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Doldertal Apartment Houses

Coordinates: 47°22′23″N 8°33′45″E / 47.37306°N 8.56250°E / 47.37306; 8.56250
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Doldertal Apartment Houses
Mehrfamilienhäuser Doldertal
South facade of the living quarters on Lake Zurich
Map
General information
Architectural styleModernism
LocationZürich, Switzerland
AddressDoldertal 17 and 19
Town or cityZürich
CountrySwitzerland
Coordinates47°22′23″N 8°33′45″E / 47.37306°N 8.56250°E / 47.37306; 8.56250
Completed1936
Technical details
Floor count3
Design and construction
Architect(s)Alfred Roth
Emil Roth
Marcel Breuer

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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Marcel Breuer Digital Archive". breuer.syr.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. ^ "Doldertal Apartments". Architectuul. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  3. ^ Bear, Rob (2013-05-22). "Remembering Marcel Breuer and His Unique Brand of Modern". Curbed. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  4. ^ Menking, William (2001-11-15). "In his element". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  5. ^ Hagmann, Andreas (2012). "Structure and Space" in the book Cooperation: The Engineer and the Architect. Boston: Birkhäuser. pp. 139–146. ISBN 9783034607940. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Marcel Breuer, 79, dies; architect and designer". The New York Times. 2 July 1981. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Marcel Breuer, Alfred Roth, Emil Roth Doldertal Apartments, Zurich, Switzerland 1936". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

Further reading

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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.