Walter Curt Behrendt
Walter Curt Behrendt (December 16, 1884 – April 26, 1945) was a German-American architect and active advocate of German modernism. He was an authority on city planning and housing, editor of Die Form, and author of The Victory of the New Building Style among many other works. Behrendt was born in Metz, emigrated to the U.S. in 1934 to teach at Dartmouth College through the help of his friend Lewis Mumford, and died in Norwich, Vermont.
Walter Curt Behrendt
Walter Curt Behrendt · Public domain
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- 1884 · Metz.
- Died
- 1945 · Norwich.
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Walter Curt Behrendt (December 16, 1884 – April 26, 1945) was a German-American architect and active advocate of German modernism. He was an authority on city planning and housing, editor of Die Form, and author of The Victory of the New Building Style among many other works. Behrendt was born in Metz, emigrated to the U.S. in 1934 to teach at Dartmouth College through the help of his friend Lewis Mumford, and died in Norwich, Vermont.
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• Alfred Messel, intro. Karl Scheffler. Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, 1911. Reprint: Gebr.Mann, Berlin 1998. • Die einheitliche Blockfront als Raumelement im Stadtbau. Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, 1911. • Der Kampf um den Stil im Kunstgewerbe und in der Architektur. Stuttgart/Berlin: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1920. • Der Sieg des neuen Baustils. Stuttgart: Akademischer Verlag Dr. Fritz Wedekind & Co., 1927. Translated as: The Victory of the New Building Style, intro. Detlef Mertins, trans. Harry F. Mallgrave. Texts & Documents. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2000. • Modern Building. Its Nature, Problems, and Forms. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1937.
Behrendt, Walter Curt. Städtebau und Wohnungswesen in den Vereinigten Staaten. Bericht über eine Studienreise. Zweite durchgesehene und erweiterte Auflage. 85 S., 1 Bl. Mit zahlreichen Textabbildungen und 3 Tafeln. 29,5 x 21 cm. Illustrierte OBroschur (etwas berieben, mit kleinen Randläsuren). Berlin, Guido Hackebeil, (1927). -- Der deutsch-amerikanische Architekt und Stadtplaner Walter Curt Behre
Walter Curt Behrendt
Behrendt, Walter Curt. Städtebau und Wohnungswesen in den Vereinigten Staaten. Bericht über eine Studienreise. Zweite durchgesehene und erweiterte Auflage. 85 S., 1 Bl. Mit zahlreichen Textabbildungen und 3 Tafeln. 29,5 x 21 cm. Illustrierte OBroschur (etwas berieben, mit kleinen Randläsuren). Berlin, Guido Hackebeil, (1927). -- Der deutsch-amerikanische Architekt und Stadtplaner Walter Curt Behre
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Walter Curt Behrendt born at Metz.
1945
Walter Curt Behrendt died at Norwich.
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- 1.Walter Curt Behrendt.
- 2.Myra Warhaftig. Deutsche jüdische Architekten vor und nach 1933 – Das Lexikon. 2005. 3-496-01326-5.
- 3.Walter Berendt, architect. prabook.com.
- 4.1925: Zeitschrift »Die Form«. Deutscher Werkbund Nordrhein-Westfalen, deutscher-werkbund.de; abgerufen am 7. November 2011.
- 5.Walter Curt Behrendt. Norwich Historical Society and Community Center.
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