Hans Wittwer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Wittwer

Swiss architect, Bauhaus teacher (1894-1952)

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1894

Place of Birth: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Date of Death: 19-Mar-1952

Profession: architect, university teacher

Nationality: Switzerland, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Hans Wittwer (4 February 1894–19 March 1952) was a Swiss architect who worked in Germany and who taught architecture at the Bauhaus art school in Dessau.
He was a proponent of functionalist architecture; the idea that form follows function.
He worked with the Bauhaus director Hannes Meyer both at the school and in a joint architectural practice in Basel.
He also taught at the Kunstgewerbeschule Burg Giebichenstein in Halle.