Dominique Berninger
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Dominique Berninger | |
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| Born | May 31, 1898[1] France |
| Died | December 5,[2] or December 6, 1949[3] Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | 1939 Philadelphia Competition for Housing projects (slated to work on Germantown Housing Project with Edmund R. Purves - George S. Idell Group (but project didn't go ahead.) Various (see listed alongside works) |
| Practice | Partner in Carswell, Berninger & Bower (ca. 1933-1935), Berninger & Bower (1935-1945) Berninger, Haag & d'Entremont (1946) |
| Buildings | New York World's Fair French Pavilion (1939) |
Dominique Berninger AIA (1898–1949) was a French-born American architect based in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States, who practiced nationally in the mid twentieth century but particularly in Pennsylvania. He is best known for his design of the French Pavilion for the New York World's Fair of 1939. Together with Louis Kahn, he founded the short-lived Architectural Research Group (ARG) in Philadelphia. He was a partner in the firms of Carswell, Berninger & Bower (ca. 1933–1935), Berninger & Bower (1935-1945) and Berninger, Haag & d'Entremont (1946)[4]
Born May 31, 1898, in Schiltigheim,[2] Alsace (at the time part of Germany, soon to be part of France again), Berninger attended high school in Darmstadt, Germany, then went on to be educated in Paris, France, first at a preparatory school, then college, finally graduating from the École Centrale des Arts et Manufacturers.[1]