Architect. He studied at the Technical University and the Art School in Budapest, then at Bauhaus in Weimar as a pupil of W. Gropius. His constructivist plan of "Red Boxhouse" attracted a lot of attention at a Bauhaus exhibition in 1923.

From 1927 onwards he worked in Budapest first together with Pál Ligeti, later on his own and together with József Fischer. He built mostly villas. His works are outstanding buildings of constructivist and functionalist architecture in Hungary. He represented Hungary at CIAM, an international organization of modern architects, and was the leader of the Hungarian CIAM group from 1928 to 1938. His articles published in the Hungarian magazin "Tér és Forma" contributed to the popagation of modern architecture. His major works include villas in Lejtő utca, Harangvirág utca, Lotz Károly utca, Székács utca etc., and the block of flats at 2 Toldy Ferenc utca in Budapest.