Friday, 13 September 2013

European Heritage Label: Werkbund Estates in Europe 1927-1932 (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland)

Year: 2019 
European significance: after World War I across Europe there was an urgent problem of a wide-spread lack of suitable housing, in response avantgarde architects from different parts of Europe wished to find affordable solutions that met social need with well-designed, high quality buildings; faced difficulties in conveying their progressive ideas to a broader public, profound influence on 20th century modernist architecture by allowing architects from different European countries to put their modernist theories into practice, manifestation of the European origins of this movement, the evolution of the settlements over time also reflects the various political and social situations between the East and the West, remain a source of inspiration for the present day where several European countries are also struggling to provide adequate social housing for their populations
Also already included in this other post: The Bauhaus Connection

Stuttgart:






Wroclaw:
Still Missing

Brno:
Still Missing

Prague:
Still Missing

Vienna:
Still Missing

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