* 1904 in Cologne
† 1985 in Hanover
- studied at the Technical Universities of Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Gdansk and Dresden, Diploma 1929
- 1934 government architect
- from 1934 freelance architect in Berlin (including the construction of Thingplätze with Fritz Schaller)
- from 1936 in Hanover, new buildings of Vereinigte Leichtmetall Werke (VLM)
- 1937 house for his brother-in-law Konrad Adenauer, Rhöndorf
- from 1947 chair at the TH Hannover; extensive building work, including for Continental
- awarded the BDA prize several times