Hannes Meyer was born in Switzerland in 1889. Not only did he become a famous architect, but he was born into a family of them. Hannes Meyer was partners with Walter Gropius and replaced him in 1928 as the Director of the Bauhaus School. He remained director for three years. Because of his communist’s views, Meyer became responsible for the schools greater involvement in the local community. Even though he was an exceptional architect, his views were despised by both Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. An increase in the number of communist students attending the school threatened Dessau ’s form of government forcing Meyer to leave his directorship. Throughout his life, Meyer, as an architect, worked in Germany , Switzerland , and the USSR . On of Meyer’s most famous designs is the German Trades Union School at Bernau. This building was constructed during Meyer directorship at the School of Bauhaus.