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The Frankfurt kitchen (German: Frankfurter Küche) is a compact, standardized, built‑in kitchen designed in 1926 by Austrian architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky for New Frankfurt, Ernst May's social housing project. It is considered an important point in domestic architecture and the forerunner of modern fitted kitchens. It was the first kitchen in history built after a unified concept: low-cost design that would enable efficient work.
Some 10,000 units were built in the late 1920s in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1930, the USSR government asked May to lead a "building brigade" and implement the Frankfurt model when planning new industrial towns in the Soviet Union.
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, alongside Bruno Taut and Ernst May, was among the leading housing development architects during the Weimar Republic. The housing designed by these German- speaking architects attracted the labels Neues Bauen (New Building), Neues Wohnen (New Living Style), and Neues Frankfurt (New Frankfurt). In the late 1920s, Neues Bauen became a forerunner for a progressive German architecture.
The Neues Bauen architects were motivated by the desire to build healthy human settlements with access to clean air and light. Purely decorative architecture was rejected and the technology used to build industrial buildings was deployed for the construction of housing estates. The kitchen design of Schütte-Lihotzky was first installed in housing estates that were built in Frankfurt between 1926 and 1932. The Frankfurt kitchen was part of a new layout for apartments with gas stoves and central heating.
The small kitchen of the Bauhaus-designed Haus am Horn, built 1923, with specific storage and drawers for specific items, was also a source of inspiration for Schütte-Lihotzky.
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky continued to design kitchens. Her mid-20th century designs incorporated electrical appliances while continuing to rely on methods for efficiency advanced by Frederick Winslow Taylor and Christine Frederick.
To this day in Germany, Schütte-Lihotzky's elaborate kitchen unit workplaces have remained the model for built-in kitchens in public housing.
The Frankfurt kitchen was a narrow double-file kitchen measuring 1.9 m × 3.4 m (6.2 ft × 11.2 ft). The entrance was located in one of the short walls, opposite which was the window. Along the left side, the stove was placed, followed by a sliding door connecting the kitchen to the dining and living room. On the right wall were cabinets and the sink, in front of the window a workspace. There was no refrigerator, but a foldable ironing board is visible in the image folded against the left wall.[citation needed]
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Frankfurt kitchen
The Frankfurt kitchen (German: Frankfurter Küche) is a compact, standardized, built‑in kitchen designed in 1926 by Austrian architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky for New Frankfurt, Ernst May's social housing project. It is considered an important point in domestic architecture and the forerunner of modern fitted kitchens. It was the first kitchen in history built after a unified concept: low-cost design that would enable efficient work.
Some 10,000 units were built in the late 1920s in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1930, the USSR government asked May to lead a "building brigade" and implement the Frankfurt model when planning new industrial towns in the Soviet Union.
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, alongside Bruno Taut and Ernst May, was among the leading housing development architects during the Weimar Republic. The housing designed by these German- speaking architects attracted the labels Neues Bauen (New Building), Neues Wohnen (New Living Style), and Neues Frankfurt (New Frankfurt). In the late 1920s, Neues Bauen became a forerunner for a progressive German architecture.
The Neues Bauen architects were motivated by the desire to build healthy human settlements with access to clean air and light. Purely decorative architecture was rejected and the technology used to build industrial buildings was deployed for the construction of housing estates. The kitchen design of Schütte-Lihotzky was first installed in housing estates that were built in Frankfurt between 1926 and 1932. The Frankfurt kitchen was part of a new layout for apartments with gas stoves and central heating.
The small kitchen of the Bauhaus-designed Haus am Horn, built 1923, with specific storage and drawers for specific items, was also a source of inspiration for Schütte-Lihotzky.
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky continued to design kitchens. Her mid-20th century designs incorporated electrical appliances while continuing to rely on methods for efficiency advanced by Frederick Winslow Taylor and Christine Frederick.
To this day in Germany, Schütte-Lihotzky's elaborate kitchen unit workplaces have remained the model for built-in kitchens in public housing.
The Frankfurt kitchen was a narrow double-file kitchen measuring 1.9 m × 3.4 m (6.2 ft × 11.2 ft). The entrance was located in one of the short walls, opposite which was the window. Along the left side, the stove was placed, followed by a sliding door connecting the kitchen to the dining and living room. On the right wall were cabinets and the sink, in front of the window a workspace. There was no refrigerator, but a foldable ironing board is visible in the image folded against the left wall.[citation needed]
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