* 1921 in Berlin
† 2010 in Itzehoe
- studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Berlin; Diploma 1950
- from 1950 freelance architect in Berlin
- 1952 International Hall of Residence for students at Eichkamp, Berlin (with Heinz Weber)
- 1955 Federal Youth Hostel on the Venusberg, Bonn (with Stefan Wewerka and Hubert Hoffmann)
- 1958–1967 office in Berlin shared with Georg Heinrichs
- from 1962 overall concept of the Märkisches Viertel (with G. Heinrichs and W. Düttmann)
- 1967–1982 Senate Building Director in West Berlin; initiator of the International Building Exhibition (1977–1987)
- 1993–1997 urban development concept for the new use of the Volltuchfabrik Luckenwalde (with Götz Keller and Moritz Müller)
