May 15, 1884
in Kaliningrad, Russia
Feb. 26, 1967
in Berlin, Germany
Max Taut never became as well known as his brother Bruno Taut. However, he worked together with him and Franz Hoffmann from 1922 in the architectural firm Taut & Hoffmann. For Max Taut, it was particularly the large buildings for trade unions and the so-called large Berlin schools that made him famous. That's why he is also called architect of big cities. He created a very pure, functionalist style.During the Nazi era, Taut received no commissions.After World War II, he established a school of architecture at the University of the Arts in Berlin.
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