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.Ein Ostpreuße auf Hiddensee Max Taut's work on Hiddensee, with illustrations and short descriptions. (October 2007). Retrieved 31 January 2010
