"The kitchen she designed in the 1920s rewrote architectural history and revolutionized the lives of public housing residents by creating a newly functional, fitted culinary space."
"Adopting the idea that 'form follows function,' Schutte-Lihotzky moved away from the decorative architectural styles of the last century and embraced the functionality of 'New Objectivity.'"
"Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky aimed to improve the lives of others through her work throughout her life as a women's rights activist and a heroine of resistance against the Nazi dictatorship."
"But living conditions in the overcrowded, working-class districts of cities in Weimar Germany and Austria were sometimes characterized by disease, poverty and lack of hygiene."
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