Berlin Modernism Housing Estates consists of six subsidized housing estates (Siedlungen) that testify to innovative housing policies from 1910 to 1933, especially during the Weimar Republic

Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...

, when the city of Berlin was particularly progressive socially, politically and culturally. The properties are outstanding examples of the building reform movement that contributed to improving housing and living conditions for people with low incomes through novel approaches to town planning, architecture and garden design. The estates also provide exceptional examples of new urban and architectural typologies, featuring fresh design solutions, as well as technical and aesthetic innovations.

Bruno Taut

Bruno Taut

Bruno Julius Florian Taut , was a prolific German architect, urban planner and author active during the Weimar period....

, Martin Wagner

Martin Wagner (architect)

Martin Wagner was a German architect, city planner, and author, best known as the driving force behind the construction of modernist housing projects in interwar Berlin.- Germany :...

 and Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius

Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture....

 were among the leading architects of these projects which exercised considerable influence on the development of housing around the world.

List of Housing Estates

Settlement	Location	Dates	Planner	Architect	Image
Gartenstadt Falkenberg Tuschkastensiedlung ("Paintbox Estate")	Bohnsdorf Bohnsdorf Bohnsdorf is a district in the borough Treptow-Köpenick of Berlin, Germany. It is located in the south-east of the city.-Position:The locality is situated in the southeastern suburb of Berlin and borders with Altglienicke, Grünau, and with the municipality of Schönefeld, in the Brandenburg district...	1913–1916	Bruno Taut Bruno Taut Bruno Julius Florian Taut , was a prolific German architect, urban planner and author active during the Weimar period....	Bruno Taut Heinrich Tessenow Heinrich Tessenow Heinrich Tessenow was a German architect, professor, and urban planner active in the Weimar era.-Biography:...
Siedlung Schillerpark	Wedding Wedding (Berlin) Wedding is a locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany and was a separate borough in the north-western inner city until it was fused with Tiergarten and Mitte in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform...	1924–1930	Bruno Taut Bruno Taut Bruno Julius Florian Taut , was a prolific German architect, urban planner and author active during the Weimar period....	Bruno Taut Max Taut Max Taut Max Taut was a German architect.- Biography :Max Taut was born in Königsberg, the younger brother of Bruno Taut. He, his brother and Franz Hoffman formed Taut & Hoffman, an architecture firm in Berlin, In the 1920s, Max Taut was particularly known for his office buildings for trade unions... Hans Hoffmann (enlargement 1954-1959)
Großsiedlung Britz Hufeisensiedlung ("Horseshoe Estate")	Britz	1925–1930	Bruno Taut Bruno Taut Bruno Julius Florian Taut , was a prolific German architect, urban planner and author active during the Weimar period....	Bruno Taut Martin Wagner Martin Wagner (architect) Martin Wagner was a German architect, city planner, and author, best known as the driving force behind the construction of modernist housing projects in interwar Berlin.- Germany :...
Wohnstadt Carl Legien	Prenzlauer Berg Prenzlauer Berg Prenzlauer Berg is a locality of Berlin, in the borough of Pankow.Until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a borough of Berlin; in that year it was included in the borough of Pankow....	1928–1930	Bruno Taut Bruno Taut Bruno Julius Florian Taut , was a prolific German architect, urban planner and author active during the Weimar period....	Bruno Taut Franz Hillinger
Weiße Stadt (White City)	Reinickendorf Reinickendorf (locality) Reinickendorf is a locality of Berlin in the borough of Reinickendorf. It had a population of 72,859 in 2008.-Geography:...	1929–1931	Otto Rudolf Salvisberg  Martin Wagner Martin Wagner (architect) Martin Wagner was a German architect, city planner, and author, best known as the driving force behind the construction of modernist housing projects in interwar Berlin.- Germany :...  (direction)	Otto Rudolf Salvisberg Bruno Ahrends  Wilhelm Büning
Großsiedlung Siemensstadt Ringsiedlung	Charlottenburg-Nord Charlottenburg-Nord Charlottenburg-Nord is a neighborhood in the northern part of the district Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany. As of 2008 its population was of 17,327...	1929–1934	Hans Scharoun Hans Scharoun Bernhard Hans Henry Scharoun was a German architect best known for designing the Berlin Philharmonic concert hall and the in Löbau, Saxony. He was an important exponent of Organic architecture....   Martin Wagner Martin Wagner (architect) Martin Wagner was a German architect, city planner, and author, best known as the driving force behind the construction of modernist housing projects in interwar Berlin.- Germany :...  (direction)	Hans Scharoun Walter Gropius Walter Gropius Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture....   Otto Bartning Otto Bartning Otto Bartning was a Modernist German architect, architectural theorist and teacher. In his early career he developed plans with Walter Gropius for the establishment of the Bauhaus. He was a member of Der Ring...   Fred Forbat Fred Forbát Fred Forbát was a Hungarian-born architect with significant work in Germany and Sweden.Forbát was born of Jewish parents in Pécs...   Hugo Häring Hugo Häring Hugo Häring was a German architect and architectural writer best known for his writings on "organic architecture", and as a figure in architectural debates about functionalism in the 1920s and 1930s, though he had an important role as an expressionist architect.A student of the great Theodor...   Paul Rudolf Henning