Hans Blumenfeld, (October 18, 1892 – January 30, 1988) was a German Canadian architect and city planner.

Blumenfeld published many articles on economic and social effects of planning with the emphasis on interdependence of physical, social and economic renewal. In 1967, his book The Modern Metropolis, Its Origins, Growth, Characteristics, and Planning: Selected Essays by Hans Blumenfeld was published. In 1987, his book Life Begins at 65: The Not Entirely Candid Autobiography of a Drifter was published. In 1978, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Hans Blumenfeld

References

"Hans Blumenfeld 1892–1988"—Peace magazine biography

Hans Blumenfeld at The Canadian Encyclopedia

in German, at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Institut für Kunst- und Baugeschichte, by Claudia Bothe, n. d.

Hans Blumenfeld

1892 births

1988 deaths

Canadian architects

Canadian urban planners

20th-century German architects

Officers of the Order of Canada

German emigrants to Canada

Architects from Osnabrück

Hans Blumenfeld