Alexander Berwald ( born Alexander Baerwald ; 1877 , Berlin - 1930 , Jerusalem ) is a well-known German and Palestinian architect.
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Biography
Born in Berlin in an assimilated Jewish family. After graduating from the Higher Technical School, Charlottenburg in Berlin worked as an architect in the public works department of Prussia. In 1906 he was awarded the prize of K.F. In 1910, Berwald was commissioned to build the Technion. Striving for the synthesis of architectural traditions of the West and East , Berwald painstakingly studied the methods of work of Arab stone carvers, as well as the characteristic features of Mediterranean architecture. The complex he created became the first example of modern monumental architecture in Eretz Yisrael , a symbol of the cultural revival of the Jewish people.
In 1924, Berwald finally moved to Haifa, where he became the first professor of architecture in Eretz Yisrael . In the 1920s Berwald reached creative maturity, in his bold projects reflected the search for a national architectural language, the connection of architectural style with the history of the area. Among the works of this period are the Palatine Hotel ( 1925 ) in Tel Aviv , the Anglo-Palestinian Bank in Haifa, as well as the unrealized project of an extensive business center designed for Haifa.
In the years 1929-30. in Berwald's work, the international modern style begins to prevail over local trends, while concrete replaces stone. In the architect’s latest works (hospital in Afula , a pylon house in the vicinity of Haifa), the main attention is paid to convenience and functionality.
Selected Projects and Buildings
- Technion Building in Haifa.
- The building of the Palatine Hotel: a combination of European Art Nouveau and East Turkish style (1926).
Literature
- A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Oxford University Press.
- Myra Warhaftig (German) (Hebrew: מירה ווארהפטיג), "Alex Baerwald", in: Sie legten den Grundstein. Leben und Wirken deutschsprachiger jüdischer Architekten in Palästina 1918-1948, Berlin and Tübingen: Wasmuth, 1996, pp. 34–41. ISBN 3-8030-0171-4
- Alex Baerwald: Ein Siedlungshaus für Palästina, In: Neue jüdische Monatshefte 1919-1920, Heft 9 (10. Februar 1920), S. 208-214
- Alex Bärwald: Das "Hebrew Technical Institute" in Haifa. In: Palästina , Heft 4-5 (April 1929), S. 23 - 28
- Karl Schwarz: Baerwald, Alexander. In: Jüdisches Lexikon . Begründet von G. Herlitz und B. Kirschner. Berlin, Jüdischer Verlag, Bd. I, 1929, Sp. 747-748
- Lotte Baerwald: A Wife's Tribute to an Architect Artist. In: The Palestine Post , 28 Oct 1935, p. 2
- Myra Warhaftig: Alex Baerwald Berlin 1877 - Jerusalem 1930. In: Bauwelt 32.1990, S. 1562-64
- Alexander Baerwald (1877-1930). Architect and artist. Ausstellungskatalog: The National Museum of Science, Planning and Technology, Daniel and Matilde Recanati Center, Haifa. Bearb. von Liliane Richter et al. Haifa, 1991
- Ines Sonder: Gartenstädte in Erez Israel. Zionistische Stadtplanungsvisionen von Theodor Herzl bis Richard Kauffmann , Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim. Zürich. New York, 2005 ISBN 3-487-12811-X
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 124012981 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Warhaftig M. Sie legten den Grundstein : Leben und Wirken deutschsprachiger jüdischer Architekten in Palästina 1918–1948 - Tue : Ernst Wasmuth Verlag , 1996. - S. 34. - 395 p. - ISBN 978-3-8030-0171-9
Links
- Baerwald Alexander (English)