Original edition. The book presents a cross-section of contemporary residential architecture in Germany, covering individual houses, weekend houses and housing estates. Contemporary bibliographic references confirm the 180 illustrations and 80 floor plans. Neue Wohnbauten presents a richly illustrated survey of residential architecture in Germany as it developed during the years immediately preceding 1932. Hans Eckstein brings together examples of individual houses, weekend homes and housing estates, presenting each project through several views, floor plans and explanatory text. The result is a valuable contemporary record of changing ideas about domestic architecture, construction and the organization of living space during the period of the Weimar Republic. With 180 illustrations and 80 floor plans, the volume provides both a visual and architectural overview of the new forms of housing emerging in Germany at the beginning of the 1930s. Rather than offering a purely theoretical discussion, Eckstein concentrates on actual residential projects and examines how different building types were being approached in contemporary practice. The selection extends from large detached houses to weekend houses and housing developments, with each example documented through photographs, plans and explanatory commentary. The book is particularly valuable for studying the relationship between floor plan, construction and the changing requirements of modern domestic life. Contemporary architectural literature regarded the volume as a useful overview of dispersed material on current residential building, while later architectural references continue to cite it as a source for buildings of the period. The volume is also significant because it captures the transition toward the modern architecture of the early 1930s. Its documentation includes work by architects associated with the development of modern residential architecture, and individual projects documented in theHans Eckstein (1898-1985) was a German writer, journalist, art historian, design theorist and museum director. He studied philosophy, sociology, archaeology and art history in Heidelberg and Munich, including under Heinrich Wolfflin and Paul Frankl. He subsequently worked as a journalist and publicist, writing on art, architecture and design for several important periodicals. His interest in modern architecture and design became a central part of his intellectual work. After the Second World War he was closely involved with the Deutscher Werkbund and founded a discussion group devoted to new approaches in architecture in Munich. From 1955 to 1964 he directed the museum Die Neue Sammlung in Munich, one of the important institutions for modern applied art and design. Neue Wohnbauten belongs to his early publications on contemporary architecture. book remain referenced in later architectural literature. (AI-generated content description)