100 years of the Bauhaus
Bauhaus

The ideals of the Bauhaus School shaped more than just design and architecture around the world; they also transformed teaching. And while a university in Weimar, the birthplace of the Bauhaus, still follows the founders’ guiding principles, other institutions based on the same spirit have had to close.

There are many myths on the subject of women in the Bauhaus. Author Theresia Enzensberger points out that where women’s equality is concerned, the school might have been progressive – but the inclusive attitude remained incomplete.

Minimalist design, simplicity and efficiency – how the Bauhaus aimed to change the way we live.

We run into the Bauhaus more often than we know – and not just while out shopping for furniture. Some of the design school’s maxims have found their way into everyday speech as well.

100 years of Bauhaus – an excellent reason to celebrate! And a welcome occasion for publishers to present us with new books about the revolutionary arts school. Three titles approach the Bauhaus phenomenon in their own special ways.
 

The Bauhaus art school aimed to promote social and as such affordable living through the artistic avant-garde.  At the core of the movement was the idea that revolutionary design could bring about a new way of life for a society in the midst of an upheaval.

Berlin’s Gropiusstadt is generally seen as the prototypical satellite city. But Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius imagined a very different path for his brainchild.

Arne Winkelmann, an architecture expert based in Frankfurt am Main, would like to see more a more critical approach to the Bauhaus school: an interview.