#Single family house #Markkleeberg #1927
Offenbachstraße 10
04416
Markkleeberg,
Germany
Public transport: Markkleeberg-West
Today's use: Apartments
Description
The house consists of several building parts. The most striking is the semicircular flat area for the dining room with a very rare solution with fixed glass blocks, illuminating additionally the room. The high, vertical structure to the left accommodates rooms and the house's stairway. An additional, more horizontal part of the building extends to the north. All windows are relatively small.
Originally the house was painted white with white window frames. The highest window was designed as a narrow, long window. It was replaced by a more square window, leaving the house's symmetry. The house was stepped with the highest construction in the south and a construction for the kitchen in the north. The first floor on the north-western corner was added later.
On the top of the house was placed a flagpole.
Description
The house consists of several building parts. The most striking is the semicircular flat area for the dining room with a very rare solution with fixed glass blocks, illuminating additionally the room. The high, vertical structure to the left accommodates rooms and the house's stairway. An additional, more horizontal part of the building extends to the north. All windows are relatively small.
Originally the house was painted white with white window frames. The highest window was designed as a narrow, long window. It was replaced by a more square window, leaving the house's symmetry. The house was stepped with the highest construction in the south and a construction for the kitchen in the north. The first floor on the north-western corner was added later.
On the top of the house was placed a flagpole.
History
In 1924 Bruno Taut started to plan a house like this and published in his book Die neue Wohnung. Die Frau als Schöpferin (The new apartment. The woman as creator). He draw new plans for a house with a garden for Wilhelm Berthold in 1926. Construction work were finished in 1927. Somehow the two men could be acquaintances, because Taut designed besides this house only for himself a single family house. Maybe that's why he made an exception for Berthold? Or was the job well paid?
In 1952 Berthold went to West Germany. Today it is a home for three households.
History
In 1924 Bruno Taut started to plan a house like this and published in his book Die neue Wohnung. Die Frau als Schöpferin (The new apartment. The woman as creator). He draw new plans for a house with a garden for Wilhelm Berthold in 1926. Construction work were finished in 1927. Somehow the two men could be acquaintances, because Taut designed besides this house only for himself a single family house. Maybe that's why he made an exception for Berthold? Or was the job well paid?
In 1952 Berthold went to West Germany. Today it is a home for three households.
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