Interbau

1957 Berlin
Berlin Congresshall (Haus der Kulturen der Welt - "House of the Cultures of the World") by Hugh Stubbins in 2007
Overview
BIE-class	Specialized exposition
Name	Interbau 57
Motto	City of the future
Participant(s)
Countries	13
Location
Country	Germany
City	Berlin
Venue	Hansaviertel, Westend, Tiergarten
Coordinates	52°31′00″N 13°20′20″E / 52.51667°N 13.33889°E / 52.51667; 13.33889
Timeline
Bidding	November 13, 1956 (1956-11-13)
Opening	July 6, 1957 (1957-07-06)
Closure	September 29, 1957 (1957-09-29)
Specialized expositions
Previous	Exhibition of citriculture in Beit Dagan
Next	Expo 61 in Turin
Universal Expositions
Previous	Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince in Port-au-Prince
Next	Expo 58 in Brussels

Interbau was a housing development, constructed as part of the 1957 International Building Exhibition in the Hansaviertel area of West Berlin. The overall plan was managed by Otto Bartning, and the urban design competition was won by Gerhard Jobst and Willy Kreuer, whose plans were later executed in a modified form.

Working within constraints of size, layout and cost, forty-eight architects designed a huge range of accommodation, both low- and high-rise, with many permutations in plan.

Architects[]

Contributing architects included:

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Gallery[]

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  High-rise slab housing ("Walter-Gropius-Haus") designed by Walter Gropius

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  High-rise apartments by Luciano Baldessari (left) and Jo van den Broek and Jacob Bakema (right)

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  Housing by Oscar Niemeyer

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  postage stamp for the International Building Exhibition

See also[]

• International Building Exhibition Berlin, also known as IBA Berlin 1983/87

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Interbau at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website of the BIE

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