Bauhaus

The Bauhaus school was formed in Weimar in 1919 and later moved to Dessau. Its revolutionary principles were vital to the development of modern architecture in the 20th century.
The inheritance includes, of course, the school building, but also the remaining teachers houses. The teachers called themselves master instead of professor. Renowned inhabitants included Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger, Georg Muche, Laszlo Moholy, Johannes Itten and Oskar Schlemmer.
The masters houses were semi-detached. Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky were once roof mates and expressed their creativity to their hearts desire. The architectural firm of Gropius designed the houses, so Gropius was on his own a two-earner household. The houses were delivered in 1926 when the first inhabitants hauled their belongings inside. Many of the things adorning the interior were designed by the Bauhaus and manufactured in their own workshops. Three of the four houses survived the Second World War; though the detached house of Gropius himself did not make it. After a period of some agony under the East German regime, the houses have now been completely restored and opened to the public.
Officially designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Site, this site is to be safeguarded for the future as a testimony to its enduring past.
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[Amenizate]

That is not the building of the Bauhaus done by Gropius. Which one is it?

[stockshot]

They are the master's houses, built by Gropius' firm.

Thanks for your comment, I adapted the text.

[raketentim]

they are also in dessau - about 500m near the bauhaus. here lived the bauhaus meisters. (klee, kandinsky, feininger, gropius, schlemmer, muche, moholy-nagy)the house of bauhaus founder w. gropius was destroeyed during the war.

[udoUpo]

Simply genius...makes you want to touch it...to be part of it, Beautiful

[bnel890]

the bauhaus doesnt exist anymore :( dont mislead everyone

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@coltsuperocean10

ah, i think you should learn the true meaning of "education", then perhaps you wouldn't be so keen to be considered "educated". i have learnt a lot throughout life, but i'm proud to say that i'm uneducatable.

[coltsuperocean10]

@MustNotRead Perhaps you should read to educate yourself. Have you no soul? You really have no taste.

[MustNotRead]

horrible prefabricated shoe boxes with no soul, designed for animals, not humans.

[tihodd]

It`s amazing and so beautyful !!!

[liamstalks]

thank you very much for this footage. they are beautiful! if i am correct they were designed by marcel breuer under the watchful eye of walter gropius