Berlin_Modernism_Housing_Estates

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates

Subsidised housing estates

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (German: Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne) is a World Heritage Site designated in 2008, comprising six separate subsidized housing estates in Berlin. Dating mainly from the years of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933), when the city of Berlin was particularly progressive socially, politically and culturally, they are outstanding examples of the building reform movement that contributed to improving housing and living conditions for people with low incomes through innovative approaches to architecture and urban planning.[1] The estates also provide exceptional examples of new urban and architectural typologies, featuring fresh design solutions, as well as technical and aesthetic innovations.[1]

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Bruno Taut, Martin Wagner and Walter Gropius were among the leading architects of these projects which exercised considerable influence on the development of housing around the world.[1]

List of Housing Estates

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See also

Further reading

  • Hasple, Jörg; Jaeggi, Annemarie (eds.) (2007) Housing Estates in the Berlin Modern Style (2nd ed.). Berlin/Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag. ISBN 978-3422021006
  • Landesdenkmalamt (ed.) (2009) Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (English and German edition). Salenstein, Switzerland: Braun Publishing. ISBN 978-3037680001

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Berlin Modernism Housing Estates". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. [2]
    Falkenberg Garden City
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