* 1907 in Düsseldorf
† 1977 in Munich
- apprenticeship as carpenter, studied at the Bauhaus, including under Hannes Meyer and Mart Stam
- from 1928 colleague Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius
- 1931–1933 collaborated in the city planning group of Ernst May in Moscow
- 1931–1945 freelance architect and designer in Berlin
- 1945/1946 Professor of Urban Planning in Weimar, attempted to reestablish the Bauhaus: development and production of modular furniture
- 1950–1956 Director of the Landeskunstschule and later Hochschule der Künste Hamburg
- 1956–1972 Professor for Building and Development at of the Technical University in Munich: publications on urban planning, architecture and design