TheBauhaus (German for 'building house') was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts. The school became famous for its approach to design, which attempted to unify individual artistic vision with the principles of mass production and emphasis on practicality. The Bauhaus initiated the conceptual understanding of architecture and design
Portrait of Walter Gropius
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German-born American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture.
Skat Players
The Skat Players, by Otto Dix,oil-and-collage-on-canvas painting executed in 1920. It depicts disabled veterans of the First World War playing a card game.
Upper Silesia Water Tower
Water Tower in Poznan by Hanz Poelzig
Chilehaus (1924, Hamburg)
The Chilehaus is a ten-story office building in Hamburg, Germany. It is an exceptional example of the 1920s Brick Expressionism style of architecture. This large angular building is located on a site of the Fischertwiete Street in Hamburg. It was designed by the German architect Fritz Höger and finished in 1924.
Einstein Tower
The Einstein Tower is an astrophysical observatorybuilt by architect Erich Mendelsohn. It was built on the summit of the Potsdam in Germany to house a solar telescope designed by the astronomerErwin Finlay-Freundlich. The telescope supports experiments and observations to validate (or disprove) Albert Einstein's relativity theory. The building was built from 1919 to 1921.
Fagus Factory, Alfeld, Germany
The Fagus Factory (German: Fagus Fabrik), a shoe last factory is an important example of early modern architecture. Commissioned by owner Carl Benscheidt who wanted a radical structure to express the company's break from the past, the factory was designed by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer. It was constructed between 1911 and 1913, with additions and interiors completed in 1925.
The Great Theater
The Großes Schauspielhaus (Great Theater) was a large theatre in central Berlin, Germany. Often described as an example of expressionist architecture, it was designed by Hans Poelzig for theatre impresario Max Reinhardt.
Glass Pavilion
The Glass Pavilion, designed by Bruno Taut and built in 1914, was a prismaticglassdome structure and was a brightly colored landmark of the town, constructed using concrete and glass. The dome had a double glass outer layer with colored glass prisms on the inside and reflective glass on the outside.
Adolf Meyer
Adolf Meyer was a German architect, a student and employee of both Bruno Paul and Peter Behrens. Meyer became the office boss of the firm of Walter Gropius around 1915 and a full partner afterwards. In 1919, Gropius appointed Meyer as a master at the Bauhaus, where he taught work drawing and construction technique. Between 1920 and 1921, Gropius and Meyer worked together to create the architectural design for the Sommerfeld House.
