Events

Sunday, June 1, 2025

10 am – 6 pm
Free admission to the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House

11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm
Guided tours through the Weissenhof Estate

10 am – 6 pm
Free admission to the exhibition BARKOW LEIBINGER: IN SITU – WEISSENHOF

10 am – 6 pm
Free admission to the exhibition Future Weissenhof 2027+ What remains? What is coming? What goes?

10 am – 6 pm
Free admission to the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House

Since 2016 two buildings by Le Corbusier in Stuttgart’s Weissenhof Estate have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Entitled “The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier – An Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement”, his semi-detached house and the neighboring residential building are part of one of the few transnational World Heritage Sites: 17 building ensembles by Le Corbusier in 7 countries on 3 continents. They reflect the extraordinary influence of the French architect on a global scale – an unprecedented phenomenon in the history of architecture.

Le Corbusier’s semi-detached houses in Stuttgart are now home to the Weissenhof Museum. This pioneering example of modern architecture was built as part of the Werkbund exhibition in 1927.

In one half of the museum, the history of the Weissenhof Estate is on display with models, photos, plans and various exhibits. The other half of the house shows the Le Corbusier house in its reconstructed state from 1927 with the original room layout, color scheme and furnishings.

Location
Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House, Rathenaustr. 1
Admission to the Weissenhof Museum is free on UNESCO World Heritage Day.

11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm:
Guided tours of the Weissenhof Estate

The Weissenhof Estate is a milestone in modern architecture and was built in 1927 by 17 international architects. The occasion was the exhibition “Die Wohnung” by the Deutscher Werkbund, which was under the artistic direction of Ludwig Mies can der Rohe. The guided tour (no interior visits) explains the background to the estate with a focus on Le Corbusier’s two houses, which have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016. This is where the Frenchman realized his “Five Points of a New Architecture” and thereby shaped a new design language.

Meeting point
At the advertising pillar opposite the entrance to the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House, Rathenaustr. 1
Duration: approx. 45 minutes
The guided tours are free of charge on UNESCO World Heritage Day.

10 am – 6 pm: Exhibition
BARKOW LEIBINGER: IN SITU – WEISSENHOF

On behalf of the city of Stuttgart, a new visitor and information center will be built at Weissenhof by 2027. The design comes from the internationally renowned architectural firm Barkow Leibinger. It will be the central starting point for all people who want to visit the Weissenhof Estate in the future and learn more about the history of this international icon of modern architecture. In the exhibition BARKOW LEIBINGER: IN SITU – WEISSENHOF you will learn more about the innovative architecture of the visitor and information center as well as about the multi-award-winning office by means of drawings and material samples.

Location
Weissenhof Werkstatt in the Mies van der Rohe House, Am Weissenhof 20

10 am – 6 pm: Exhibition
Future Weissenhof 2027+ What remains? What is coming? What goes?

The Weissenhof Estate celebrates its 100th birthday in 2027! The exhibition provides information about future developments in the Weissenhof Estate and the plans for the visitor and information center, which will be built by 2027. On display are the competition results for the new exhibition and the tour of the Weissenhof Estate as well as the results of a competition for the workshop room in the new visitor and information center. In addition, the results of a workshop on neighborhood development held by the association “Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V.”.

The exhibition takes place in the rooms of a residential building from 1928, built on the civil servants’ estate by architect Adolf Gustav Schneck. The temporarily vacant building is located opposite the site of the future visitor and information center.

Location
Haus Jung, civil servants’ estate, Am Weissenhof 2

Press release from the Ministry of Regional Development and Housing

Together with the state capital Stuttgart, the Minister for Regional Development and Housing, Nicole Razavi MdL, inaugurated two WahreWunderBänke (TrueWonderBenches) on 10 October near the world-famous houses designed by Le Corbusier.

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The new information units draw attention to the entire World Heritage Site in Baden-Württemberg.

Minister Razavi said:

‘The WahreWunderBänke in the Weissenhofsiedlung invite visitors to experience Le Corbusier’s unique architecture. The benches are eye-catching, a place to rest and a source of information all in one.’

Dr Alexandra Sußmann, Mayor for Social Affairs, Health and Integration of the City of Stuttgart, said:

‘The city is grateful to the state for drawing additional attention to Stuttgart’s world cultural heritage, the Le Corbusier houses, with the two “WahreWunderBänke”. The state initiative draws attention to the formative architectural influence and high cultural value of the two houses and the Weissenhofsiedlung, which attract tens of thousands of visitors from all over the world every year.’

Prof. Dr Claus Wolf, President of the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments in the Stuttgart Regional Council, emphasised:

‘UNESCO World Heritage Sites are monuments that have universal significance for all of humanity. That is why the World Heritage title is both an honour and an obligation, which the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments is happy to accept. The new multifunctional benches are a great help in this regard, as they are ideal places for communicating the World Heritage concept.’

WahreWunderBänke

The information boards integrated into the WahreWunderBänke each contain a map with a rough spatial location of all seven World Heritage Sites in the state, an overview text on the World Heritage family in Baden-Württemberg, a text on the specific World Heritage Site and a link to the film “Die sieben Welterbewunder Baden-Württemberg” (The Seven World Heritage Wonders of Baden-Württemberg). Benches have already been inaugurated on the monastery island of Reichenau, near Maulbronn Monastery, at the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes in Osterburken, Buchen and Walldürn, in Baden-Baden and near the Pile Dwellings in Uhldingen.

State’s World Heritage Concept supports UNESCO World Heritage Sites

The WahreWunderBänke are part of the Baden-Württemberg World Heritage Concept. With this concept, the state government supports the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Baden-Württemberg. The aim is to preserve the cultural and architectural heritage together, to network it and to make it more accessible to the public. To this end, measures and products are being developed that can be implemented at all World Heritage Sites. These include an image film, an exhibition and a brochure.

WahreWunderBänke can be installed at all World Heritage Sites in Baden-Württemberg as a sign of solidarity between the sites and as an attractive recognition symbol. The neighbouring municipalities of a World Heritage Site can contact the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments in the Stuttgart Regional Council with a location proposal.

There are seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Baden-Württemberg: the Cistercian monastery in Maulbronn (since 1993), the monastery island of Reichenau (2000), the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes (2005), the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (2011), the two Le Corbusier houses in Stuttgart’s Weissenhofsiedlung (2016), the Caves and Ice Age Art of the Swabian Alb in the Ach and Lone valleys (2017) and Baden-Baden, under the title “Great Spa Towns of Europe” (2021). All seven World Heritage Sites in the state are characterised by their exceptional universal value, authenticity and uniqueness and are part of the priceless and irreplaceable heritage of all humanity.

Further information

Further information on World Heritage sites in Baden-Württemberg and on the film and brochure “Die sieben Welterbewunder Baden-Württemberg” can be found at www.welterbe-bw.de.

The proposed visitor and information center at the Weissenhofsiedlung receives a new name

A new reception building will be built at the Weissenhofsiedlung by 2027, just in time for the 100th anniversary of the Estate and the presentation year of IBA’27 (Internationale Bauausstellung StadtRegion Stuttgart). It will be the central starting point for all guests visiting the Weissenhofsiedlung in the future to learn more about the history of this international icon of modern architecture.

Now the building is getting a new name: The Visitor and Information Center (“BIZ”) will become the Weissenhof.Forum. The new name is a programmatic step towards the future: from 2027, the Weissenhof Forum will be a central location for mediation, events, exhibitions and exchange.

First Mayor Dr. Fabian Mayer:
“With the Weissenhof.Forum, an internationally important site of architectural modernism is not only getting a new appearance, but also a new voice. The name stands for openness, exchange and the future – and makes it clear that the Weissenhof Estate remains a lively place where history is conveyed and can be experienced.”

The name was developed in a participatory branding process together with the agency Jung:Kommunikation. It is the first visible component of a new brand structure at Weissenhof, which links the players and locations under the strong umbrella brand Weissenhof. With Weissenhof., a concept has been created that provides orientation and carries the uniqueness of this architectural heritage into the future. The next step is to develop a corporate design that gives the brand its visual identity.

Background

The Weissenhof.Forum is a central contribution by the city of Stuttgart to IBA’27 and is being built in a prominent location directly at the entrance to the Weissenhof Estate.

As a central contact point, the building will improve the existing infrastructure and release the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Le Corbusier duplex (Weissenhofmuseum) by taking over many of the functions that the original residential building cannot fulfill in the long term and with ever-increasing visitor numbers: Ticket sales, checkroom, café and bookshop.

The Weissenhof.Forum will also feature a temporary exhibition space, a workshop room and a new permanent exhibition that complements the exhibition in the original Le Corbusier House and the tour of the estate. Linked to the permanent exhibition, a multifunctional media room is being created, which will serve as an extension of the permanent exhibition and as an event space. The exhibition concept is being developed in close cooperation between the Stuttgart Cultural Office and the Friends of the Weissenhof Estate Association.

The award-winning design by Barkow Leibinger Architects in collaboration with Zech Hochbau AG envisages three two-storey, interconnected structures. Flowing transitions between interior and exterior spaces create an open spatial concept. Sustainability plays a central role: the building, which was awarded as IBA’27 project, is constructed using wood and clay and is complemented by a recycled concrete floor slab, a green roof and an innovative photovoltaic façade.

Joint information from the City of Stuttgart and the Friends of the Weissenhof Estate

Rome, Stuttgart, Rügen, Riga: the saisonaler salon by architect Susanne Brorson will stop off at these locations on its journey. The saisonaler salon is a pavilion that focuses on experimental and circular building with renewable raw materials. The architect clads the modular wooden structure ever more densely with grasses and materials that she collects on site. In hot Rome, grasses from the Villa Massimo garden are used as sun protection on the roof. In Stuttgart, the open side surfaces are given a weatherproof façade cladding with material that Brorson harvests in the region and on the exhibition site. On the island of Rügen, it will be set afloat and then connect two architecture faculties in Riga as part of the Floating Campus.

Before the saisonale salon travels on, we want to say good-bye at a Finissage.

In the pavilion, Susanne Brorson discusses renewable building materials with Monika Göbel (IntCDC Stuttgart) and Andreas Hofer (Intendant IBA’27). Based on their work and projects, the panellists will demonstrate the use of wood, straw and other materials in various buildings. We will then discuss: Where do we stand today? What are the challenges of using this kind of materials in everyday life today and what visions does the future hold? How will craftsmanship and computer technology work together in the future and how can we bring to light the experience of previous generations and the role models in nature?

When
Sunday, 8 September, 4 pm

Who
Susanne Brorson (Architektin und Rompreisträgerin)
Monika Göbel (IntCDC)
Andreas Hofer (Intendant IBA’27 StadtRegion Stuttgart)

Where
Bruckmannweg 10, Weissenhofsiedlung
In case of bad weather, the event will take place in the Weissenhofwerkstatt (Am Weißenhof 20)

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Thursday, 18 July 2024 – Sunday, 22 July 2024

SOMMER DER KÜNSTE – Villa Massimo zu Gast in Stuttgart
18 artists at 8 locations

The Roman summer arrives in Stuttgart. The German Academy of Rome Villa Massimo is presenting itself in Baden-Württemberg for the first time. Two academic years will be showing their works created in Rome or especially for the presentation in Stuttgart. This weekend’s programme ranges from concerts, readings and exhibitions to guided tours, panel discussions and installations in public spaces.

The PROGRAMME of all institutions can be found here
or as a download: Flyer_Sommer der Künste_Web

The architect and Rome Prize winner SUSANNE BRORSON is showing her work saisonaler salon (Bruckmannweg 10) in the WEISSENHOF ESTATE. And in the Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe she will show more of her work in the exhibition seasonal spontaneous.

saisonaler salon
Rome, Stuttgart, Rügen, Riga: the saisonaler salon by architect Susanne Brorson will stop off at these locations on its journey. The saisonaler salon is a pavilion that focuses on experimental and circular building with renewable raw materials. The architect clads the modular wooden structure ever more densely with grasses and materials that she collects on site. In hot Rome, grasses from the Villa Massimo garden are used as sun protection on the roof. In Stuttgart, the open side surfaces are given a weatherproof façade cladding with material that Brorson harvests in the region and on the exhibition site. On the island of Rügen, it will be set afloat and then connect two architecture faculties in Riga as part of the Floating Campus. Follow the journey of the saisonaler salon on Instagram

OPENING of SOMMER DER KÜNSTE

Thursday, 18 July 2024, 6 pm
At the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (Kleiner Schloßplatz 1)

18 ARTISTS
Rompreisträger:innen 2022/23 and 2023/24:
Ondřej Adámek (Komponist)
Yael Bartana (Bildende Künstlerin)
Oscar Bianchi (Komponist)
Susanne Brorson (Architektin)
Danica Dakić (Bildende Künstlerin),
Liza Dieckwisch (Bildende Künstlerin)
Manaf Halbouni (Bildender Künstler)
Kristof Magnusson (Schriftsteller)
Olga Martynova (Schriftstellerin)
Bjørn Melhus (Bildender Künstler)
Marko Nikodijević (Komponist)
Katerina Poladjan (Schriftstellerin)
Arne Rautenberg (Schriftsteller)
Marcus Schmickler (Komponist)
SOWATORINI Landschaft (Landschaftsarchitekten)
Alfredo Thiermann (Architekt)
Stefan Vogel (Bildender Künstler)
Fabian A. Wagner (Architekt)

8 INSTITUTIONS
Architekturgalerie am Weißenhof
BDA Baden-Württemberg
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Literaturhaus Stuttgart
Musik der Jahrhunderte
Staatsgalerie
Universität Stuttgart
Weissenhofmuseum im Haus Le Corbusier

Sunday, June 2nd, 2024, 10 am – 6 pm
Free admission to the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House

Sunday, June 2nd, 2024, 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm
Free guided tours through the Weissenhof estate

10 am – 6 pm
Free admission to the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House.

Since 2016 two buildings by Le Corbusier in Stuttgarts Weissenhofsiedlung have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Entitled “The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier – An Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement,” his work is an outstandung

Responding to the challenges of architecture and society in the 20th Century, Le Corbusier’s contribution to the Moderne Movement aimed to instigate a unique forum of ideas at a world level; it facilitated the invention of a new architectural language and the modernization of architectural techniques; it met the social and human needs of modern man.

Le Corbusiers semi-detached houses in Stuttgart are now home to the Weissenhof Museum. This pioneering example of architectural modernism was built as part of the Werkbund exhibition in 1927.

In one side of the museum, the history of the Weissenhof housing estate is on display, with models, photos, plans and various exhibits. The other side of the house shows the Le Corbusier house in 1927, with the recontructed original room layout, color scheme and furnishings.

location: Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House, Rathenaustr. 1

11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm:
Free guided tours of the Weissenhof estate

The Weissenhofsiedlung is a milestone of architectural modernism and was built in 1927 by 17 international architects. The occasion was the exhibition “Die Wohnung” of the the German Werkbund. The basis was the urban , which was under the artistic direction of Mies can der Rohe. The guided tour (no interior visits) explains the background of the housing estate, with a focus on Le Corbusier’s two houses, which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2016. In the semi-detached houses, Le Corbusier realized his “Five Points of a New Architecture” and thus coined a new formal language.

Meeting point: At the advertising column, opposite of the entrance of the Weissenhof Museum in Le Corbusier House, Rathenaustr. 1 – duration approx. 45 minutes.

10 am – 6 pm
Exhibition „Ca bouge en ville – Let’s move in the city! Sport & architecture for tomorrow“
Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe

In the Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe, the focus is on sport. Where and how do we do sport in the city of tomorrow?

Five Partners: The Institut francais Stuttgart (Koordination), the Architekturgalerie am Weißenhof, the IBA’27 Friends, the BDA Baden-Württemberg and the Weissenhofmuseum in the House Le Corbusie invite you to explore the wxhibition as a parcours.

The parcours starts at the Weissenhofwerkstatt and is dedicated to the unification of Le Corbusier’s architecture with sporting practice. The second stop is the Architekturgalerie am Weissenhof. There, the focus is on questions relating to spatial concepts and sustainable sports facilities. Visitors should plan around 50 minutes (3.6 km) for their walk from the north of Stuttgart into the city centre to the next stop, the BDA Wechselraum (near the main railway station), where future concepts will be discussed that deal with the conditions and requirements for sport in urban spaces. Via an intermediate stop, the IBA’27 Schaufenster (Calwerstr./corner of Kienestr.), the route continues to the fifth and final stop, the Institut français next to Berliner Platz. Here, everything revolves around e-sports. On your marks, get set, go!

Location: Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe, Am Weissenhof 20

Sunday, 3. March, 2 pm
THE MIES VAN DER ROHES. A FEMALE FAMILY SAGA

Director Sabine Gisiger will attend the filmscreening.

An epic family saga told by the women surrounding the famous architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. His wife Ada, his daughters Georgia, Manna and Traudel and his lover Lilly Reich seize the opportunities of the new era, but also experience the restrictions of old patterns. The golden 20s, the increasingly barbaric 30s and finally war.

Based on private and unpublished archive footage, images and documents, Sabine Gisiger retells the story of the iconic architect Mies van der Rohe – from a female perspective. The celebrated German actress Katharina Thalbach brings Georgia van der Rohe to life – in fictional interviews based on authentic statements.

Admission
The tickets cost 12,- €.
click here for advanced ticket sales

Venue
Atelier am Bollwerk, Hohe Str. 26, 70176 Stuttgart

Organiser
Weissenhofmuseum/Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V.
Atelier am Bollwerk

Urban Sketchers Germany Meeting 2025 in Stuttgart

On 13 September 2025, the Urban Sketchers were out and about in the Weissenhof Estate as part of the Germany Meeting 2025. With a great deal of creativity, they captured the special architecture in their own personal way through drawing – accompanied by SWR Kultur.

The resulting report was broadcast on Sunday, 21 September 2025,
and is available in the ARD Mediathek.

The atmosphere of the day was wonderfully captured in the SWR report.
A big thank you to the film crew and to all the Urban Sketchers for the many different perspectives and the insight into their wonderful hobby!

Thursday, Februar 22, 2024, 5 p.m.

A symposium on modern architecture in Hungary will be held at the Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Centre Stuttgart to accompany the exhibitions “Experimental Housing Estate Budapest – Model Houses Napraforgó Street” and “Light and Form”. Dr. Raquel Jaureguízar will also look at the influence of German modernism on social housing in Spain in the 1940s and 50s.

The lectures will be held in English.

Welcome address
Anja Krämer (Director of the Weissenhofmuseum im Haus Le Corbusier)

Speakers
Prof. em. András Ferkai: “Model housing estate in Budapest – without any actual effect?”
DLA Àgnes Anna Sebestyén: “The Reception and Press Appearances of Modern Settlements in Interwar Hungary”
Dr. Raquel Jaureguízar: “The Reception of German Modernism in Social Housing in Madrid”

The presentations last 25-30 minutes and their will be a final discussion.

Pause
Dirk Allgaier will present the book “Stahlrohrrevolution” on behalf of arnoldsche Art Publishers.

Location
Liszt-Institut – Ungarisches Kulturzentrum Stuttgart
Christophstr. 7, 70178 Stuttgart

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Lecture

The perception of Tel Aviv’s White City is closely linked to the term “Bauhaus”. It is often used as a synonym for the history of Tel Aviv’s development. Moreover, it is supposed to lend significance to the architectural heritage. In doing so, it obscures the view of the complexity of Tel Aviv’s (architectural) history. And in the German perspective, it also serves as a means of making amends, according to Alexandra Klei.

The lecture will trace these constructions, both in their development and in their functions. Klei will also relate it to the concrete history of the city and its architectural-modern heritage.

Dr. Alexandra Klei is an architectural historian and research associate at the Institute for the History of German Jews in Hamburg. Here she does research about “Jewish Building” between 1945 and 1990 in the Federal Republic of Germany and in the the GDR. In addition, she has dedicated herself for several years to an examination of Tel Aviv’s architectural-modern heritage and its conveyance. Her publication “Wie das Bauhaus nach Tel Aviv kam: Re-Konstruktion einer Idee in Text, Bild und Architektur” was published in 2019 (2nd ed. 2021) by neofelis Verlag in Berlin.

Start: 7 pm
Venue: Vortragsaal Neubau II., Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart (Am Weissenhof 1, 70191 Stuttgart)
Please register beforehand by sending a short email to: info@weissenhofmuseum.de

This event is organised in cooperation with the German-Israeli Society Region Stuttgart e.V.