* 1923 in Stahnsdorf/Berlin
† 2001 in Berlin
- carpenter’s apprenticeship, military service and captivity
- from 1949 studied at the Kunsthochschule Berlin: 1955 Diploma
- 1952–1954 colleague of Prof. Klaus H. Ernst
- from 1955 colleague of Paul Baumgarten
- 1960 lecturer in design at the Staatliche Werkkunstschule Berlin
- 1961 Berlin Art Award “Young Generation”
- 1966–1967 Deutsche Bank, Ernst-Reuter-Platz, Germany
- 1967 Cologne Architecture Prize
- 1971–1986 Professor of Design, Building and Interior Planning, Berlin University of the Arts (today: UdK)
- member of the German Werkbund
- 1978 prize Habitation Space
