Werkbund Exhibition – The Dwelling Explained

Year:1927
The Dwelling
Area:Weissenhof Estate
Visitors:500,000
Organized:Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich (curators)
Country:German Reich
City:Stuttgart
Open:23 July 1927
Close:October 1927

Werkbund exhibition – The Dwelling ("Die Wohnung") was an exhibition organised by Deutscher Werkbund held in Stuttgart between July and October 1927.[1]

17 European architects[2] were invited to design modern housing for the Weissenhof Estate.The participating architects were: Peter Behrens, Victor Bourgeois, Le Corbusier, Richard Döcker, Josef Frank, Walter Gropius, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Pierre Jeanneret, Jacobus Johannes, Pieter Oud, Hans Poelzig, Adolf Rading, Mies van der Rohe, Hans Scharoun, Adolf Schneck, Mart Stam, Bruno Taut and Max Taut.[3] Plans and models were shown in the Stuttgart trade hall (Gewerbehalle) and housing was built at the Weissenhof Estate.[4] Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich were the curators and Van der Rohe designed the estate layout.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karl Ludwig Straub. Werkbund Ausstellung, Die Wohnung (Werkbund exhibition—The Dwelling) (Poster for exhibition organized by the Deutsche Werkbund at the Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart, Germany). 1927 MoMA. 10 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Werkbund/en -. 21 May 2021.
  3. Web site: 1927 WeißenhofsiAedlung Stuttgart // A Testimony to Neues Bauen IBA. 18 May 2021.
  4. Web site: Theo van Doesburg's "Stuttgart Weißenhof 1927, Die Wohnung: 'The Dwelling,' the Famous Werkbund Exhibition" (1927) Modernist Architecture. 21 May 2021.
  5. Web site: Mies Van der Rohe presents the Stuttgart Weissenhof at the Deutscher Werkbund – Hi-Story Lessons. 21 May 2021.
  6. Web site: Stuttgart-Weißenhof, 1927: Modern architecture comes into its own | The Charnel-House. 18 May 2021. 15 March 2015.