What was the type of architecture during the weimar period? by Brian
The Bauhaus school for architecture
In 1919 Walter Gropius, a leading architect, founded the Bauhaus school for Architecture. At the school Gropius taught that art should work with the new technology and placed emphasis on buildings having functionality. The design field in the weimar republic changed, becoming Bauhaus-style designs which were distinctive with modern design
portrait of walter gropius
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture.
interior design of a home during weimar period
Has a Bauhaus interior design of a home, which were more distinctive, and synonymous with modern design
Monument to the March Dead by Walter Gropius
Between 1920 and 1922 a monument in honour of the workers who were killed in the wake of the Kapp Putsch was erected in the Weimar central cemetery. The memorial built according to plans submitted to a competition by the architectural office of Walter Gropius
Bauhaus style building
A bauhaus style building in Chemitz
A highrise of the German Borsig company
Made in the spirit of brick expressionism by Eugen Schmohl (1922-1924). Has Bauhaus-style designs which are distinctive and synonymous with modern design
Typography, theo van doesburg (1923)
During the weimar period, many designers turned their energy to typography.
