Bauhaus

Also known as Staatliches Bauhaus

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UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS: Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Image: 250px
UNESCO World Heritage Site.imagecaption: The Bauhaus building in Dessau was designed by Walter Gropius. It was the longest-serving of the three Bauhaus locations (1925–1932).
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Location: Germany
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria: Cultural: ii, iv, vi
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID: 729
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year: 1996

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: institution
Subclass of: Neues Bauen
Part of: Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau
Award: 8502 Bauhaus
Country: Germany
Located in: Berlin
Founded by: Walter Gropius
Image: Dessau Bauhaus-Gebäude asv2024-06 img1.jpg

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Commons category: Bauhaus
category for alumni of educational institution: Category:Bauhaus alumni
topic's main category: Category:Bauhaus
influenced by: De Stijl
Commons gallery: Bauhaus
archives at: Bauhaus-Archiv
derivative work: mid-century modern
inception: 1919-00-00
date of official opening: 1919-04-00
native label: Hochschule für Bau und Gestaltung
OpenStreetMap tag: building:architecture=bauhaus
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1933-00-00
different from: Bauhaus
replaced by: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
replaces: Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
facet of: functionalism
architectural style: Art Nouveau architecture
described by source: Pax Leksikon
location of formation: Weimar

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Contents

Terms and concepts
Bauhaus and German modernism
Bauhaus and Vkhutemas
History of the Bauhaus
Weimar
Dessau
Berlin
Architectural output
Impact
The White City
Sotsmisto in Zaporizhzhia
Centenary
The New European Bauhaus
Bauhaus staff and students
Gallery
See also
Explanatory footnotes
Citations
General and cited references
Further reading
External links

thumb|The Bauhaus emblem, designed by [[Oskar Schlemmer, was adopted in 1922.]] thumb|Typography by [[Herbert Bayer above the entrance to the workshop block of the Bauhaus Dessau, 2005]]

The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the , 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 function.

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