* 1903 in Kolbitz near Potsdam
† 1978 in Malmö
- studied architecture in Dresden and at the Technical University Berlin
- 1927 Diploma; employed by Hans Poelzig
- from 1931 joint office with Egon Eiermann
- 1933 start of collaboration with Swedish architects
- 1937 moved to neutral Sweden
- 1943 Swedish citizen and own office
- from 1950 joint office with Sten Samuelson, the two architects worked together until the beginning of the 1970s
