Sommerfeld House
Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany
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The Sommerfeld House was a pioneering Bauhaus villa built in Berlin's Steglitz-Zehlendorf district between 1920 and 1921 for Adolf Sommerfeld, a building contractor, lumbermill owner, and real-estate developer. Designed by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer, it marked the Bauhaus school's first major completed joint project. The residence featured distinctive materials—teak and limestone—that reflected both the owners' timber business and the school's experimental approach to modern domestic architecture. Though designated an architectural heritage monument, the house was demolished in 1940.
Architect
- Built
- Type
- single-family detached home
- Materials
- teak, limestone
- Heritage
- architectural heritage monument
- Place
- Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany
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