FRANKEL: RUDOLF FRANKEL AND NEUES BAUEN

This monograph is the first comprehensive documentation of the work of Rudolf Fraenkel, who was born on 14 June 1901 to a well to do Jewish family in Germany in (then) Neisse, Upper Silesia (now Nysa, Poland). After studying architecture at the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg (today TU Berlin) from 1918 to 1922, in 1924 Fraenkel embarked in a promising professional career in Berlin.
Fraenkel's many designs – a number today classified as historical monuments – gained early recognition for being amongst those trend-setting projects of the Avant-Garde, appearing in important monographs on contemporary architecture.
The monograph begins with a biography of Fraenkel, focusing on his family and clients and their place in contemporary life in Germany, and then presents the complete catalogue of ca. 75 works by Fraenkel in Europe, from single-family houses to industrial complexes.
More specifically, the monograph illustrates and analyses in detail the more significant projects, presenting them in context to other contemporary works. These projects are detailed with historic and contemporary photographs as well as original and new graphics. Included in the monograph is a comprehensive list of works with descriptions and (where possible) an illustration. All bibliographic information for the projects is included.