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SCHWARZPLAN.eu offers 53 figure-ground plans and site plans as free downloads — to-scale vector files as PDF, DWG and DXF, built in layers and editorially cleaned from OpenStreetMap data. Usable in studies, competition entries and office projects. The download starts after an email confirmation; nothing is paid.

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Antwerp Free

Antwerp

Free DWG · Layers · PDF
Athens Free

Athens

Free DWG · Layers · PDF
Atlanta Free

Atlanta

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Barcelona Free

Barcelona

Free DWG · Layers · PDF
Belgrad Free

Belgrad

Free DXF · Layers · PDF
Bengaluru Free

Bengaluru

Free DWG · Layers · PDF
Bordeaux Free

Bordeaux

Free DWG · Layers · PDF
Boston Free

Boston

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Budapest Free

Budapest

Free DWG · Layers · PDF
Bukarest Zentrum Free

Bukarest Zentrum

Free DWG · Layers · PDF
Cambridge Free

Cambridge

Free DXF · Layers · PDF
Chicago Free

Chicago

Free PDF · Layers
Dallas Free

Dallas

Free DWG · Layers · PDF
Dessau-Roßlau Free

Dessau-Roßlau

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Dublin Free

Dublin

Free DWG · PDF · Layers
Edinburgh Free

Edinburgh

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Florence Free

Florence

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Freetown Free

Freetown

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Geneva Free

Geneva

Free DWG · PDF · Layers
Glasgow Free

Glasgow

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Helsinki Free

Helsinki

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Hollywood - LA Free

Hollywood - LA

Free DXF · Layers · PDF
Hong Kong Free

Hong Kong

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Istanbul Free

Istanbul

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Jerusalem Free

Jerusalem

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Kathmandu Free

Kathmandu

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Lisbon Free

Lisbon

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Liverpool Free

Liverpool

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Ljubljana Free

Ljubljana

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Madrid Free

Madrid

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Malmö Free

Malmö

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Manila Free

Manila

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Miami Free

Miami

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Moscow Free

Moscow

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Mumbai Free

Mumbai

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New York Free

New York

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Reykjavik Free

Reykjavik

Free PDF · Layers
Riga Free

Riga

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Rome Free

Rome

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San Francisco Free

San Francisco

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São Paulo

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Sarajevo

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Seattle

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Singapore

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Sofia

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Tokyo

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Valencia

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Vancouver

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Venice Free

Venice

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Verona Free

Verona

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Washington D.C. Free

Washington D.C.

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Wolfsburg Free

Wolfsburg

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Zagreb Free

Zagreb

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What do the free plans really cost?
Nothing. No account, no payment details, no subscription. You enter your email address once and can then download every plan on this page, as often as you like.
Which formats do the plans come in?
As vector PDF, DWG and DXF. You open the vector files in AutoCAD, Vectorworks, ArchiCAD, Rhino, QGIS, Illustrator and Affinity Designer and edit every layer on its own — buildings, streets, water and greenery are kept separate.
May I use the free plans in a competition or a thesis?
Yes — that is what they are for: competition entries, term papers, bachelor's, master's and doctoral theses, portfolios, your own designs, internal presentations. Permanently, with no follow-up licence. Paid commissions are not covered: the moment a plan goes into a project you are paid a fee for, you need the same plan from the shop — there the full architecture licence is included in the price. The same applies to print publication and publishing on the web; the extended licence covers those. Full licence terms.
Do I have to credit the source?
If you publish a plan, yes: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). The plan files themselves may not be passed on as a data offering of their own — that is required by the Open Database License the data comes from. Whatever you draw from them is not affected.
What is the difference between a figure-ground plan and a site plan?
A figure-ground plan shows only the building footprints as black shapes on white — the figure-ground reading of a city. A site plan additionally shows streets, water, greenery and plot boundaries. Every plan on this page holds both readings, because the layers are separate and you can switch off whatever you do not need.
My city is not included — what now?
The shop holds plans for well over 250 cities worldwide, from 10 €. See all plans — or write to us if your city is missing; we also create plans on request.
Which scale, which extent?
Every plan covers a section of the city centre and is built to scale, usually 1:5000 to 1:20000 depending on the size of the city. Because it is vector data, you scale it without loss to whatever format your layout needs.

License

What you may do with the free plans

Competition entries, term papers and theses, portfolios, your own designs, internal presentations — permanently and across as many of your own works as you like. Paid commissions are not covered; for those the same plan is in the shop, with the full architecture licence included in the price. Passing the plan files on as a data offering of your own is not allowed either — that is required by the Open Database License the geodata comes from. For print publication and publishing on the web there is the extended licence.

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Attribution when publishing

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

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