Finding My Place in the World

Inge Schaefer Horton was born in Hannover, Germany, and grew up in Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia during, and after, World War II.

After graduation, Inge studied architecture at the Technical Universities of Hannover and Berlin, where approximately 10% of students were women. After graduating as a Diplom Ingenieur in 1965, Inge worked at the TU Berlin as a Research Associate and wrote her first book, Early Modern Architecture in Berlin.