Adolf Sommerfeld

Adolf Sommerfeld, also Andrew Sommerfield (May 4, 1886, in Kolmar – February 18, 1964, in Baden AG) was a German-British architect and builder of Jewish origins.

In 1923 Sommerfeld financed the construction of the model house Am Horn, which was built for the first Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar from August 15 to September 30, 1923.

In Berlin-Zehlendorf, he built the forest settlement Onkel Toms Hütte and ensured the extension of today's U3 subway line from Thielplatz to Krumme Lanke.

In 1924, Sommerfeld was commissioned by the League of Nations to build ten thousand houses for Greek refugees from Asia Minor.

From 1926 onwards, he was intensively involved in mass housing construction as a solution to urban planning and social problems and advocated the rationalization of the building trade.