He began studying architecture in 1931 at the Technische Hochschule Berlin[2] (Berlin Institute of Technology) but, with the rise of the Nazis to power, he moved in 1933 to Paris, France, where he completed his studies in 1935 at the École Spéciale d'Architecture, as a student of the architect, Auguste Perret, a pioneer of concrete construction.[1][2] In 1935, he emigrated to Mandate Palestine.[1]