Born:
10/23/1906,
Died:
1/1979
Born in New York City, the son of Benjamin Ehrlich, Matthew Ehrlich graduated from Swainboro High School in Swainboro, GA, 1922 before attending Syracuse University in 1922-1924. He went on to study architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a B. Arch. in 1927. He also studied with the T-Square Club in 1927-1929, earning a BAID Silver Medal in Archaeology, 1928. He was a teaching assistant in architecture at Penn in 1925-6.
Ehrlich worked in a number of Philadelphia firms: Thomas, Martin & Kirkpatrick (1925-1927) and Frank E. Hahn (1927-1929) before traveling to Paris, France, where he worked in the office of Le Corbusier (1930), specifically on the Centrosoyuz project in Moscow. Upon his return to Philadelphia, Ehrlich worked for Howe & Lescaze (1931-1934) -- along side Norman Rice (also a veteran from the Le Corbusier office), and later, became a partner in Carver, Davis, Ehrlich & Poole in 1939. From 1953 until about 1963, he was a partner in Ehrlich & Levinson. He retired in 1977. Ehrlich taught at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art as a lecturer and critic. He joined the national AIA in 1948 and was a member of the Philadelphia Chapter through 1963.
Written by
Emily T. Cooperman.
Clubs and Membership Organizations
- American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- Philadelphia Chapter, AIA
- T-Square Club
School Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Museum School of Art
- Syracuse University
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