Eugen Carl Kaufmann or Eugene Charles Kent (8 January 1892 – 21 June 1984) was a German architect.
Early life
Kaufmann was born 8 January 1892 in
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...
.
From 1925, he was engaged at the
New Frankfurt project under the leadership of
Ernst May
Ernst Georg May (27 July 1886 – 11 September 1970) was a German architect and city planner.
May successfully applied urban design techniques to the city of Frankfurt am Main during the Weimar Republic period, and in 1930 less successful ...
. Later, he joined in a city planning with E. May, at the invitation of the Soviets.
In London
Kaufmann moved to London and became a naturalized citizen on 28 June 1939.
He opened his own architectural office there.
He died on 21 June 1984 in London.
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070628021930/http://www.ikg.uni-karlsruhe.de/projekte/exilarchitekten/architekten/kent.htm
1892 births
1984 deaths
Architects from Frankfurt
Architects from London
British urban planners
German urban planners
Jewish architects
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom
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