Werkbund Exhibition – The Dwelling

Exhibition held in 1927

1927 Stuttgart

Overview
BIE-class| Unrecognized exposition
Name| The Dwelling
Area| Weissenhof Estate
Visitors| 500,000
Organized by| Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich (curators)
Location
Country| German Reich
City| Stuttgart
Timeline
Opening| 23 July 1927
Closure| 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]

## References

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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.

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List of world's fairs in Germany

Kingdom of Bavaria|

* 1854 General German Industrial Exhibition

German Empire|

* 1890 Nord West Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie Ausstellung (Bremen)
* 1891 International Electrotechnical Exhibition (Frankfurt)
* 1896 Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin
* 1898 Kraft und Arbeitsmaschinen (Munich)
* 1907 Internationale Kunst Ausstellung (Mannheim)
* 1911 International Hygiene Exhibition (Dresden)
* 1914 Werkbund Exhibition (Cologne)

German Reich|

* 1926 Internationale Polizeiausstellung (Berlin)
* 1927 Werkbund Exhibition – The Dwelling (Stuttgart)
* 1928 Pressa (Cologne)
* 1937 Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk (Düsseldorf)
* 1937 Ausstellung (Berlin)
* 1939 Deutsche Kolonial Ausstellung (Dresden)

West Germany|

* 1949 Weerkbund (Cologne)
* 1957 Interbau (Berlin)
* IVA 65 (Munich)

Germany|

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