The subsidized housing estate was built on the fields of Britz manor between 1925 and 1933 according to plans by Bruno Taut and Martin Wagner.

The project was initiated by a housing cooperative established to combat the shortage of affordable living space.

Numerous blocks and terraced houses in New Objectivity style with colorful facades include more than 1,000 apartments, situated in spacious gardens designed by landscape architect Leberecht Migge.

The transmission facility of the newly founded RIAS - present-day Deutschlandradio - was built on a site in Britz in 1946 by the American military administration.

The disused Blub ("Berliner Luft- und Badeparadies") water park is situated in Britz, near the Teltow Canal.