Background
Baumann was born on 9 November 1878 to translator Heinrich Johann Raimund Baumann and Julie Augusta née Riise.
Baumann was born on 9 November 1878 to translator Heinrich Johann Raimund Baumann and Julie Augusta née Riise.
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1910 he co-founded Den frie Architektforening, an alternative architects" association, and headed it for the nine years it existed. He first enrolled at the College of Advanced Technology to become a building engineer but discontinued his studies after just three semesters in 1898. Instead he took classes at a technical school from 1899 to 1901 while at the same time apprenticing as a mason.
He was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1900 but dissatisfied with the teachings, left just two years later and was instead articled to Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint.
After participating in an archaeological expedition to Rhodes from 1803 to 1805, he worked for Jensen-Kling, Axel Preisler, Ulrik Plesner, and professor Heinrich Wenck at the design office of the Danish State Railways from 1908 to 1910. Independent work
In 1910 he set up his own practice where he mainly designed residential projects.