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The Doldertal Apartment Houses (German: Mehrfamilienhäuser Doldertal) are a group of modern apartment buildings in Doldertal, a suburb of Zürich on the slope of the Adlisberg mountain. The buildings were designed by architects Alfred Roth, Emil Roth, and reviewed by Marcel Breuer. They were built in 1936.
The complex has a steel-frame infrastructure and a projecting walls of glass windows. It has been described as a "tensile box notable for its tightness and control.
The architectural model for the apartment complex is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
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Further reading
Acerboni, Francesca; Postiglione, Gennaro; Gössel, Peter; 100: One Hundred Houses for One Hundred European Architects of the Twentieth Century, 2004, Taschen Publishers, pages 140–345. ISBN 9783822863121.
