Use the list below and the filter menu to browse through featured projects from architectural periodicals, and access the pages where they were published. Project data has been extracted from magazine issues through custom made scripts. Each entry records project name, designers, design field, typology, publication date, and a link to the source issue. Extraction of the datasets followed three phases: manual reading and data entry, rule-based pattern recognition via RegEx, and custom extractions via the Claude API (Anthropic), for contextual understanding across languages and font corruption. API-based extraction has been applied to several titles at modest cost, but not all. Note 1: Since datasets were extracted with scripts, entries may need curation. Note 2: Search fields work for Latin, Greek, Arabic, and Cyrillic alphabets.
Wooden Coffin for the Burial Office of the City of Dresden
Erich Zschiesche
A wooden coffin designed for Dresden's municipal Burial Office, shown with a processional cross and carpet at the 'Tod und Leben' exhibition.
Funerary ObjectBuilt
Location
Dresden
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Concrete Tombstone
Lucas und Hirzel
Concrete tombstone designs with differently colored facing layers, manufactured by Gebr. Heide, shown at the 'Tod und Leben' exhibition.
CemeteryBuilt
Location
Rochlitz i. Sa. (manufacturer)
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Redesign Proposal for the Johannes Cemetery, Dresden
Oswin Hempel
A proposed rearrangement of the Johannes Cemetery in Dresden, combining architectural, landscape, and sculptural design shown at the Kunst-Dienst exhibition 'Tod und Leben'.
CemeteryUnbuilt
Location
Dresden
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Schubert Court
Thomas Wechs
The first housing project of the Wohnungsbau-Gesellschaft m.b.H. Augsburg, built 1927-28, comprising 186 apartments of various types with baths, storage rooms, garages, and flat roofs; notable for cost comparisons between pitched and flat roofs.
HousingBuilt
Location
Augsburg
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Traveling Settlement Exhibition
Preußisches Landwirtschaftsministerium
A traveling exhibition on rural settlement shown for the first time, created mainly by the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture with informative graphics and statistics, artistically executed by Alfred Gellhorn.
Rural SettlementBuilt
Location
Berlin, Bauausstellung, Freigelände
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
International Exhibition of Town Planning and Housing - Panorama 'Forms of Settlements'
Bruno Taut
A panoramic display on 'forms of settlement' within the International Exhibition for Town Planning and Housing, directed by Bruno Taut with arrangement by Moholy-Nagy.
Urban PlanningBuilt
Location
Berlin, Bauausstellung
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Stand for Torkret G.m.b.H.
Konrad Wachsmann
An exhibition stand for Torkret G.m.b.H. showcasing Aerokret gas-concrete and steel-tubing quick-building scaffolding.
Industrial/ExhibitionBuilt
Location
Berlin, Bauausstellung
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Boarding House
Robert Vorhoelzer, Max Wiederanders, Walther Schmidt
A boarding house model with communal rooms on the ground floor, exhibited in Hall II of the Building Exhibition.
HousingUnbuilt
Location
München (architects); exhibited in Berlin
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
House for a Sportsman
Marcel Breuer
A model house whose main room serves training and living functions, with five separate cabins for eating, working, bathing, sleeping, and dressing that can be divided by accordion folding partitions.
HousingUnbuilt
Location
Berlin, Bauausstellung
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Double-Storied Flat (High-Rise Dwelling)
Otto Haesler
A double-storied flat conceived as part of a high residential building, accessed via glazed inside passages (hanging promenades) between staircases with electric lifts; living floor below, bedroom floor above, with bridges of Tezett grating.
HousingUnbuilt
Location
Celle / Berlin (exhibited)
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Ground-Floor House by Lilly Reich
Lilly Reich
A one-storied house connected to the Mies van der Rohe house by a wall, forming a fine courtyard, exhibited in the Building Exhibition.
HousingBuilt
Location
Berlin, Bauausstellung
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Ground-Floor Dwelling House by Mies van der Rohe
Mies van der Rohe
A single-story model house with connected dwelling areas, adjoining garden spaces and a water basin, connected by a wall to the Lilly Reich house forming a courtyard.
HousingBuilt
Location
Berlin, Bauausstellung
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Building Exhibition Berlin 1931 - Hall II (The Dwelling of Our Times)
Mies van der Rohe
Exhibition hall dedicated to 'The Dwelling of Our Times', artistically directed by Mies van der Rohe with Lilly Reich, showing model houses, apartments, and material displays.
Cultural/ExhibitionBuilt
Location
Berlin
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Interior Design of the Steamer "General von Steuben"
Ausstattungsfirmen (decoration firms), overseen by Paul Biedermann
Interior fit-out of the new Lloyd steamer's passenger areas (saloon, dining rooms, cabins), done without a dedicated architect but by longtime decoration firms, criticized for lacking a unifying artistic hand despite adopting some modern architectural cues.
Transportation/MaritimeBuilt
Location
Bremen (Norddeutscher Lloyd)
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Competition Design for Sculpture at the Heinrich Hertz Institute (Gies)
Ludwig Gies
Competition entry featuring a figure flying down with a bundle of rays, freer architecturally than Matare's design, translating physical wave concepts into sculptural form.
Cultural/InstitutionalUnbuilt
Location
Berlin
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Competition Design for Sculpture at the Heinrich Hertz Institute (Matare)
Ewald Matare
Winning competition entry for a corner sculpture at the Heinrich-Hertz-Institut für Schwingungsforschung, featuring a central figure of Heinrich Hertz with calling and listening figures above and below.
Cultural/Institutional
Location
Berlin
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Railway Inspector's House Interior
Sybold van Ravestejn
Living quarters of a rural railway inspector's house (1928), noted as of special interest among Ravestejn's works.
HousingBuilt
Location
Netherlands (rural)
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Railway Ticket Office in Bergen op Zoom
Sybold van Ravestejn
A railway ticket office designed by Ravestejn.
InfrastructureBuilt
Location
Bergen op Zoom
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Signal Box in Boxtel
Sybold van Ravestejn
A railway signal box in Boxtel designed by Ravestejn.
Industrial/InfrastructureBuilt
Location
Boxtel
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Signal Box near Arnhem
Sybold van Ravestejn
A railway signal box near Arnhem designed by Ravestejn.
Industrial/InfrastructureBuilt
Location
Arnhem
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Water Tower in Breda
Sybold van Ravestejn
A water tower designed by Ravestejn, illustrated in the article.
Industrial/InfrastructureBuilt
Location
Breda
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Water Tower in Roermond
Sybold van Ravestejn
A water tower with workshops and office, part of Ravestejn's work for the Dutch State Railway.
Industrial/InfrastructureBuilt
Location
Roermond
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Renovation of a House in Utrecht (Interiors)
Sybold van Ravestejn
Renovation of interiors in an older Utrecht house, achieving calm and refined effects without excessive technical complication, including dining room, living room views to the street.
HousingBuilt
Location
Utrecht
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
"Goya" Museum and Library
G. Mercadal
A built museum and library in Zaragoza representing the new architectural direction in Spain.
CulturalBuilt
Location
Zaragoza
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Madrid Airport (Bergamin Project)
Rafael Bergamin
A functionally organized airport design integrating the airfield with associated buildings (main building, service building, automobile and plane zones), with landing strips oriented according to wind direction.
Transportation/InfrastructureUnbuilt
Location
Near Madrid
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Brauweiler Power Station / Transformer Substation
Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk (RWE)
The largest transformer substation in the world, serving as the command center for load distribution of electrical energy across the RWE grid, connecting 220,000-volt and 110,000-volt lines.
IndustrialBuilt
Location
Brauweiler bei Köln
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Printed Materials for the City of Hanover
Kurt Schwitters
A comprehensive design program for all printed materials of the city of Hanover, including invoices and theater tickets, by Kurt Schwitters, based on typographic-organizational rather than purely aesthetic principles.
Print/Municipal CommunicationsBuilt
Location
Hannover
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Imperial Eagle at the New Reich Chancellery Building
Ludwig Gies
Two bronze Imperial Eagle sculptures by Ludwig Gies installed at the new Reich Chancellery building, one at the tower above a stone bearing the flagpole, the other in the skylight above the entrance door.
Public Sculpture/Architectural OrnamentBuilt
Location
Berlin
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Exhibition of Works from German Woodworking Workshops
An exhibition at the Berlin Kunstbibliothek's Lichthof showcasing modern craft works in wood, emphasizing the Windesche Arbeiten (Winde workshop) and exploring wood as a material for modern craftsmanship.
Exhibition/Applied Art (Woodwork)Built
Location
Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Prinz-Albrecht-Straße
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
German Section of the International Exhibition of Industrial Art at Monza 1930
Ludwig Hilberseimer
A modest, well-curated German exhibition section showing standard industrial products in glass, porcelain, and metal, selected for their functional design and formal beauty.
Exhibition/Industrial Design ShowcaseBuilt
Location
Monza
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Planting Design for the Adorf-Flechtdorf Road
Becker
A planting design for a newly built road, using conifer hedges instead of deciduous trees for safety reasons related to increasing automobile traffic, informed by principles for sightlines, traffic safety and lighting.
Infrastructure/RoadwayBuilt
Location
Kreis Corbach, former Freistaat Waldeck
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Nursery/Teaching Garden Lübeck
Harry Maasz
A nursery garden created in 1914 that also functions as a teaching garden, located between a riverside promenade and a playground, showing the use of various hedges, roses, perennials and shrubs to the public.
Public Garden/NurseryBuilt
Location
Lübeck
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Reichskanzler Square Redesign - Garden Terraces over Underground Halls
Erwin Barth
A design proposal to transform the traffic-heavy Reichskanzlerplatz into a raised circular garden terrace over an underground exhibition hall or bathing facility, addressing both traffic and recreational needs.
Public Square/Mixed-Use (Exhibition Hall/Bath)Unbuilt
Location
Berlin-Charlottenburg, Reichskanzlerplatz
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Children's Home at Stiege in the Harz Mountains
Alexander Boecking
A children's holiday home nestled in a beech forest, belonging to the State Insurance Institute of Brunswick, featuring terraces, lying-out lawns with playgrounds and sandboxes.
Children's Recreation FacilityBuilt
Location
Stiege, Harz
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Praunheim Settlement, Frankfurt am Main
E. May
A housing settlement with large meadow-like lawns for children's play and natural vegetation harmoniously integrated into the overall design.
HousingBuilt
Location
Frankfurt am Main
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
August-Bebel Court, Brunswick
Architekt Ostermeyer
Brunswick's largest residential block, with all interior courtyards featuring sunny playgrounds and play lawns with sandboxes and benches.
HousingBuilt
Location
Braunschweig
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Wood Mosaic (Intarsia) Wall in the Central Administration Building of I.G. Farben
Ewald Dülberg (Entwurf/design); Hans Poelzig (building architect)
A large wood-mosaic (intarsia) wall, 12m wide and 7.5m high, in the shape of a world map, created for the great committee room of the I.G. Farben central administration building, using a wide variety of exotic woods to represent land and sea.
OfficeBuilt
Location
Frankfurt am Main
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Reich Homestead Settlement Düsseldorf-Gerresheim
De Fries
A settlement of 101 owner-occupied single-family houses with 200 sqm gardens, situated on a hillside outside Düsseldorf, planned with a curved main street to maximize sunlight exposure on the north-facing side.
HousingBuilt
Location
Düsseldorf-Gerresheim
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Dwelling House of the Members of the Financial People's Commissariat, Moscow
Ginsburg und Milinis
A transitional-type communal housing block with two-story exterior-corridor lower floors (type K, two-story living rooms and bedrooms) and narrow type F units accessed via side corridors, plus shared dining hall, kitchen, club rooms and sports hall.
HousingBuilt
Location
Moskau
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
First Communal House, Moscow
A proletarian boarding house for about 800 people with individual rooms combinable into groups, dining hall, club rooms, kindergarten and infant care facility, plus a roof terrace sun bath.
HousingBuilt
Location
Moskau
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Momonoki-Ura Block, Osaka
A four-story municipal miniature dwelling block in Osaka with bed-sitting rooms, kitchens, built-in cupboards, and shared roof-top wash-house and bath for eight dwellings.
HousingBuilt
Location
Osaka
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Nuremberg Milk Center (Buildings of the Bavarian Milk Supply)
O. E. Schweizer
A large complex for the Bavarian milk supply comprising an operations building, garage hall, administration building, and a large concrete chimney, using reinforced concrete skeleton construction with an innovative wave-shaped shell roof (Jacobi system) for column-free spans.
IndustrialBuilt
Location
Nürnberg
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Urban Planning Competition for Berlin's Old Town
A planned urban design competition for the redevelopment/sanitation of the southern part of Berlin's old town, addressing slum conditions near major administrative buildings.
Urban RenewalUnbuilt
Location
Berlin
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Everyday Faces / Heads of Everyday Life
Helmar Lerski
A photo book of 80 portraits of unknown, anonymous city dwellers, exploring light and form to create expressive, near-heroic images of ordinary faces.
PublicationBuilt
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Iron and Steel (Photo Book)
Albert Renger-Patzsch
A photographic book documenting the fabrication and use of iron and steel, comprising 97 photos with restrained interpretive framing that lets material and construction dominate the images.
PublicationBuilt
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Great Market Hall Osaka
A. Sonobe
A large market complex built by the city of Osaka for 18,000,000 Yen, comprising an auction hall in steel, glass and cement-asbestos corrugated sheeting, rental stalls, office building, and refrigeration/ice factory along an 800m waterfront.
Industrial/CommercialBuilt
Location
Osaka, Japan
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Social Women's School in Aachen
Rudolf Schwarz
A newly built social women's school completed in June 1930, combining school, boarding house, youth hostel, and festival hall around a central gymnastics and flower courtyard, terraced into a hillside site.
SchoolBuilt
Location
Aachen-Burtscheid
Publication
Die Form · 1931
Open project
Proposal for the Redevelopment of the City (Berlin Business District)
Ludwig Hilberseimer
An unbuilt urban planning proposal for reorganizing Berlin's city center as a purely commercial district using high-rise buildings on a new street grid designed for high-rises, incorporating multi-level traffic separation and underground garages.
Office/Commercial/Urban PlanningUnbuilt
Location
Berlin
Publication
Die Form · 1930
Open project
Youth Hostel Hohenlimburg
Ernst Hopmann
A newly built youth hostel with a steep roof and turret-like staircase, criticized for its overly romantic/traditionalist exterior composition despite fresh interior day rooms featuring Renger-Patzsch photographs as wall decoration.
Housing/CulturalBuilt
Location
Hohenlimburg, Sauerland
Publication
Die Form · 1930
Open project
Kursaal Berchtesgaden
Theo Lechner and Fritz Norkauer
A newly built spa hall (1930) with a timber roof of shallow pitch and large sliding windows connecting the hall to the spa garden, contrasting with the adjacent older reading hall; recommended by Bavarian Heimatschutz over a more traditional design.