Max Cetto

Max Cetto ( born February 20, 1903 in Koblenz, † April 5, 1980 in Mexico City; Complete name: Max Ludwig Cetto ) was a German - Mexican architect.

Life

Cetto studied architecture at the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, University of Technology Munich and finally at the Technical University Berlin with Hans Poelzig, where he earned his degree in 1925. After that, he was a staff member of Ernst May at the housing department of the city of Frankfurt am Main on Project New Frankfurt. From 1929 he taught for several years at today's Academy of Design Offenbach

In 1928 he was one of the founding members of the Congrès Internationaux d' Architecture Moderne CIAM ( International Congress of Modern Architecture), who was a renowned forum for architects and urban planners to the late 1950s.

Between 1936 and 1937 he was with other architects responsible for the implementation of the plans of the Heinkel works Oranienburg.

He emigrated to the USA in 1938 and worked in San Francisco along with the Austro -American architect Richard Neutra.

In May 1939 he went to Mexico and became a Mexican citizen in 1947. There he worked as an architect, among others, along with Luis Barragan, and adopted a number of visiting professorships at the U.S. and Mexican universities.

Writings

  • Glass and health. In: Frankfurter Zeitung, October 1929.
  • A factory of 1903. Fabrikgebaude of The Toy Factory Margarete Steiff, Giengen ad Brenz ( Wttbg. ). In: New Frankfurt, 4th year 1932/1933, p 88
  • Letter from a young German architect Dr. Goebbels. In: The New City, published May 1933 pp. 26-28. Carta de un joven arquitecto inglés al Sr. Goebbels, Ministro del kingdom de Propaganda e Ilustración del Pueblo. ( In the Spanish language translated by Mariana Frenk westheim ) In: Susanne Dussel Peters: Max Cetto ( 1903-1980 ). Arquitecto mexicano - ingles. UAM, Mexico 1995, ISBN 970-62-0719-8, pp. 70-73.
  • As a reprint / Facsimile: Museo de Arte Moderno, México, 2011.
  • Abridged version published in: The architect, born in 1964, No. 10 ( October 1964 ), pp. 311-314.
  • Reflexiones sobre la construcción en el futuro. In: Calli Revista internacional, revista de arquitectura analítica contemporánea, no. 44, México 1969, pp. 48-54 ( translated from German by Bettina Cetto )
  • Richard Döcker: Terrasentyp. In: New Frankfurt, September 1930 edition, p 210
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