Hannes Meyer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hannes Meyer
Occupation	Architect
Date Of Birth	Nov 18, 1889(1889-11-18)
Age	135
Date Of Death	1954-07-19
Country	Switzerland
Horoscope	Scorpio

Hannes Meyer Biography

Hannes Meyer is one of the most popular and richest Architect who was born on November 18, 1889 in Switzerland. From 1928 to 1930, he was the second director of the Bauhaus Dessau. He was a strong advocate of Functionalism.

Before he became director, he was named head of the Bauhaus architecture section by He was appointed head of the Bauhaus architecture department by Walter Gropius before following him as director..

His private life was not revealed. He listed 12 reasons for building a house. These included one’s sexual life, sleeping habits and gardening.

Hannes Meyer Net Worth

Hannes Meyer is one of the richest Architect from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hannes Meyer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a mason, trained in Germany, Belgium and Switzerland and became an architect. From 1916 to 1918, he was the Krupp Works’ chief department head.

In 1923, he co-founded Contributions in Building, an architectural magazine, along with Mart Stam and the Russian cultural ambassador He co-founded the architectural magazine, Contributions in Building, in 1923, with Hans Schmidt, Mart Stam, and Russian cultural ambassador El Lissitzky..

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Facts & Trivia

Hannes Ranked on the list of most popular Architect. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Switzerland. Hannes Meyer celebrates birthday on November 18 of every year.

What did Hannes Meyer do?

Hannes Meyer was one of the most important architects of New Architecture movement of the 1920s. During his brief term in office as the second Bauhaus director, he gave the institution new impulses that had a lasting influence on important aspects of the Bauhaus’s reception and animated the topical debates.

What did Hannes Meyer design?

In 1926 Meyer established a company with Hans Wittwer and produced his two most famous designs, for the Basel Petersschule (1926) and for the Geneva League of Nations Building (1926/1927). Both projects are strict, inventive, and rely on the new possibilities of structural steel.

Who was the head of the Bauhaus?

Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus in 1919 as a new type of art school that combined life, craft and art under one roof. Gropius managed the Bauhaus as its director until 1928.

Who was the last director of the Bauhaus?

The leading German avant-garde architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was the third and last Bauhaus director. Appointed by the founding director of the school, Walter Gropius, he replaced the previous director Hannes Meyer, who was dismissed for political reasons in 1930.

When was the Bauhaus founded?

April 12, 1919, Weimar, Germany