Alfred Jacoby

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Alfred Jacoby
9e Prof. Alfred Jacoby, Architekt der Synagoge Beith-Schalom in Speyer bei der Einweihung.jpg
Jacoby in the Beith-Shalom Synagogue, Speyer, in 2011
Born1950
Offenbach, Germany
Nationality German
OccupationArchitect
Buildings New Synagogue (Darmstadt), [1] [2] Aachen Synagogue

Alfred Jacoby (born 1950) is a German architect and architectural lecturer, principally known for his output of synagogues in post-war Germany, [3] development of a modern Jewish religious architectural vernacular, [4] his teaching positions as a lecturer and professor of architecture, and his active architectural practice in Frankfurt am Main. Jacoby was born in Offenbach, in 1950, to a Polish father, and was educated at the University of Cambridge and Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule. Credited with being the first postwar architect in Germany to develop a distinctive Jewish vernacular for synagogue buildings, [5] he is recognised as Germany's leading synagogue architect. [6] Jacoby was Director of the Dessau Institute of Architecture at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Bauhaus Dessau, [7] from 2000 until 2017.

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  1. ↑ Hammer-Schenk, Harold (1988). Schwarz, Hans-Peter (ed.). Die Architektur der Synagoge (in German). Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Klett-Cotta. ISBN   978-3-608-76272-3.
  2. ↑ Hein, Rainer (10 November 2013). "Neue Synagoge in Darmstadt: Zeichen des Glauben, der Versöhnung und Zuversicht". Frankfurter Allgemeine (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Bernstein, Fred (12 November 2000). "Display Examines Synagogue Design". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Necker, Sylvia (1 June 2017). "Synagogues at the Intersection of Architecture, Town, and Imagination". In Lässig, Simone; Rürup, Miriam (eds.). Space and Spatiality in Modern German-Jewish History: Volume 8 of New German Historical Perspectives (First ed.). Berghahn Books. p. 170. ISBN   978-1-78533-554-9.
  5. ↑ Singer, David, ed. (1996). "Federal Republic of Germany: Synagogue boom". American Jewish Year Book. 96. VNR AG: 292.
  6. ↑ Engel, Matthew (23 May 2018). "Germany reclaimed: Berlin's Jewish revival". New Statesman. NS Media Group. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Architektur und Geoinformation: Prof. Alfred Jacoby". Hochschule Anhalt. Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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