| 1925 |
born in Altenburg/Thüringen |
| 1946-1952 |
Architecture studies at the TH Karlsruhe |
| 1948-1951 |
freelancing for architecture firm and Robert Hilgers, Karlsruhe |
| 1952 |
Diplom |
| 1952 |
freelancing for F. Schmidt + E. van Dorp, Bonn |
| 1956-1958 |
Head of the architecture firms of Egon Eiermann and Sep Ruf, Düsseldorf, for the German Pavilion of the Brussels world fair 1958 |
| 1958-1963 |
Adjunct professor at the Architecture department of the TH Stuttgart |
| 1963-1990 |
Professor at the TH Karlsruhe, Lehrstuhl für Elementbau, Innenraum und Entwerfen |
| 1968-1990 |
Head of the new founded Institut für Bauproduktion at the Karlsruhe University (TH) |
| 1990 |
Professor emeritus |
| 2021 |
died |