Bauhaus, Dessau

Walter Gropius

Dennis Sharp - Collection Architecture in detail

60 pages, parution le 15/03/2002

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The Dessau Bauhaus encapsulates the ethos of that design school's revolutionary new thinking. It is the model building of a pioneer institution. With its interlocking cubic forms, reinforced concrete frame and curtain walls of glass, it was the first large building to crystallize the Modern Movement's new conception of form and space. Designed by the school's founder, Walter Gropius, it gives vigorous expression to his ideal of a fusion of hand and intellect, with the technical school and library in one block and the workshops in a separate large block with spectacular glazed facades. One of the most famous buildings of the Modern Movement, the Bauhaus in Dessau is distinguished not only by its adventurous use of modern materials but also by its symbolic resonances, joining as it does the worlds of science and craft.

L'auteur - Dennis Sharp

is a distinguished writer and scholar and has his own architectural practice in London. He is currently an RIBA Vice President, a Director of the International Committee of Architectural Critics and Chairman of DOCOMOMO-UK. He has lectured at various institutions including the Architectural Association in London, the Smithsonian Institute in Washington and Columbia University. He writes regularly for Building Design and A+U, was Editor of the AA Quarterly and World Architecture and has written and edited several publications including Twentieth Century Architecture: A Visual History (1990) and The Rationalists: Theory and Design in the Modem Movement (1978).

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Phaidon
Auteur(s)	Dennis Sharp
Collection	Architecture in detail
Parution	15/03/2002
Nb. de pages	60
Format	25 x 25
Couverture	Broché
Poids	375g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780714842172
ISBN13	978-0-7148-4217-2