List of Jewish American architects

This is a list of notable Jewish American architects. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

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A

• Max Abramovitz
• Dankmar Adler (German-born)
• David Adler
• Gregory Ain
• Michael Arad (Israeli-British-American)

B

• Edward Blum and George Blum, École des Beaux-Arts-trained brothers of Alsatian-French descent; celebrated for their terra cotta embellished, Art Nouveau Manhattan apartment buildings; ended their career with two Art Deco works; ^[1] their work was catalogued in Andrew S. Dolkart and Susan Tunick's 1993 book George & Edward Blum: Texture and Design in New York Apartment House Architecture ^{[2] [3]}
• Marcel Breuer (Hungarian-born)
• Arnold Brunner, considered the first successful American born Jewish architect in the US; ^[4] also a city planner; namesake of an annual award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a grant by the American Institute of Architects' New York chapter
• Gordon Bunshaft

C

• Irwin Chanin
• Elizabeth Close
• Preston Scott Cohen

D

• Elizabeth Diller (Polish-born)
• Dan Dworsky

E

• Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz
• Peter Eisenman

F

• Ulrich Franzen (German-born)
• James Ingo Freed (German-born)

G

• Frank Gehry
• Bertrand Goldberg
• Myron Goldsmith
• Percival Goodman

K

• Albert Kahn (Prussian-born)
• Louis Kahn (Estonian-born)

L

• Edgar M. Lazarus (1868–1939), prominent in the Portland, Oregon area for more than 45 years, best known as the architect of the Vista House ^[5]
• Daniel Libeskind (Polish-born)

M

• Richard Meier

N

• Richard Neutra (Austrian-born)

R

• Alfred Rosenheim ^[6]

S

• Abraham Salkowitz ^[7]
• Rudolph Schindler
• Nathan Silver
• Siegmund Spiegel (German-born) ^{[8] [9]}
• Robert Stern

U

• Joseph Urban, architect, set designer ^[10] and book illustrator

References

1. Gray, Christopher (March 2, 2008). "Streetscapes - Crowning Achievements for George and Edward Blum - 210 East 68th Street - 235 East 22nd Street". The New York Times.
2. Dolkart, Andrew D.; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Tunick, Susan (1993). George & Edward Blum: Texture and Design in New York Apartment House Architecture. Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN   9780963606105.
3. Gray, Christopher (October 17, 1993). "Streetscapes/The Blum Apartment Houses; Deft, Nonconformist Touches, Many Since Vanished". The New York Times.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2008.
5. Ritz, Richard Ellison (2002). "Lazarus, Edgar M.". Architects of Oregon: A Biographical Dictionary of Architects Deceased – 19th and 20th Centuries. Portland, Oregon: Lair Hill Publishing. pp. 247–248. ISBN   0-9726200-2-8.
6. Rodman, Edmond J. (January 13, 2016). "LACMA and the Jews: How they built a 'Temple on the Tar Pits'". Jewish Journal.
7. "A.H. Salkowitz | Queens Modern". queensmodern.com. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
8. Chicurel, Judy (March 3, 1991). "Families Start Tracing Holocaust Survivors". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved March 16, 2024.
9. "Siegmund Spiegel Obituary (1919 - 2016) - Aventura, FL - Newsday". Legacy.com. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
10. "Architect of Dreams -- the Theatrical Vision of Joseph Urban".