He was important to the modernist movement, and several of the movement's leading names (including Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius) worked for him in earlier stages of their careers.
Foi importante no movemento moderno, e varios líderes do movemento (incluídos Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier e Walter Gropius) traballaron para el nas primeiras etapas das súas carreiras.