Plattenbau
![Modernized Plattenbau in Dresden.](/Images/godic/202501/23/Wundtstraße_Dresden_920765302247.jpg")
![Berlin-Marzahn, the largest East German Neubaugebiet (1987).](/Images/godic/202501/23/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1987-0128-310,_Berlin,_Marzahn,_Neubaugebiet,_Wohnblocks2247.jpg")
![West German Plattenbau in Munich-Neuperlach.](/Images/godic/202501/23/Neuperlach_06292247.jpg")
![A building being constructed using prefabricated concrete elements, 2009.](/Images/godic/202501/23/PrefabConcreteBuilding2247.jpg")
Plattenbau (plural: Plattenbauten, German:Platte: panel/ slab; Bau: building/ construction) is a building whose structure is constructed of large, prefabricated concrete slabs. The word is a compound of Platte (in this context: panel) and Bau (building).