Competitions for colour schemes for streets and squares in Germany in the years 1925-31

Abstract

Research on historical examples of colour planning in the built environment has been undertaken in order to deepen the knowledge of colour in German architecture and urban planning. The methodology used includes analyses of written sources and archival designs. As a result, numerous examples of colour planning from the 1920s and 1930s have been detected and eight examples of competitions for colour schemes for streets and squares are presented in this article.