| Biography Konrad Wachsmann | |
| 1901 | May 16th born in Frankfurt (Oder) |
| 1917 | apprenticeship as a carpenter for furniture and construction (workshop Münnich) |
| 1922 | student of arts and crafts in Berlin |
| 1923 | student at the Academy of Art in Dresden (Professor Tessenow) |
| 1924 | student at the Academy of Art in Berlin (Professor Poelzig) |
| 1926 | architect at the "Christoph & Unmack AG" in Niesky/Oberlausitz |
| 1929 |
construction of the "Sommerhaus" for Albert Einstein in Caputh and
completion of a house for Dr Estrich in Jüterbog opening of an architecture office in Berlin |
| 1930 | publishing the book "Holzhausbau - Technik und Gestaltung" (construction of wooden houses - technique and design) at "Ernst Wasmuth Verlag", Berlin |
| 1932 | winning the prize "Prix de Rome" awarded by the Prussian Academy of Art, including a scholarship for spending one year in the "Villa Massimo" in Rome |
| 1933 |
leaving the "Villa Massimo" in protest against the NS-regime contributing to Granada city planning |
| 1934 | architecture office in Rome, mainly dealing with steel constructions |
| 1935 | last visit to his home town before World War II |
| 1938 | protective custody in Rome, escaping to France |
| 1939 | internment, volunteer in the French army |
| 1941 | emigration to the USA |
| 1941 - 1949 | development of the "General Panel System", together with Walter Gropius |
| 1942 | his mother, his sister and her 16-year-old son were deported to Riga and killed |
| 1942 |
founder and managing director of the "General Panel Corporation"
in New York, together with Walter Gropius development of the "Mobilar Structure Building System" |
| 1944 |
exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York development of a fully automatic factory for building panels, carried out for the "General Panel Corporation" in California |
| 1947 |
obtained US citizenship appointed professor at the "Institute of Design", part of the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago |
| 1949 - 1956 |
director of the "Department of Advanced Building Research" research activities for the "Federal Housing Agency", the US Airforce and the steel industry |
| 1954 | guest professor at Karlsruhe University, visiting his colleague Egon Eiermann |
| 1955 - 1956 | journey around the world, sponsored by the US Ministry for Foreign Affairs; lectures and tutorials in Japan, Israel, Germany and Austria |
| 1956 - 1960 | organisation of annual tutorials at the International Summer University Salzburg |
| 1958 | exposition "Bauen in unserer Zeit" (building in our time) in Vienna, Munich, Zurich, Rome, Amsterdam, Delft and Essen |
| 1959 |
tutorial about the industrialization of building at the
"Ecole Polytechnique de l'Universitè de Lausanne"
(Polytechnique school of the University of Lausanne, France) Exhibition "Corbusier and Wachsmann" at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome Publishing the book "Wendepunkt im Bauen" (turning point in building) |
| 1960 | Tutorial at the Yale University Marriage with Judith |
| 1961 | Publishing of the illustrated book "Aspekte" (aspects) Birth of his daughter Ray |
| 1962 - 1964 | outline of a 50-floor steel-made skyscraper for the Italian steel industry in Genoa as well as city and harbour planning in Genoa |
| 1964 | appointed professor at the "School of Architecture", University of Southern California |
| 1966 | Development of a pre-stressed cable construction for the city hall of California City |
| 1969 |
Member of the managing committee of the "Bauhaus-Archiv" in Berlin Invited by the "Bauakademie" to visit the GDR |
| 1970 |
Wachsmann is awarded the "Gold Medal of the Senate of the Italian Republic" Visit to the USSR as guest of the state's building control department |
| 1971 |
Touring exhibition "Konrad Wachsmann - 50 Jahre Leben und Arbeit für die
Industrialisierung des Bauens"
(Konrad Wachsmann - 50 years of living and work dedicated to the industrialization of building)
Over 100 registered patents in the building sector |
| 1972 | Exhibition at the Octagon, the historical building of the "American Institute of Architects" in Washington D.C. |
| 1973 |
Appointed member of the Academy of Art in Berlin Appointed Dr.-Ing. honoris causa at the Technical University of Stuttgart Repeated visits to the GDR and Poland |
| 1976 | Appointed honorary member of the American Institute of Architects |
| 1977 | Appointed Doctor of Laws honoris causa at the University of Southern California |
| 1978 | Invitation by the "Generalkonservator" (head of the department for the protection of historical monuments) in the GDR, to take part in the restoration of the "Albert-Einstein-Haus" |
| 1979 | Guest at the GDR Academy of Science to celebrate Einstein's 100th birthday in the GDR |
| 1980 | Konrad Wachsmann dies in Los Angeles on November 25th |
| 1981 | His urn is taken to "Frankfurt/Oder Hauptfriedhof" (main cemetery) |