List of Jewish American architects

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

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

D

Elizabeth Diller (Polish-born)
Dan Dworsky

E

F

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

G

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

U

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

References

^ Gray, Christopher (2008-03-02). "Streetscapes - Crowning Achievements for George and Edward Blum - 210 East 68th Street - 235 East 22nd Street". The New York Times.
^ Dolkart, Andrew D.; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Tunick, Susan (1993). George & Edward Blum: Texture and Design in New York Apartment House Architecture. ISBN 9780963606105.
^ Gray, Christopher (1993-10-17). "Streetscapes/The Blum Apartment Houses; Deft, Nonconformist Touches, Many Since Vanished". The New York Times.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2008-08-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ 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.
^ Rodman, Edmond J. (January 13, 2016). "LACMA and the Jews: How they built a 'Temple on the Tar Pits'". Jewish Journal.
^ "A.H. Salkowitz | Queens Modern". queensmodern.com. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
^ Chicurel, Judy (1991-03-03). "Families Start Tracing Holocaust Survivors". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
^ "Siegmund Spiegel Obituary (1919 - 2016) - Aventura, FL - Newsday". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
^ "Architect of Dreams -- the Theatrical Vision of Joseph Urban".