After graduating in architecture in St.Petersburg, the Latvian-born architect came to Lithuania and worked as a civil engineer in various cities. From 1930 he was the head of the construction department of the Chamber of Agriculture in Kaunas and a consultant for the Ministry of Agriculture on construction matters, and from 1930 to 1938 he was an engineer and construction organiser for the Kaunas municipality.
He took part in various competitions. His activities significantly contributed to the architectural image of Kaunas. He designed: The monumental Church of the Resurrection (1929-1933), the "Lietūkio" house and warehouses (23 Vytauto St., 1930), the Agricultural Palace and the Land Bank (2 and 73 K. Donelaičio St., both 1933), the Palace of the Archbishop and Metropolitan of Kaunas (1933), the Palace of the Archbishop and the Archbishop of Kaunas (1929-1933), the building of the Archbishop of Kaunas (1929-1933), the building of the Archbishop of Kaunas (1929-1933), the building of the Archbishop of Kaunas (1929-1933), the building of the Archbishop of Kaunas (1930). 14A, 1935), the Dairy Centre Palace (with V. Landsberg-Zemkalni), the Evangelical-Reformed Church (E. Ožeškienės st. 41, 1937), the shelter of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (Aukštaičių st. 10, 1937), and others. He organised the design work and construction of the Vytautas the Great War and the Čiurlionis Art Museum complex, as well as the surroundings and other objects.
He did not escape failure when the bus garage he designed in Šančiai collapsed. As a result, he resigned from his position and engaged in private practice as an architect.
He published the first Lithuanian construction textbooks "Agricultural Construction" (1926) and "Clay Construction" (1928).
From 1940 to 1944, he worked in Panevėžys. In 1944 he moved to Germany and in 1949 to Australia, where he died at the age of 87.
