The Hufeisensiedlung ("Horseshoe Estate") is a housing estate in Berlin, built in 1925–33. It was designed by architect Bruno Taut , municipal planning head and co-architect Martin Wagner , garden architect Leberecht Migge and Neukölln gardens director Ottokar Wagler.

The Hufeisensiedlung (Horseshoe Estate) is the best-known and most striking of Berlin’s six World Heritage residential estates. Even as it was being built, the 350-metre (1,148 foot) horseshoe-shaped row of homes became a landmark of a new, socially-compatible and healthy style of residential living.

The residential estate in Britz, a district in the south of Berlin, which is better known as the "horseshoe estate" because of the shape of the central element of the complex, was built from 1925-33 (in seven construction stages) to plans by Bruno Taut.

Jun 14, 2016 · The Hufeisensiedlung (Horseshoe Estate) is a modernist housing estate by architect Bruno Taut built on the site of the former Britz Manor in Berlin. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, architecture in Berlin reflected the political …

The housing estate owes its name to the central horseshoe-shaped residential ensemble. Martin Wagner, who was head of GEHAG at the time and an authoritative planner and later Berlin’s city building councillor, engaged the Neues Bauen exponent Bruno Taut as an architect.

The Horseshoe Estate is one of Berlin’s best-known large housing estates and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Its horseshoe shape didn’t just give the estate its name. It was also the basis for the GEHAG company logo – and now that of Deutsche Wohnen.

Oct 11, 2008 · Anyway, the Britz estate was built to designs by Bruno Taut (with a block by Martin Wagner), between 1925 and 1933, and is known as ‘the horseshoe estate’ (Hufeisensiedlung) due to the horseshoe-shaped design of the central block.

The Hufeisensiedlung (Horseshoe Estate) is the best-known and most striking of Berlin’s six World Heritage residential estates. Even as it was being built, the 350-metre (1,148 foot) row of homes shaped like a huge horseshoe became a landmark of a new, socially-compatible and healthy style of residential living.

The Horseshoe Estate in Britz is one of six outstanding ensembles that were jointly listed in 2008 on the UNESCO World Heritage List as the “Berlin Modernism Housing Estates”. At the centre of the estate is a horseshoe-shaped building surrounding a small pond that dates back to …

Built in 1925-30, the Horseshoe Estate enjoys international renown as a milestone of modern urban housing. It was designed by architect Bruno Taut , municipal planning head and co-architect Martin Wagner, garden architect Leberecht …