Colourfully decorated entrance area to the residential house at Otto-Richter-Straße 42 in Magdeburg, c. 1922
The cooperative housing estate in Otto-Richter-Strasse in Magdeburg was built from 1904 to 1916 according to the principles of Neues Bauen. In 1921, the architect Bruno Taut was appointed city planning director of Magdeburg. He immediately set about implementing his concept of the colourful city - colour is joy of living. The street was coloured designed by Carl Krayl in 1922/1923. At the beginning of the 2000s, the colourful facades were restored true to the original.
Size: 3024px × 4032px
Location: Otto-Richter-Street, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Photo credit: © Konrad Weiss / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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