Architecture, Town Planning, and Large-Scale Housing Estates

During the Weimar Republic, German architecture and urban planning faced significant challenges, marked by economic hardship and the need for large-scale housing solutions. While visionary modernist projects, such as Berlin's housing estates and the Bauhaus movement, gained international attention, they did not dominate the era. Instead, a 'multiple modernity' emerged, blending radical modernist forms with traditional elements. This study reveals that pragmatic, cost-saving approaches to industrialized housing construction were more prevalent than the avant-garde ideals of Neues Bauen, which later influenced global architecture after its exiles in 1933.

Störtkuhl, B. (2021). Architecture, Town Planning, and Large-Scale Housing Estates. The Oxford Handbook of the Weimar Republic, 654–679. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198845775.013.27