Colorful Facades

To counteract the gray monotony of the old tenement housing, facades were often brightly colored. This was not only aesthetic but also a symbolic break from the past and the old German empire.

Hauptfeuerwache Leipzig with the reconstructed 1928-1930 facadeLeipzigWikimedia Commons

Bold colors of Siedlung Italienischer GartenCelleWikimedia Commons

Colorful Art déco facadeLeipzig