Egon Eiermann

Egon Eiermann (29 September 1904 – 19 July 1970[1]) was one of Germany's most prominent architects in the second half of the 20th century.

[2][5] Before World War II he had an office with fellow architect Fritz Jaenecke [de].

[3] He joined the faculty of the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe in 1947,[4][8] working there on developing steel frame construction methods.

[9][10][11] During a study trip to the United States in 1950, he met Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Konrad Wachsmann in Boston, and in 1956 also Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

[15] A functionalist, his major works include: the textile mill at Blumberg (1951);[16] the West German pavilion at the Brussels World's Fair (with Sep Ruf, 1958);[b][8] the Embassy of Germany, Washington, D.C. (1958–1964);[8] the highrise Langer Eugen for the German Parliament in Bonn (1965–1969); the IBM-Germany Headquarters in Stuttgart (1967–1972);[14] and, the Olivetti building in Frankfurt (1968–1972).

[17][3] Source:[2] From 1949, the first functional and serially produced seating furniture made of wood and tubular steel was created in cooperation with the Esslingen company Wilde + Spieth [de].