Berlin Modernism Housing Estates

The Berlin Modernism Housing Estates represent the artistic and social visions of a new type of urban and housing development.

The efficiently laid-out, affordable flats with modern facilities, including kitchens, bathrooms and balconies, in buildings without courtyards or side wings, were designed to alleviate the housing shortage of the early 20th century and provide a healthier environment for poorer people.

• Falkenberg garden city (Treptow), 1913–15
• Schillerpark estate (Wedding), 1924–30
• Britz estate – ‘horseshoe estate’ (Neukölln), 1925–31
• Carl Legien residential estate (Prenzlauer Berg), 1928–30
• Weisse Stadt estate (Reinickendorf), 1929–31
• Siemensstadt estate (Charlottenburg and Spandau), 1929–31