SIEGFRIED KRACAUER AND MODERN ARCHITECTURAL CRITICISM

Prof. Dr. Carsten Ruhl

SIEGFRIED KRACAUER AND MODERN ARCHITECTURAL CRITICISM Kracauer’s writings are well known in media studies and sociology. Less known is the fact that he was a trained architect. He studied architecture in Darmstadt, Berlin and Munich and practised as an architect during World War I. In 1915 he published his dissertation…