Adolf meyer architect biography

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Portrait of Adolf Meyer, 1929.

Fagus FactoryHaus Am HornChicago Tribune Tower

Adolf Meyer (Mechernich, 17 June 1881 - Baltrum, 14 July 1929) was a German architect.

Adolf meyer architect biography wikipedia

A student and employee of Peter Behrens, Meyer became the office manager of Walter Gropius practice around 1915. This collaboration, which lasted until 1914, resulted in a number of important 20th century buildings, such as the Fagus-Werk Karl Benscheidt in Alfeld an der Leine of 1910 and an office building and factory for the Deutscher Werkbund (German Work Federation) exhibition in Cologne in1914.

When Gropius's practice closed down, Meyer became office manager for the steel construction company Breest & Co. in Berlin.

Bauhaus Weimar

In 1919, Walter Gropius brought Adolf Meyer to the Bauhaus Weimar as an assistant for the architecture department. Here, he directed Gropius's private architecture office and taught technical drawing and construction from 1920 to 1925.

Together with Walter March, he was the sit