Background

Eckardt, Wolf Von was born on March 6, 1918 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Hans Felix and Gertrude (Lederer) Eckardt. came to the United States, 1936, naturalized, 1943.

Education

Student, New School Social Research, 1936-1938; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), The Maryland. Institute, 1983.

Career

Information officer, Department State, Washington, 1945-1953; free-lance public information specialist, Washington, 1953-1959; director public information, American Institute of Architects, 1959-1963; architecture critic, Washington Post, 1963-1981; design critic, Time magazine, 1981-1985; guest professor department city and regional planning, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1986. Albert A. Levin professor urban studies public service College Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, 1978-1980. Lecturer Harvard University, 1966, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967.

Achievements

• Wolf Von Eckardt has been listed as a noteworthy Design critic, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Water Gropius, Richard Neutra, Louis Sullivan, Oscar Niemeyer, Eric Mendelsohn (Masters of World Architecture)

    (This is a five volume set in a slipcase with the followin...)

  • Eric Mendelsohn

    (Con 156 ill. in nero. Notizie biobibliografiche. Elenco c...)

  • The challenge of Megalopolis;: A graphic presentation of the urbanized northeastern seaboard of the United States
  • Eric Mendelsohn (Masters of World Architecture)
  • A place to live;: The crisis of the cities
  • A Place to Live, the crisis of the cities, foreword by August Heckscher
  • A place to live; the crisis of the cities
  • A Place to Live - The Crisis of the Cities
  • Masters of World Architecture: Le Corbusier; Frank Lloyd Wright; Pier Luigi Nervi; Antonio Gaudi; Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe; Alvar Aalto; Walter Gropius; Richard Neutra; Louis Sullivan; Oscar Niemeyer; Eric Mendelsohn (11 Volumes in 2 boxes)
  • The Challenge of Megalopolis
  • Eric Mendelsohn Masters of World Architecture Series edited by William Alex.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, World World War World War II. Honorary member American Institute of Architects. Member American Institute Graphic Arts (president Washington chapter 1962-1965), Society Architectural Historians. M C.

Connections

Married Marianne Horney, June 28, 1941 (divorced). Children: Barbara, Marina Von Eckardt Gilman. Married Nina ffrench-frazier, February 14, 1987.

Father:

Hans Felix Eckardt

Mother:

Gertrude (Lederer) Eckardt

Spouse:

Marianne Horney

Spouse:

Nina ffrench-frazier

child:

Marina Von Eckardt Gilman Eckardt

child:

Barbara Eckardt