Hungarian-Jewish Architect known for designing theaters, including the Kroll Opera House, the Hebbel Theater, the Renaissance Theater, each of which were in Berlin, the Neue Stadttheater in Vienna, and Tel Aviv's Habima Theater.
He studied architecture in Budapest, then in Karlsruhe at the Grand Ducal Technical College, where he studied with such notables as Max Laeuger.
His work on The Krolloper (Kroll Opera House) took nine years.
His wealthy parents wanted him to be a Pianist and would not support his architectural education. He married Emma Gonner, whose father was mayor of Baden-Baden, in 1903. He became a Christian in order to satisfy his father-in-law's wishes.
He and Frank Gehry both became influential Architects, albeit in different generations.
