1965	born in stuttgart
1983 - 1986	apprenticeship as a dental technician
1987	dental technician in ohio
1988 - 1989	asia, australia, usa
1989 - 1993	architecture studies in stuttgart, architecture diploma from the stuttgart university of applied sciences
1994 - 1996	architecture studies in dresden, architecture diploma from the technical university of dresden
1994 - 1998	architect in stuttgart, karlsruhe, new york and dresden
1997 - 1999	honorary assistant at the chair of construction theory and design, faculty of architecture, TU dresden
1999 - 2004	research associate at the institute of structural engineering, faculty of civic engineering, TU dresden
1998 - 2006	foundation of dd1 architekten in dresden
2002 - 2005	teaching assignment at the zittau görlitz university of applied sciences
2004 - 2005	teaching assignment at the TU dresden
from 2006	foundation of strauss architekten gmbh in stuttgart and dresden
from 2022	lecturer at the technical university of ingolstadt