BERLIN MODERNISM HOUSING ESTATES: INSCRIPTION ON THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST

By: Landesdenkmalamt

Six residential areas of the interwar Berlin Modern Style have been given in 2008 the status as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In respect to its architecture and city planning, Berlin of the 1920s was considered the avant-garde center of the world. These world-class projects have had an enduring effect on the definition and spread of social housing.