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Rudolf Fränkel: A German Jewish Architect in Exile

The document discusses the residential architecture career of German Jewish architect Rudolf Fränkel, including several housing projects he designed in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s before going into exile. It provides pictures and floor plans of some of his notable works like the Gartenstadt Atlantic housing development in Berlin and the Cinema Lichtburg.

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Rudolf Fränkel: A German Jewish Architect in Exile

The document discusses the residential architecture career of German Jewish architect Rudolf Fränkel, including several housing projects he designed in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s before going into exile. It provides pictures and floor plans of some of his notable works like the Gartenstadt Atlantic housing development in Berlin and the Cinema Lichtburg.

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RUDOLF FRÄNKEL

A German Jewish Architect in Exile:


Some Residential Architecture

Prof. Gerardo Brown–Manrique, Reg. Arch. The Fränkels at home in 1912


Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA (Rudolf, Erna, Hanna, Louis, Rosa, and Ruth)

© 2006 GBM

Gartenstadt Atlantic
RUDOLF FRÄNKEL Berlin-Gesundbrünnen (1924-28)

Gartenstadt Atlantic Gartenstadt Atlantic in 1998


View in 1924

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Cinema Lichtburg Cinema Lichtburg
Berlin-Gesundbrünnen (1927-29; demolished 1971) Foyer

Cinema Lichtburg Restaurant Leuchtturm


Auditorium Friedrichstraße, Berlin-Mitte (1930-31; demolished)

Haus Stern
Restaurant Leuchtturm outside Breslaau (today Wroclaw)
(1931–32)
Daytime

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Haus Stern Haus Stern
outside Breslaau (today Wroclaw) outside Breslaau (today Wroclaw)
(1931–32) (1931–32)

Ground floor plan View of loggia

Apartment Frænkel
Bucharest (1933–34) The entry

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The drafting office The dining and living room

Apartment Building Dr. Pop Typical floor plan


Bucharest (1933–34)

Haus Dr. Pop


Bucharest (1933–34) First, second, and third floor plans

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View from the living room towards the library The breakfast room with a built–in aquarium

Haus Vaida/Comsa Ground floor plan


Bucharest (1935)

View of one living room View of a library

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Villa Flavian Site plan
Bucharest (1936)

Ground and first floor plans

Garden view

Villa Flavian garden court in 1999 Dining room in 1936

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Villa Flavian dining room in 1999 Living room in 1936

Villa Flavian living room in 1999 View of the upstairs loggia

Rudolf and Eva Fränkel House Rockwell


Canons Park, Middlesex (1936–37)

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“Hillcrest” (House Jacob)
Hempstead Garden Suburb, London (1938) Main floor plan

View in 1967 House Rachwalsky


Stanmore, Middlesex (1937–38)

Site plan Floor plans

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Garden view 1 Garden view in 1999

Garden view 2 LR old

LR to garden view LR new

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Dining room from living room DR new

House Rachwalsky addition


Ossining, NY (1952)

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