| Doldertal Apartment Houses | |
| Native Name: | Mehrfamilienhäuser Doldertal |
| Native Name Lang: | de |
| Location: | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Address: | Doldertal 17 and 19 |
| Location Town: | Zürich |
| Location Country: | Switzerland |
| Coordinates: | 47.3731°N 8.5625°W |
| Completion Date: | 1936 |
| Architect: | Alfred Roth Emil Roth Marcel Breuer |
| Floor Count: | 3 |
| Architectural Style: | Modernism |
The Doldertal Apartment Houses (German: Mehrfamilienhäuser Doldertal) are a group of modern apartment buildings in Doldertal, a suburb of Zürich on the slope of the Adlisberg mountain. The buildings were designed by architects Alfred Roth, Emil Roth, and reviewed by Marcel Breuer. They were built in 1936.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The complex has a steel-frame infrastructure and a projecting walls of glass windows.[5] It has been described as a "tensile box notable for its tightness and control.[6]
The architectural model for the apartment complex is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.[7]
Acerboni, Francesca; Postiglione, Gennaro; Gössel, Peter; 100: One Hundred Houses for One Hundred European Architects of the Twentieth Century, 2004, Taschen Publishers, pages 140–345. ISBN 9783822863121.