Behrendt, Walter Curt, 1884-1945

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Behrendt, Walter Curt, 1884-1945
Date of birth
1884-12-16
Date of death
1945-04-26
Gender
male
MARC
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 61725907
Wikidata: Q87785
Library of congress: n 83210136
Sources of Information
  • His Alfred Messel, 1911:t.p. (Walter Curt Behrendt)
  • LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Behrendt, Walter Curt, 1884-1945)

Wikipedia description:

Walter Curt Behrendt (December 16, 1884 – April 26, 1945) was a German-American architect and active advocate of German modernism. He was an authority on city planning and housing, editor of Die Form, and author of The Victory of the New Building Style among many other works. Behrendt was born in Metz, emigrated to the U.S. in 1934 to teach at Dartmouth College through the help of his friend Lewis Mumford, and died in Norwich, Vermont.

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