View from the West

Housing, Improved: Germany. Munich-Perlach. Garden Suburb: Garden Suburbs, Germany: Garden Suburb at Perlach Near Munich.: Front and rear views of 3-story tenement house adapted to suburban conditions. 14 staircases lead each to 3 suites, one on each floor. At left in upper illustration is shown a duplex cottage. At right is shown a duplex house, containing 4 cottage flats. Garden allotments at rear of houses shown in lower illustration.

Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: View from the southwest

Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: View from southwest

Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: View from the southwest

Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: Canteen

Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: View from the southeast

Housing, Improved: Germany. Ulm. Municipal Improved Dwellings: Improved Housing: Germany: Houses built by the Wohnungsverein on Wieland Strasse. 62 suites of from 2 to 3 rooms. Rent for 175-240 marks per year. Shareholders in this society are limited to 4% interest on invested capital.

Education, Popular Culture: Germany. Jena. Carl Zeiss Stiftung: Social Conditions in German Cities: 1905

Government, City: Germany. Frankfurt a. M. Town Plan: Town Planning, Germany: Laying out a new building estate belonging to a number of owners. Plan showing the re-adjustment and the re-arrangement of the plots in the Kieshaide district. (35 acres and 54 owners.) in Frankfort on the Maine.

Industrial Problems, Coöperation: Germany. Leipzig: Coöperative Societies, Germany: Konsumverein, Leipzig.: Founded in 1884. In 1906 it had 37000 members. It is one of the largest German societies with 51 distributive branches, dealing in groceries, drapery, household articles, boots and shoes. Its productive department has mills, a bakery, dairy, laundry, and mineral water factory, employing a total of 779 persons. The Society pays a dividend of 10% and yearly sets aside a large sum for charitable, educational and other purposes. Every week it distributes 15000 copies of the Cooperative Journal gratis.

Miscellaneous

Steel-tube Furniture after Designs by Ludwig van der Rohe and Marcel Breuer