Alfred Jacoby Explained

Alfred Jacoby
Birth Date:	1950
Birth Place:	Offenbach, Germany
Nationality:	German
Significant Buildings:	New Synagogue (Darmstadt),^[1] ^[2] Aachen Synagogue

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.

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.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hammer-Schenk. Harold . Schwarz . Hans-Peter . 1988 . Die Architektur der Synagoge . Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Klett-Cotta . de . 978-3-608-76272-3 .
2. News: Hein . Rainer . Neue Synagoge in Darmstadt: Zeichen des Glauben, der Versöhnung und Zuversicht . 11 December 2019 . Frankfurter Allgemeine . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH . 10 November 2013 . German.
3. News: Bernstein . Fred . Display Examines Synagogue Design . 11 December 2019 . The New York Times . 12 November 2000.
4. Book: Necker, Sylvia . Lässig . Simone . Rürup . Miriam . Space and Spatiality in Modern German-Jewish History: Volume 8 of New German Historical Perspectives . Synagogues at the Intersection of Architecture, Town, and Imagination . 1 June 2017 . Berghahn Books. 978-1-78533-554-9 . 170 . First . English.
5. Singer . David . Federal Republic of Germany: Synagogue boom . American Jewish Year Book . 1996 . 96 . 292 . VNR AG.
6. Web site: Engel . Matthew . Germany reclaimed: Berlin's Jewish revival . New Statesman . NS Media Group . 11 December 2019 . 23 May 2018.
7. Web site: Architektur und Geoinformation: Prof. Alfred Jacoby . Hochschule Anhalt . Anhalt University of Applied Sciences . 11 December 2019.