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Munich’s Arabellahaus could become a model for saving Germany’s ageing housing blocks

Monocle 14 August 2026 7h ago
Munich’s Arabellahaus could become a model for saving Germany’s ageing housing blocks
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When the owner of Munich’s Arabellahaus announced in 2018 that the building would have to come down, residents were furious. Completed in 1969, the enormous, skinny, rectangular structure long functioned as a miniature city, earning comparisons with Le Corbusier’s L’Unité d’Habitation in Marseille. There were leather-clad lift doors, a 24-hour concierge, a hotel, two clinics […] The post Munich’s
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