Fritz Landauer

The modernist architect Fritz Landauer was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, and practiced in Munich until forced into exile. One of the few architects working in the international style in southern Germany, he designed important synagogues in Augsburg and Plauen. After settling in London in 1937, he designed the North Western Reform Synagogue, Alyth Gardens, Golders Green, and the Willesden Synagogue, the latter a rare example of a British synagogue influenced by a modernist aesthetic.