Discusses the restoration of German architect Bruno Taut's housing development Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte (1926-1931) in Berlin-Zehlendorf. Surveys the history of alterations to the original buildings. Details the efforts to protect the architectural integrity of Taut's design that began in the late 1960s. Outlines the research of original documentation and the surveys of the conditions of the structures that enabled the restoration work to proceed in the 1970s and 1980s. ;