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Bruno Taut
b. Konigsberg, 1880;
d. Istanbul, 1938. I
Key pioneer German avant-garde famous architect and theorist, associated initially with the Activist group of Expressionists and later with the new objectivity or social functionalism. Trained briefly in Konigsberg and Berlin-Charlottenburg, Taut worked in Theodor Fischer’s office in Stuttgart (1904-8) before opening his own firm in Berlin (1910). He [...]

Mart (Martinus Adrianus) Siam
b. Purmerend, Holland, 1899;
d. Goldach, Switzerland, 1986.
Mart Siam was an underrated architect of the Heroic Period of the Modern Movement. He studied at the Dutch State School for Draughtsmanship (1917-19) and was employed by several local architects until 1922, when he travelled to Berlin and met Bruno Taut and El Lissitzky. [...]