If the kitchen is really the heart of the home, it better meet the demands of the era and the needs of those who use it. A post–World War I affordable housing program in Frankfurt, Germany ...

Dubbed the "Frankfurt kitchen," Schütte-Lihotzky created a piece of pioneering social architecture that has defined kitchens to this day. The designer was also a women's rights activist and was ...

Austrian architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky designed the Frankfurt Kitchen in 1926. Photo by Franz Pfemfert, courtesy University of Applied Arts Vienna Collection and Archive User-Centric Design ...