* 1899 in Remscheid
† 1973 in Düsseldorf
- studied at the Technical Universities in Hanover, Darmstadt and Stuttgart
- 1925 collaborated with Erich Mendelsohn, met Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- 1927 apprenticeship at the Werkkunstschule Aachen
- 1931 German Chapel, World Exhibition Paris
- 1934 worked at Rudolf Schwarz; work as a freelance architect
- 1947 professorship at TU Aachen
- 1949 Federal Parliament, Bonn
- 1950 Federal Chancellery, Bonn
- 1952 Head of the Darmstadt discussion group “Mensch und Technik” (People and Technology)
- 1963 reconstruction of St. Hedwig’s Cathedral, Berlin
- 1959–1965 Professor and Director of the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Düsseldorf
