Gottfried Böhm, master architect in concrete, dies at 101 artdaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from artdaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
One of Germany's greatest postwar architects, Gottfried Böhm died June 9 at the age of 101. He leaves behind a grand architectural legacy of buildings that are also sculptures.
A recipient of his field’s highest award, he was known for his Brutalist designs, of churches in particular, in a postwar Germany trying to rebuild itself.
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My grandfather Sidney Denbin, who has died aged 100, had a life that took him from “humble beginnings” (as he would say) to playing his cello in the world’s greatest concert halls with revered orchestras and renowned conductors. He knew London when travel was largely by horse and cart, and yet by the time he was 60 he had crossed the world on 747 jets.
Born in Bow, east London, Sidney was the son of immigrant, Yiddish-speaking parents, Sarah (nee Freedman) and Morris Dembinsky. He survived TB at an early age and lived the typical Jewish immigrant experience; poor housing, communal bathing, discrimination – and a close-knit community.