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1 Hannes Meyer: balcony
apartment ouses (north elevation with stair towers and balconies) in Dessau-Torten. 1930.
2 Gropius: “Masters’ houses:”
duplexes, seen from the northwest (street elevation). 1926.
3 Gropius: Bauhaus building.
Northwest corner of the workshop wing, bridge, and entrance to the technical school section.
4 Gropius: Bauhaus building.
Studio and dormitory building for the students (in remembrance of the Weimar studio house also named “Prelierhaus”).
5 Gropius and Meyer: Municipal
theater in Jena. Main entrance. Alteration of an existing building. 1923. In view of the financial difficulties which handicapped some important building projects during the period of inflation, every project that offered a chance to demonstrate the attitude of the new architecture became significant. In this case, the clarity of the design with planes, the spatial concept, and the precise arrangement of cubes were the chief concern.
6 Gropius and Meyer: Auerbach
House in Jena, 1924. Determinant factors were living requirements (desire for adequate light and a clear spatial arrangement) and economic considerations.
7 Gropius: “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.
8 Gropius: Dessau-Torten
housing development, houses of the 1927construction stage.
9 Mies van der Rohe: apartment
house (street elevation) in the “Weissenhof” housing settlement in Stuttgart. 1927.
10 Gropius’s architectural office:
view from the garden (west).
11 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.
12 Gropius: Bauhaus building.
Bird’s-eye view. 1926.
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Gropius: Bauhaus 13 building. Main entrance and side elevation of the workshop wing. Gropius’s architectural office: view 14 from the garden (south). Architecture department of the 15 Bauhaus: residence of Dr. Karl Nolden in Mayen (Eifel). 1928. The plans for this house were designed and worked out by the student Hans Volger under the guidance of Hans Wittwer. Local circumstances had to be taken into consideration. Economy was highly valued. The workshop wing of the Bauhaus 16 building in 1926. Anton Brenner: youth home 17 “Settlement,” Vienna. View from the northeast. 1929-1930. Shelter for homeless young people, Unified conception, including all details of interior furnishings. Georg Muche (design) and Adolf 18 Meyer together with Gropius’ architecturalstudio (technical execution): the “experimental house” in Weimar, view from the street “am Horn.” The walls were made of “Jurko” plates and were stuccoed. Hannes Meyer: Union School of 19 the General Federation of German Trade Unions: dormitory wing. Gropius: Bauhaus building. View 20 from the southeast. Photograph taken around 1928. Walter Gropius (with 21 Adolf Meyer): Faguswerk in Alfeld-on-the-leine. 1911. Factory for the production of shoe lasts; main wing with workrooms. Cantilevered skeleton structure. Gropius: Bauhaus building. 22 Gropius: Dessau-Torten 23 housing development, building of the cooperative store (1928) and row-houses (type 1927). Gropius: Bauhaus building. Main 24 entrance and side elevation of the workshop wing. Studio building and single-story connecting wing to the workshop building.
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