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UNESCO World Heritage Site in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The Weissenhof Estate (German: Weißenhofsiedlung) is a housing estate built for the 1927 Deutscher Werkbund exhibition in Stuttgart, Germany.

It was an international showcase of modern architecture's aspiration to provide cheap, simple, efficient, and good-quality housing.^[1]

Two buildings designed by Le Corbusier were designated a World Heritage Site in 2016 as part of The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement.

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The remainder of the Estate, and some adjacent streets and buildings, are a part of the Site's buffer zone.

History and description

The estate was built for the Deutscher Werkbund exhibition in 1927, and included twenty-one buildings comprising sixty dwellings, designed by seventeen European architects. The German architect Mies van der Rohe was in charge of the project on behalf of the city, and selected the architects