Bauhaus-Architektur

The most important buildings of the most influential architecture school of the 20th century captured in stunning photographs. Even 100 years after its founding, the UNESCO World Heritage site Bauhaus has lost none of its allure. The images by architectural photographer Hans Engels present in this volume a selection of famous as well as lesser-known buildings by Bauhaus architects such as Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The buildings are showcased in chronological order from the founding in 1919 to the closure of the Bauhaus in 1933, through masterful photographs created specifically for this volume. Informative texts by Axel Tilch complement the images with valuable insights into the architectural history. The reader is presented with a broad panorama of Bauhaus architecture, which is undoubtedly the most significant school of architecture, design, and art in the 20th century.