Ocupation: Architect
Life: b. February 28, 1929
Birthday: February 28
One of my unsung heroes is Erich Mendelsohn. I met him when I was a student and he was a cranky old man and very unpleasant. But if you go to his Einstein Tower in Potsdam, Germany you see an enormous intellect at work with a language that was personal and new. It has a sense of urban design and of theater and procession I hadn't seen before.
source: Interview with David Sheff, www.playboy.com. March 1, 2011.
topic: Hero, Men, Design, Procession, Potsdam, Unsung Hero, Urban Design