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

Sunday, 14 September 2025, 10 am–6 pm

The Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier House invites you to Open Heritage Day – with free admission and free guided tours.

On Sunday, 14 September 2025, the Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier House will once again take part in the nationwide Open Heritage Day® – Germany’s largest cultural event and national contribution to the European Heritage Days. Anyone interested in architecture is cordially invited to get to know the Weissenhof Estate (even) better by visiting the Weissenhof Museum or taking a guided tour of the listed estate.

PROGRAMME ON OPEN HERITAGE DAY®

10 am–6 pm
Free admission to the Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier House
Location: Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier House, Rathenaustr. 1, 70191 Stuttgart

11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm and 5 pm
Free guided tours of the Weissenhof Estate (in German, no interior visits) offer exciting insights into the estate’s origins in 1927, its architecture and its international significance in 45 minutes.
Meeting point: At the advertising column opposite the entrance to the Weissenhof Museum in the Le Corbusier House.
Duration: 45 minutes. No registration required.

The Weissenhof Museum team looks forward to welcoming many visitors.

Further information on the Germany-wide programme can be found at:
www.tag-des-offenen-denkmals.de

Important information regarding travel:

On Sunday, 14 September 2025, the two cycling events ‘Brezel Race’ and ‘Women’s Cycling Grand Prix’ will take place in Stuttgart. This will result in traffic restrictions in Stuttgart and the surrounding area between 9:15 am and 2:25 pm, which will also affect the area around the Weissenhof Museum. During this period, the museum will remain accessible via the Killesberg underground station and the Nordbahnhof S-Bahn station. Please check the current traffic situation in advance and plan your route accordingly.
We wish you a pleasant journey and look forward to your visit!

Traffic information can be found on the event website.

A project by Stefanie Schwarz and Patrick Thomas, both designers and teachers at ABK Stuttgart, in collaboration with Tobias Bednarz, art historian, and Anja Krämer, Director of the Weissenhof Museum im Haus Le Corbusier Stuttgart.

The British Arts and Crafts movement centred around the designer William Morris is often regarded as a pioneer in the development of modern design. While Morris’ interior designs were strongly characterised by craftsmanship and natural motifs, modernism developed an increasingly reduced and functionalist aesthetic. But was modernism really as free of patterns as is often assumed?

In the Weissenhofwerkstatt, Patrick Thomas confronts the clean-lined architecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with a reinterpretation of Morris’ iconic “Willow” pattern (1874). Stefanie Schwarz expands this intervention with a typographical component by placing quotes from important representatives of modernism on the subject of patterns and ornament in the exhibition space. An accompanying showcase exhibition throws some spotlights on modern interior design, illustrating that decorative surface design and sometimes opulent patterns also played a role in modernism.

The opening will take place on 2 December at 7 pm.

Where
Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe, Am Weißenhof 20

Duration and exhibition opening hours
Sat, Sun und public holidays: 12 pm -5 pm
2 December 2024 – 2 March 2025
(closed in 24 December and 1 January)

Guided tours
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 2 pm
Mittwoch, 26 February 2025, 7 pm

Admission
free of charge

We would like to thank the Cultural Office of the City of Stuttgart and the Friends of the Weissenhofsiedlung e.V. for their support.

© Photo: Ralph Fischer.

On 26 February 2025, curators Prof. Patrick Thomas and Stefanie Schwarz, both designers and lecturers at ABK Stuttgart, will guide visitors through the exhibition they curated together with Tobias Bednarz, art historian, and Anja Krämer, museum director of the Weissenhofmuseum.

The guided tour is for free and no registration is required.

Date
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 2 pm

Place
Weissenhofwerkstatt in the Mies van der Rohe House
Am Weissenhof 20, 70191 Stuttgart

Curators
Prof. Patrick Thomas (Communication Design, ABK Stuttgart
Stefanie Schwarz (CTI Typography and Type Design & ABK Stuttgart
Anja Krämer (Director of the Weissenhofmuseum in Le Corbusier House)
Tobias Bednarz (art historian, M.A. cand.)

© Visualisation: Atelier Markgraph GmbH, Frankfurt

Corporate press release of the City of Stuttgart and the association Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V.

The Weissenhof Estate is being given a new scenography and communication concept. The invitational competition ‘Weissenhof 1927 | 2027+ Experience Modernism’ has a winner: Atelier Markgraph from Frankfurt impressed the jury with its clear interpretation of modernism and its protagonists, which it used as a key theme and design principle and won the first prize. Second prize went to Space4 from Stuttgart and 3rd place went to chezweitz from Berlin..

Four components will take centre stage when visitors from all over the world experience the Weissenhof Estate in the future: The exhibition in the new visitor and information centre at Weissenhof (‘BIZ’), the tour of the estate, a visit to the Weissenhofmuseum in Le Corbusier House and a digital and mobile application.
The awarding authority of the competition is the City of Stuttgart, represented by the Cultural Office. The competition was organised in collaboration with the Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V. The high-leveled jury, chaired by Dr Annette Ludwig, Director of the Museums of the Klassikstiftung Weimar, was made up of experts in museums, scenography, cultural management and architecture.

Dr Annette Ludwig: ‘The jury had a challenging time choosing from five strong projects with different focal points. The winning design will excellently combine analogue and digital communication – and thus open up the Werkbund Estate at the Weissenhof to a large audience – in the BIZ, on the tour and in the museum. This offers enormous added value for 2027 and long beyond.’

The design by Atelier Markgraph succeeds in appealing to a wide range of target groups and providing them with accessible and contemporary offers to discover the Weissenhof estate and its history – without losing any depth of content. The digital application links the four central project modules in a meaningful way and visitors experience the estate from a completely new perspective. The jury recommended that the first-place winners be commissioned. The scenography is now being further developed on the basis of the concept together with Atelier Markgraph.

Suse Kletzin, Director of the Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung ‘We are delighted with the result! It shows how a forward-looking mediation concept can appeal to a wide audience and we are happy that the decision finally brings us to the concrete work phase. A success that was possible thanks to the dedicated work of our members.’

The Weissenhof Estate, initiated in 1927 by the Deutscher Werkbund as an exhibition entitled ‘The Dwelling’, is an icon of modern architecture whose significance is recognised worldwide. It is a listed building and bears the European Heritage Label. Two buildings, designed by the architect Le Corbusier, have been recognised as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. A centre of attraction for visitors from all over the world.
A new visitor and information centre (‘BIZ’) will be built by 2027, where guests will begin their visit to the Weissenhof Estate from 2027. Numerous additional guests are expected in the city, especially for the 100th anniversary of the estate in 2027 and the International Building Exhibition 2027 StadtRegion Stuttgart (IBA’27), which has the Weissenhof as its starting point.

The new municipal building relieves the burden on the Le Corbusier semi-detached house, which has been awarded the UNESCO World Heritage seal, by taking over many functions for which the building planned as a residential building is not designed in the long term and with ever-increasing visitor numbers: ticket sales, cloakroom, café and shop. This means that the historic semi-detached house will be preserved for future generations and, as the only accessible building on the estate, can still remain the central highlight.

From 2027, the visitor and information centre will be managed in cooperation with the StadtPalais – Museum für Stuttgart and the Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung.
The bidding consortium of Barkow Leibinger Partnerschaft von Architekten mbB and Zech Hochbau AG won the competition for the new building and will realise the building by the end of 2026. The BIZ emerged from the needs of the Weissenhof Museum and a process initiated by IBA‘27 in 2019 for the further development of the Weissenhof Estate and is an official IBA’27 project – as is the neighbouring Brenzkirche, which is also part of the wider transformation of the Weissenhof Estate.

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!

From the 2nd of September 2024, new admission and tour prices will apply at the Weissenhofmuseum. This is our first price increase since 2012.
It was especially important to us that the prices for young people and students in particular are only moderately increased.
Thank you for your understanding.

New prices from 2 September 2024:

Admission
Regular: € 6.50
Reduced*: 3 €
*Pupils, trainees, students, ALG I, ALG II and social welfare recipients, people with disabilities

Open guided tours
Small guided tour: € 6 / € 4 (reduced), plus entrance fee
Large guided tour: €8.50 / €5 (reduced), plus entrance fee

Booked guided tours for groups
There are now all-inclusive prices for guided tour groups. Information and prices can be found in the tour options (Your visit -> Tours -> Booked tours -> Tour options).

Joint press release by
IBA’27 – Internationale Bauausstellung 2027 StadtRegion Stuttgart,
Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V. and the state capital Stuttgart

The construction of the new Weissenhof.Forum officially began with the groundbreaking ceremony today, Wednesday, July 23 at 11 am. This was the starting signal for one of the central projects of the Internationale Bauausstellung 2027 StadtRegion Stuttgart (IBA’27).

As part of the groundbreaking ceremony, a time capsule was handed over to the construction company – a greeting to posterity and a sign of the beginning of a new era at the historic site.

“The Weissenhof Estate makes Stuttgart a globally recognized city of innovative architecture and modern architecture. The Le Corbusier houses of the Weissenhof Estate even became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. The Weissenhof Forum will pay tribute to this World Heritage Site and take a look into the future of architecture.”
– Lord Mayor Dr. Frank Nopper

The Weissenhof.Forum, which is being built at the entrance to the world-famous Weissenhof Estate, will in future serve as a central information and starting point for visitors. It combines exhibition areas, a media room, a store, catering facilities and event and work areas. The new building places particular emphasis on sustainability: constructed using wood and clay with a photovoltaic façade and a green roof, the building aims to achieve a climate-neutral plus-energy standard.

“Almost one hundred years ago, the Werkbundsiedlung at Weissenhof was built in just four and a half months, making a statement with global appeal. With the Weissenhof.Forum, this site now has a worthy entrance. The new building translates the language of modernism into the present – in form, technology and material. And it shows: If the client, construction industry and architecture act as equals and with determination, forward-looking buildings can be created in a short space of time, even today. The fact that this project is becoming a reality is thanks to the commitment of many people involved – first and foremost the City of Stuttgart and the association Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung. In 2027, we will open the forum together – as an open place that invites people of all ages and backgrounds to discover the Weissenhof Estate and engage in discussions about the future, far beyond the IBA.”
– Dr. Gabriele König, Managing Director of IBA’27 GmbH and Andreas Hofer, Director of IBA’27

Suse Kletzin, Chairwoman of the association Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung, adds:
“The groundbreaking ceremony marks the start of a new chapter in the history of the association Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung. Many volunteers and full-time staff have been involved in writing it. We are looking forward to an exciting new time in telling the Weissenhof story and wish the City of Stuttgart as the client, the planners from Barkow Leibinger and the construction team from Zech Hochbau all the best for the construction period!”

Completion is planned by December 31, 2026

The planning and implementation will be carried out by the bidding consortium Zech Hochbau AG / Barkow Leibinger Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, which won the Europe-wide award procedure with a design of high architectural quality and a forward-looking energy concept.

Following the demolition of the old building, work has now begun on the building construction. The Weissenhof.Forum is scheduled for completion and commissioning by December 31, 2026 – just in time for the 100th anniversary year of the estate and before the start of the IBA’27 exhibition year.

        
© Pictures: IBA’27 | Ralph Fisher / Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung | The Baukunst Dynamites / Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung

The IBA’27 Festival #2 marks an important milestone on the way to the International Building Exhibition 2027. It focusses on the current IBA projects, their innovative planning approaches and ideas as well as the people who implement the projects. The festival offers guided tours, festivities, panel discussions and hands-on formats. You will gain insights into the current status of the projects as well as on the future of the building sector and living together in the Stuttgart Region. For the full program of the IBA’27 Festival click here.

The Weissenhof Museum is also participating with a program

In 2027, the Weissenhof Estate will take centre stage. The estate is celebrating its 100th anniversary and is therefore also a central reference for IBA’27. By 2027, a new visitor and information centre will be built by the state capital Stuttgart. It will be the central starting point for all people who visit the Weissenhof Estate in the future to learn more about the history of this international icon of modern architecture. The new building is intended to support Le Corbusiers semi-detached house and preserve it for future generations. The house has been awarded the UNESCO World Heritage seal and accomodates the Weissenhof Museum. As a former residential building, it is already too small for the ever-increasing number of visitors.

The new visitor and information centre, designed by the internationally renowned architects Barkow Leibinger, has been designated an ‘IBA project’. It is therefore at the centre of the Weissenhof Museum’s program for the second IBA’27 festival. In an exhibition at the Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe, displaying floor plans and others as well as material samples you can find out more about the innovative architecture of the building and the multi-award-winning office.

Another exhibition organised by the Friends of the Weissenhof Estate can be seen in a house of the “Beamtensiedlung am Weissenhof” that is only open to the public for a short time. The exhibition deals with the developments in the Weissenhof Estate throughout the upcoming years.

Here is an overview of our program:

EXHIBITION
BARKOW LEIBINGER: IN SITU – WEISSENHOF

Location
Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe
Am Weissenhof 20, 70191 Stuttgart

Opening
Mon 12 May 2025, 7 pm

Duration and opening hours
Sat, 17 May – Sun, 13 July 2025
Sat, Sun, public holidays 12-17 h
Free admission

EXHIBITION
Future Weissenhof 2027+ What remains? What is coming? What goes?

Location
Haus Jung, Beamtensiedlung am Weissenhof
Am Weissenhof 2, 70191 Stuttgart

Opening
Mon 12 May 2025, 8 pm

Duration and opening hours
Sat, 17 May – Sun, 13 July 2025
Sat, Sun, public holidays 12 – 5 pm
Free admission

GUIDED TOURS
Future Weissenhof 2027+

Date
Sun, 18 May 2025
12 noon, 14 and 16 pm
Duration approx. 45 minutes, without registration, free admission

Meeting point
Weissenhofwerkstatt im Haus Mies van der Rohe
Am Weissenhof 20, 70191 Stuttgart

We would like to thank the City of Stuttgart and the Wüstenrotstiftung for the financial support.

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