1883 Born in Berlin

1903 - 1907 Architectural studies at the technical universities in Berlin and Munich

1910 Own architect's office in Berlin and the planning of various important works,among others the Fagus factory

1919 Director of the art college in Weimar, founding of the national Bauhaus
Transfer of the Bauhaus to Dessau1928 Leaves the Bauhaus, private office in Berlin
Emigration to England, architect in London1937- 52 Professor at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1946 Architect's office with Marcel Breuer in Massachussetts

5.6.1969 Death in Boston, USA