Alfred Jacoby
German architect (born 1950)
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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.
Alfred Jacoby | |
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Jacoby in the Beith-Shalom Synagogue, Speyer, in 2011 | |
| Born | 1950 (age 75–76) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | New Synagogue (Darmstadt),[1][2] Aachen Synagogue |
Further reading
- Jacoby, A. 2001. Synagogenbau in Deutschland nach dem Krieg. Kunst und Kirche: Präsidium des Evangelischen Kirchenbautages in Verbindung mit dem Institut für Kirchenbau und kirchliche Kunst der Gegenwart an der Philipps-Universität Marburg. 211–214.