The Masterhouses in Dessau

Jeg lovede tidligere at vise billeder fra de fantastiske Masterhouses i Dessau. Bauhausskolens leder Walter Gropius tegnede i 1925 tre dobbelthuse til skolens seks afdelingsledere og et separat hus til sig selv. Husene lagde han i en fyrretræsskov – blot 10 minutters gang fra selve skolen.  I 1926 stod husene klar og Gropius, samt de seks afdelingsledere…

The Bauhaus Museum in Dessau

          In 1925, the Bauhaus moved from Weimar to Dessau, where Gropius designed a new building to house the school. This building contained many features that later became hallmarks of modernist architecture, including steel-frame construction, a glass curtain wall, and an asymmetrical, pinwheel plan, throughout which Gropius distributed studio, classroom, and administrative space for maximum…