Original Bauhaus Journals for Free: Gropius, Klee, Kandinsky and More
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#2So good. And just in time for the centenary celebration ;)
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#3I visited the Cité U in Paris recently where different countries have residence housing for students, each respective building designed in a particular architectural style.
Germany's Maison Heinrich Heine, constructed in Bauhaus style [1], didn't particularly impress me. It was dull and rather uninteresting. I had the opposite feeling of what one generally fells in a place like this, surrounded by trees and Greek and Roman-inspired architecture like Fondation Rosa Abreu De Grancher [2].
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#4https://frinkiac.com/caption/S14E18/369077
"Hey, we could go to Walter Gropius's!"
bonus: the exhibitor is at Homer's because the "Take One" sign.
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#5I visited the Cité U in Paris recently where different countries have residence housing for students, each respective building designed in a particular architectural style. Germany's Maison Heinrich Heine, constructed in Bauhaus style [1], didn't particularly impress me. It was dull and rather uninteresting. I had the opposite feeling of what one generally fells in a place like this, surrounded by trees and Greek and…
I think it is a victim of own success. The bauhaus school design has creeped in so many parts of our modern life that the originals no longer seem as interesting. That was a little bit of the vibe I get when I went to the Bauhaus museum in Germany the past summer. It is still beautiful, nevertheless.
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#6I visited the Cité U in Paris recently where different countries have residence housing for students, each respective building designed in a particular architectural style. Germany's Maison Heinrich Heine, constructed in Bauhaus style [1], didn't particularly impress me. It was dull and rather uninteresting. I had the opposite feeling of what one generally fells in a place like this, surrounded by trees and Greek and…
I think it is a victim of own success. The bauhaus school design has creeped in so many parts of our modern life that the originals no longer seem as interesting. That was a little bit of the vibe I get when I went to the Bauhaus museum in Germany the past summer. It is still beautiful, nevertheless.
Try proposing them in the US.
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#7I visited the Cité U in Paris recently where different countries have residence housing for students, each respective building designed in a particular architectural style. Germany's Maison Heinrich Heine, constructed in Bauhaus style [1], didn't particularly impress me. It was dull and rather uninteresting. I had the opposite feeling of what one generally fells in a place like this, surrounded by trees and Greek and…
I think it is a victim of own success. The bauhaus school design has creeped in so many parts of our modern life that the originals no longer seem as interesting. That was a little bit of the vibe I get when I went to the Bauhaus museum in Germany the past summer. It is still beautiful, nevertheless.
Indeed. Bauhaus is the precursor of many modern design schools, like Mid-century Scandinavian.
And modern buildings in this style are a total delight to be in. Functional, simple, bright, cozy and often inexpensive.
But as you say original Bauhaus looks conventional because we judge it by modern standards.
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#8I visited the Cité U in Paris recently where different countries have residence housing for students, each respective building designed in a particular architectural style. Germany's Maison Heinrich Heine, constructed in Bauhaus style [1], didn't particularly impress me. It was dull and rather uninteresting. I had the opposite feeling of what one generally fells in a place like this, surrounded by trees and Greek and…
I think it is a victim of own success. The bauhaus school design has creeped in so many parts of our modern life that the originals no longer seem as interesting. That was a little bit of the vibe I get when I went to the Bauhaus museum in Germany the past summer. It is still beautiful, nevertheless.
I agree with you. I've had experiences where I'll see a building or piece of furniture and ignore it, only to find out that it's not a "modern" or new building, but was designed and built decades earlier than I may have thought - sometimes even a century ago. In context you realize how important they are even if we've grown used to the look and feel.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it is a victim of own success. The bauhaus school design has creeped in so many parts of our modern life that the originals no longer seem as interesting. That was a little bit of the vibe I get when I went to the Bauhaus museum in Germany the past summer. It is still beautiful, nevertheless.
Indeed. Bauhaus is the precursor of many modern design schools, like Mid-century Scandinavian. And modern buildings in this style are a total delight to be in. Functional, simple, bright, cozy and often inexpensive. But as you say original Bauhaus looks conventional because we judge it by modern standards.
Except in US residential construction where it is vanishingly rare.
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#10I visited the Cité U in Paris recently where different countries have residence housing for students, each respective building designed in a particular architectural style. Germany's Maison Heinrich Heine, constructed in Bauhaus style [1], didn't particularly impress me. It was dull and rather uninteresting. I had the opposite feeling of what one generally fells in a place like this, surrounded by trees and Greek and…
In the past I thought the same.
But after visiting the original Bauhaus buildings [1] in Dessau / Germany my mind changed.
There is a beauty in this simple, clear and elegant design especially considering the contrast to typical corny buildings of that time.
https://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/de/architektur/bauhausbauten/m...