Berlin's 2 Private House entries capture the city's tradition of architect-designed domestic experiments. Werner Düttmann's Haus Dr. Menne is a Modernist villa that brings the architect's civic sensibility to a residential programme — clean lines, honest materials, and a dialogue between interior and garden. Philipp von Matt's O12 Artist House takes a Contemporary approach to the same challenge, creating a live-work space for a visual artist in a dense Mitte plot.
Both houses demonstrate that Berlin's culture of architectural experimentation extends beyond public commissions to the private realm, where individual clients give architects the freedom to test ideas at intimate scale.
