Max Taut was born in
Königsberg, the younger brother of
Bruno Taut. He, his brother and Franz Hoffman formed Taut & Hoffman, an
architecture firm in Berlin, In the 1920s, Max Taut was particularly known for his office buildings for
trade unions. Between 1922 and 1925, he built one house a year on
Hiddensee island, each one very different from the others.[1]
The Deutscher Buchdrucker building (1924–1926) on Dudenstraße in Berlin[2] and the consumer cooperatives' department store (1930–1933) on Oranienplatz are two of his most important buildings and are on the Berlin list of
heritage sites.[3][4]
Verband der Deutschen Buchdrucker building on Dudenstraße 10, Berlin (1924–1926
[1]), designed with Franz Hoffmann.
Alexander von Humboldt
Oberschule in Berlin-Köpenick, formerly Oberlyzeum "Dorotheenschule" (1929)
Trade union building, Frankfurt am Main (1929–1931)
Nöldnerplatz group of schools in Berlin-Lichtenberg (1927–1932)
Reichsknappschafthaus on Breitenbachplatz in Berlin (1930), designed with Franz Hoffmann. Designed in the
Bauhaus style with a
steel frame and a ceramic-tile facade. (Used today by the Institute for Latin American Studies,
Free University of Berlin).