Single-family House at Weissenhof Siedlung (House 33), Stuttgart, Germany

Related person

Deutsche Werkbund (architectural firm)

Date

1927

Location

Europe->Germany->Baden-Württemberg ->Stuttgart

Description

The Weissenhof Siedlung was a model housing program that featured designs by many important early Modernist architects. Within five months in 1927, 21 buildings containing 63 housing units were constructed. The program was part of the exhibition "Die Wohnung" ("The flat") organized by the German Werkbund. Mies van der Rohe was the Master planner and Coordinator. Other architects included Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, J.J.P. Oud, Bruno Taut, Peter Behrens, Hans Poelzig, Richard Döcker, Adolf Schneck, Mart Stam, Adolph Rading, Max Taut, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Josef Frank and Victor Bourgeois.

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