bauhaus-archiv berlin
1919 | 1933

Compact reference work on the Bauhaus: from its foundation in 1919 by Walter Gropius to its closure by the National Socialists in 1933. Collects over 250 photographs, writings, studies, sketches, plans and models from all phases of the influential school of art, design and architecture.

The book takes readers through the stages in Weimar, Dessau and Berlin and shows how teaching, design and everyday life developed at the Bauhaus. The focus is not only on well-known names such as Josef Albers, Marianne Brandt, Paul Klee, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich, but also on the Bauhaus as a model of art education that aimed to create functional and aesthetic design for everyday life - from furniture and textiles to the stage.

Well-structured texts classify the developments. A handy book for anyone interested in the design and architecture of modernism and who wants to understand the Bauhaus both visually and in terms of content. Produced in collaboration with the Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung in Berlin, which is one of the world's most important collections on Bauhaus history.