Sat, March 14, 2026 – Sun, July 19, 2026

Dr. Otto Lossen – The Photographer of the Weissenhof Estate 1927

In 1927, Dr. Otto Lossen was given the exclusive commission to photograph and document the buildings of the Werkbund exhibition “Die Wohnung” (The Apartment) in Stuttgart. His photos were used as press images and were published around the globe during the exhibition period. As a result, they contributed significantly to the enthusiastic international reception of the Weissenhof Estate and continue to shape its perception to this day.

Little was previously known about Lossen’s life and other works. The exhibition is dedicated to the biography of the doctor of chemistry, who came to photography through a position at the Stuttgart-based company J. Hauff & Co. Other works by him are also on display, some of them as original prints. Also on display are new, large-format, high-quality reproductions of his Weissenhof images. These are based on original contact prints discovered in various archives from the lost glass plates.

An exhibition curated by Inken Gaukel, in scientific collaboration with Wolfram Janzer.

Opening
Fri, March 13, 2026, 7 pm

Duration
Saturday, March 14, 2026 – Sunday, July 19, 2026

Opening hours
Saturday, Sunday, holidays: 12 pm–5 pm

Curator tours
Sunday, March 29, 2 pm + Sunday, June 28, 2 pm (45 min.)

Tours on International Museum Day
Sunday, May 17, 2 pm + 4 pm (45 min.)

Location
Weissenhofwerkstatt in the Mies van der Rohe House
(Am Weissenhof 20, 70191 Stuttgart)

Free admission

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Sat, March 21, 2026, 6 pm–1 am

Long Night of Museums 2026

It’s that time of year again in March: On March 21, the Long Night of Museums will take place in around 60 museums, cultural institutions, galleries and other extraordinary locations throughout the city of Stuttgart. The Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier House and the Weissenhofwerkstatt in the Mies van der Rohe House will also be participating again and will be open until 1 am!

Starting at 6:30 pm, 15-minute special tours will begin every half hour at the Le Corbusier House. The Weissenhofwerkstatt will host the special exhibition “Dr. Otto Lossen – The Photographer of the Weissenhof Estate 1927”.

Be sure to save the date! All information and the complete program will be available here when advance ticket sales begin on February 20, 2026. Admission on this evening is only possible with a ticket for the Long Night of Museums. Tickets can be purchased in advance and at the box offices of the participating institutions. As the Le Corbusier House can accommodate a maximum of 50 visitors at a time, there may be short waiting times.

Photo: © Brigida González/Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier House

Tue, April 28, 2026, 7 pm

Lecture “Le Corbusier – The Cité Frugès Housing Estate, 1924–1926”

an event as part of the 22nd French Weeks 2026

In Pessac, right next to Bordeaux, Le Corbusier built an experimental housing estate with 51 houses, one of the world’s first workers’ housing estates in the International Style.

From 1924 to 1927, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret built an experimental housing estate with 51 mostly brightly painted residential units in Pessac, France, located right next to Bordeaux. The client was sugar manufacturer Henry Frugès. The estate was an early testing ground for standardized and cost-effective construction. Based on one uniform module, Le Corbusier created five different types of houses in the Cité Frugès. The project is an ambitious and unique experiment in the history of residential construction in aesthetic, technical and social terms.

Architectural historian Dr. Paola Scaramuzza (ÉNSA Versailles, A-BIME), who has studied the settlement in depth, will present the Cité Frugès in her lecture, focusing in particular on its colorfulness and later history.

Cité Frugès has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016. It is part of the serial site “The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier: An Exceptional Contribution to Modernism”. This includes 17 building ensembles worldwide, most of them in France. In Germany, the two houses designed by Le Corbusier in the Weissenhof estate in Stuttgart are part of the World Heritage Site. 2026 will mark the 10th anniversary of the UNESCO inscription. This success was achieved through intensive German-French cooperation.

The lecture (45 Min.) will be held in French and summarized verbally in German at regular intervals. Before the lecture, feel free to visit Le Corbusier’s semi-detached house in the Weissenhof Estate, which houses the Weissenhof Museum. The museum is open until 6 pm. The Weissenhof Workshop in the Mies van der Rohe House is just a few steps away.

Speaker
Dr. Paola Scaramuzza
(École Nationale d’architectures de Versailles (ÉNSA Versailles), A-BIME)

Location
Weissenhofwerkstatt in the Mies van der Rohe House
(Am Weissenhof 20, 70191 Stuttgart)

Free admission

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