Lilly Reich
Ground-Floor House in The Dwelling of Our Time, German Building Exhibition, Berlin, Germany (Steel kitchen cabinet)
1931
Pencil on tracing paper
Not on view
In her design of several kitchens at the 1931 German Building Exhibition in Berlin, Reich embraced the rational principles of domestic reformers Christine Frederick and Erna Meyer. Reich's Apartment for a Single Person featured a cooking cabinet that was subsequently put into production by Otto Kahn. When closed, it appeared to be an ordinary closet or wardrobe, but when opened it revealed a sink, shelves, two burners, drawers, counter space, and a hook on which to hang a kettle.
Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen, September 15, 2010–March 14, 2011.
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Lilly Reich
German, 1885–1947 84 works onlineIn 1909 the German Werkbund, an organization dedicated to improving society by promoting the highest standards of design and manufacture, declared that women were “unequal to the demanding design tasks of architecture.
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