born May 21, 1902, Pécs, Hung.
died July 1, 1981, New York, N.Y., U.S.
Hungarian-U.S. architect and furniture designer.
He studied and then taught at the Bauhaus (1920–28), where in 1925 he invented the famous tubular steel chair. He moved to Cambridge, Mass., in 1937 to teach at Harvard University and practice with International Style . His major architectural commissions include UNESCO's Paris headquarters (1953–58) and the Whitney Museum of American Art (1966).