Monday, 27 October 2014

Bauhaus 1919-1933: Weimar-Dessau-Berlin

A long but engaging read. I found it interesting to compare this to last weeks video and the comparisons made within it. The Bahaus movement was started by a man called Walter Gropius. Starting when the architecture was trying to be linked with fine art, one of the first times this had been done.
The sky scrapers created created by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1920-21 are not far off from buildings we see today built in cities. These proposed ideas were almost looking into the future, although not actually built, they now reflect the ideas architects are currently building work like this today. In the 1920’s this was such a huge step for architecture, people like Gropius had completely broken the mould of classic architecture and it was now moving into the modern movement.

From reading the following text it allowed me to have a greater understanding in the lecture, following the Bahaus movement through time and learning about the different architects who pushed this movement forward.


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