Werner Hegemann was born in Mannheim, Germany June 15, 1881, died in New York City, April 12, 1936. Basic information Country: Germany Federal state: Land Baden-Württemberg Regions: Rhein-Neckar District: Independent municipality Population: 324,787 (Mai 2005) Additional information Area: 144. ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Hegemann was a city planner, critic on architecture and author. Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ... A critic (derived from the ancient Greek word krites meaning a judge) is a person who offers a value judgement or an interpretation. ... // Scope and intentions According to the very earliest surviving work on the subject, Vitruvius De Architectura, good buildings should have Beauty (Venustas), Firmness (Firmitas) and Utility (Utilitas); architecture can be said to be a balance and coordination among these three elements, with none overpowering the others. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ...

He began his studies in Berlin and Paris and finally settled for national economy at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Strasbourg, finishing his doctorate in Munich in 1908. Returning to the US, he visited Philadelphia, New York and worked for the "Boston-1915" Exposition, held in Boston 1909.   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn, although the former is the preferred and recognized nickname of the University) is a private, nonsectarian, research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Alsace Département Bas-Rhin (67) Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Area 78. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ...

Back in Berlin, the following year he was made general secretary of the first international city planning exhibition to be held in Berlin in 1910. Afterwards Hegemann was commissioned with the exhibition´s official memoir. After extensive travels to collect his materials, he published two volumes on Der Staedtebau (City Planning) 1911 and 1913.   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ...

In 1913 he was invited by The People´s Institute of New York to give lectures on city planning in several american cities. Again traveling widely, after publishing an extensive report on the californian cities of Oakland and Berkeley in 1915 he worked as a city planning consultant. He established his own firm in 1916, with landscape architect Elbert Peets as his partner, specializing in suburban planning. Later, Hegemann and Peets authored a thesaurus on civic art, commenting on about 1200 samples of the discipline, in The American Vitruvius of 1922. Oakland is the name of several places in the United States of America: Oakland, Alabama Oakland, California (The best-known city with this name) Oakland, Florida Oakland, Maine Oakland, Maryland Oakland, Michigan Oakland, Nebraska Oakland, New Jersey Oakland, Oregon Oakland, Pennsylvania Oakland, Rhode Island Oakland, Tennessee Oakland, Wisconsin Oakland Township... Berkeley is the name of several places, all eventually deriving from Berkeley Castle in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK, from whom the noble family of Berkeley derive their name, and for which several vessels of the British Royal Navy have been christened HMS Berkeley Castle. Any of the holders of several titles...

Returning to Europe in 1921, he was made editor of Wasmuths Monatsheften für Baukunst (Wasmuths monthly magazine for architecture) in Berlin. The review became known for its international range of architecture and Hegemann´s sharp, literate critiques. Meanwhile he wrote debunking biographies of german heroes and, in 1930, united historical and architectural criticism in his book on Berlin: Das steinerne Berlin(The stone-Berlin), the work Hegemann is still known for today. Writing political articles as well, he warned against the Nationalsocialists. Before his books were burned in 1933, Hegemann had already left Germany. The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...

Invíted by Alvin Johnson, Hegemann taught at the New School for Social Research in New York, where he arrived in late 1933. From 1935 on, he lectured urban planning at Columbia University, New York, publishing his last book on City Planning Housing in 1936. State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ... Columbia University is a private university in New York City. ...