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Werkbund Exhibition – The Dwelling

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1927 Stuttgart
Overview
BIE-classUnrecognized exposition
NameThe Dwelling
AreaWeissenhof Estate
Visitors500,000
Organized byMies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich (curators)
Location
CountryGerman Reich
CityStuttgart
Timeline
Opening23 July 1927
ClosureOctober 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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  1. ^ "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". Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Werkbund/en -". Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. ^ "1927 WeißenhofsiAedlung Stuttgart // A Testimony to Neues Bauen | IBA". Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Theo van Doesburg's "Stuttgart Weißenhof 1927, Die Wohnung: 'The Dwelling,' the Famous Werkbund Exhibition" (1927) | Modernist Architecture". Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Mies Van der Rohe presents the Stuttgart Weissenhof at the Deutscher Werkbund – Hi-Story Lessons". Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Stuttgart-Weißenhof, 1927: Modern architecture comes into its own | The Charnel-House". 15 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2021.