Walter Gropius: Bauhaus Buildings Dessau

Walter Gropius: Bauhaus Buildings DessauThe legendary German architect and Bauhaus founder provides an inside look at the schools Dessau location in this facsimile edition German architect Walter Gropius (18831969) founded the Staatliches Bauhaus art school in 1919 with the goal of combining form and functionality in an innovative approach to modernist design. Though short lived, the institutions contributions to modernist design, ranging from architecture to typography, were hugely

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