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Bauhaus
/ˈbaʊ.haʊs/
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Definition
A German art and design school (1919–1933) that became one of the most influential institutions in the history of modern architecture and design. The Bauhaus sought to unite fine art, craft, and industrial production under one educational framework. Its pedagogical model — workshop-based, interdisciplinary — is still the basis of most design education today.
Example
The Bauhaus Building in Dessau by Walter Gropius (1926) is the school's most celebrated building — a pinwheel plan with glass-curtain-walled workshops expressing the building's functions from the outside.
Key Figures
- — Walter Gropius — Bauhaus Building Dessau
- — László Moholy-Nagy — New Bauhaus Chicago
- — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe — Bauhaus director 1930–33
