Jean Ginsberg
*20. 4. 1905 – Čenstochová, Poland
†14. 5. 1983 – Paris, France
Biography
Jean Ginsberg was a French modernist architect. His father studied chemistry in Zurich. Jean grew up in a Polish Jewish family that spoke German and had a positive relationship with French culture. He began studying architecture in Warsaw. In 1924, he traveled to France, where he studied at the École spéciale d'architecture under Robert Mallet-Stevens. He completed his architecture studies in 1929, then worked for several months in Le Corbusier's studio and subsequently for a year in the studio of André Lurçat. He realized his first projects with Russian architect Berthold Lubetkin (whom he met at the Warsaw School of Architecture) until 1931, then with the architect of German descent François Heep until 1939, when he acquired French citizenship. During the Nazi occupation, he hid due to his background but continued building, and in 1941 he began the reconstruction of the Compagnie industrielle du bois factory in Bonneuil-sur-Marne, which was completed in 1948. He designed a number of buildings in Paris and its surroundings, particularly in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. As the head of the "Jean Ginsberg & associés" studio, he designed approximately 250 projects and nearly 15,000 apartments in collaboration with architects André Ilinski, Jean Fayeton, and Georges Massé.
In the twilight of his life, he, along with Martin Van Treeck and Pierre Vagem, contributed to the development of the Israeli city of Ashdod.
Jean Ginsberg was a French modernist architect. His father studied chemistry in Zurich. Jean grew up in a Polish Jewish family that spoke German and had a positive relationship with French culture. He began studying architecture in Warsaw. In 1924, he traveled to France, where he studied at the École spéciale d'architecture under Robert Mallet-Stevens. He completed his architecture studies in 1929, then worked for several months in Le Corbusier's studio and subsequently for a year in the studio of André Lurçat. He realized his first projects with Russian architect Berthold Lubetkin (whom he met at the Warsaw School of Architecture) until 1931, then with the architect of German descent François Heep until 1939, when he acquired French citizenship. During the Nazi occupation, he hid due to his background but continued building, and in 1941 he began the reconstruction of the Compagnie industrielle du bois factory in Bonneuil-sur-Marne, which was completed in 1948. He designed a number of buildings in Paris and its surroundings, particularly in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. As the head of the "Jean Ginsberg & associés" studio, he designed approximately 250 projects and nearly 15,000 apartments in collaboration with architects André Ilinski, Jean Fayeton, and Georges Massé.
In the twilight of his life, he, along with Martin Van Treeck and Pierre Vagem, contributed to the development of the Israeli city of Ashdod.
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