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Faguswerk. Factory for the production of shoe lasts; main wing with workrooms. Cantilevered skeleton structure. Designed by Gropius with Adolf Meyer. 1911.
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The “experimental house.” View from the street “am Horn.” The walls were made of “Jurko” plates and were stuccoed. Designed by Georg Muche. Technical execution by Adolf Meyer together with Gropius’ architectural studio. 1923.
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Municipal theater. Main entrance. Alteration of an existing building. In view of the financial difficulties which handicapped some important building projects during the period of inflation, every project offering a chance to demonstrate the attitude of the new architecture became significant. In this case, the clarity of the design with planes, spatial concept, and precise arrangement of cubes were the chief concern. Designed by Gropius and Meyer. 1923.
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Gropius’s architectural office. View from the garden (west).
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Bauhaus building. Northwest corner of the workshop wing, bridge, and entrance to the technical school section.
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Bauhaus building. Studio and dormitory building for the students (in remembrance of the Weimar studio house also named “Prelierhaus�).
Bauhaus building. View from the southeast. Photograph taken around 1928.
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“Masters’ houses.” Duplexes, seen from the northwest (street elevation). Designed by Walter Gropius. 1926.
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Balconey apartment houses in Dessau-Torten. North elevation with stair towers and balconies. Designed by Hannes Meyer. 1930.
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Bauer House. South and east elev Designed by Alred Arndt. 1927–19
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Residence of Dr. Karl Nolden. Economy was highly valued. Local circumstances had to be taken into consideration. The plans for this house were designed and worked out by the student Hans Volger under the guidance of Hans Wittwer. 1928.
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Apartment house (street elevation) in the “Weissenhof” housing settlement. Designed by Mies van der Rohe. 1927.
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Union School of the General Federation of German Trade Unions dormitory wing. Designed by Hannes Meyer. 1927.
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Youth home “Settlement.� View from the northeast. Shelter for homeless young people. Unified conception, including all details of interior furnishings. Designed by Anton Brenner. 1929-1930.
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Dessau-Torten housing development. Building of the cooperative store (1928) and row-houses (type 1927). Designed by Walter Gropius.
Dessau-Torten housing development. Houses of the 1927 construction stage. Designed by Walter Gropius.
“Masters’ houses.” View of a duplex from the east. The terraces and balconies were so designed as to permit direct access to the outdoors from nearly all rooms.
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“Masters’ houses.” View of a duplex as seen from the garden (south). Terraces and balconies on all floors. The balconies were formed by cantilevering the ceiling slabs.
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Bauhaus building. Studio building and single-story connecting wing to the workshop building.
Bauhaus building. Main entrance and side elevation of the workshop wing.
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The workshop wing of the Bauhaus building in 1926.
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Gropius’s architectural office. View from the garden (south).
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Auerbach House. Determinant factors were living requirements (desire for adequate light and a clear spatial arrangement) and economic considerations. Designed by Gropius and Meyer. 1924.
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Des Dessau Bauhaus building. Bird’s-eye view. Designed by Walter Gropius. 1926.
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