Bauhaus

Staatliches Bauhaus or as it is more commonly known Bauhaus (translating to ‘School of Building’) was an art school in Germany which operated between 1919 and 1933. The Bauhaus school was founded by Walter Gropius, a German architect who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture in 1919 and is most famous for its approach to the teachings and exposure of design focusing on the crafts and fine arts.

Bauhaus is a very unique style of design and focuses massively on cubic/ right angle style shapes with smooth facades straying away from an overly decorated style of design. The key to Bauhaus was to turn toward rational, functional and sometimes standardized buildings or design.

In 1930 Mies van der Rohe took over the school of Bauhaus and transformed it into a private school allowing none of Hannes Mayers (The schools previous second director) supporters to attend. Unfortunately in 1933 the Bauhaus school was closed down by its own leadership after extreme pressure from the Nazi regime.

However although the Bauhaus school of art and design closed down in 1933, the movement still lives on and is still widely regarded as one of the most influential post-modern movements. Even nowadays it is still widely used with people such as Steve jobs saying Bauhaus is a huge inspiration to him and his designs.