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The architect worked for Laval University and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and worked in Brno and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Activity centred on architecture.
Among the works is Bat Yam City Hall. Languages used include Czech.
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Alfred Neumann studied at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is architecture. Places of work recorded in the authority are Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and Brno. Employment is recorded with Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and Laval University. Works named in the authority record are Bat Yam City Hall.
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• Name — Alfred Neumann • Born — January 26, 1900 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria-Hungary • Died — October 23, 1968 • Place of death — Québec, Canada • Spouse — Naomi Neumann • Children — Eva Marie Neumann • Awards — Behrens Award
Biography
Biography
Alfred Neumann was born in Vienna to Siegmund Neumann and Hermina Hickl. In 1910, Neumann's family moved to Brünn (today's Brno, Czech Republic), for his father's job at a joinery workshop. Neumann attended the German Building Technical College.Not a confusion with the UNIVERSITY he attended (see below)? Red link not supported by German art. either, does it serve any purpose? Following his graduation, Neumann served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. After the war, he returned to his architecture studies, enrolling at the German Technical University in Brno. In 1922, Neumann returned to Vienna, where he attended Architecture College (Meisterschule für Architektur) of the Arts Academy in Vienna, studying under Peter Behrens. For the following 6 years, he worked at a number of architecture offices in Paris and Berlin with contemporaries including Auguste Perret. In 1928 and 1929, Neumann worked briefly in Algiers, French Algeria. In February 1945, Neumann was deported from his home in Prague to the Nazi ghetto and concentration camp of Theresienstadt in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. After World War II, Neumann returned to Brno. In the following years, he worked at the Provincial Study and Planning Institute of Czechoslovakia where he contributed to a number of projects in the country. In 1949, Neumann immigrated to Israel where his practice shifted towards the development of modular structures In 1962, Neumann married Naomi, a former student of his. Their daughter, Eva Marie Neumann, was born that year. Neumann died of lung cancer while teaching in Quebec as a visiting professor at the Université Laval.
Academic career
Academic career
• Illustration — Synagogue (1967), Mitzpe Ramon, Israel by Neumann and Zvi Hecker Neumann taught at the Israel Institute of Technology and served as the dean from 1952 to 1966. 1956, he published a pamphlet that called for architecture that better responded to human needs by reinventing systems of proportion and measurement and the design of buildings through the use of smaller modular subdivisions. During his tenure at the Israel Institute of Technology, Neumann worked closely with architect Zvi Hecker.
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- OpenStreetMap gazetteer entry for Alfred Neumann, Motzstraße, Bayerisches Viertel, Schöneberg, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, 10777, Deutschland
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- 1.Magazine, Wallpaper*. A Prague exhibition celebrates the life and work of an unsung hero of Israeli architecture. Wallpaper*. 2017-09-13.
- 2.Segal, Rafael. Unit, pattern, site: The space packed architecture of Alfred Neumann, 1949–1968. Princeton University. 2011.
- 3.Alfred Neumann The Anguish of Liberation as Reflected in Art 1945-1947 Yad Vashem. www.yadvashem.org.
- 4.New monograph follows the rise and fall of Alfred Neumann. Archpaper.com. 2018-09-25.
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OpenStreetMap gazetteer entry for Alfred Neumann, Motzstraße, Bayerisches Viertel, Schöneberg, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, 10777, DeutschlandOpenStreetMap Foundation
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