Institutions and Organizations

The Bauhaus

BOW-hows

Also Known As Staatliches Bauhaus

Design School

Citation Formats

General Reference

Architecture and Design Atlas. "The Bauhaus." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://architecture.interactiveatlas.org/organizations/bauhaus-school.

APA Style

Architecture and Design Atlas. (n.d.). The Bauhaus. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://architecture.interactiveatlas.org/organizations/bauhaus-school

BibTeX

@misc{architectureanddesignatlas-the-bauhaus,
  author = {Architecture and Design Atlas},
  title = {The Bauhaus},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://architecture.interactiveatlas.org/organizations/bauhaus-school},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The German school of design founded by Walter Gropius at Weimar in 1919, moved to Dessau in 1925 into the glass-walled building Gropius designed for it, and closed under Nazi pressure in Berlin in 1933. In fourteen years it fused craft workshops, industrial method and modern art teaching into the most influential design curriculum of the twentieth century, and its emigrating teachers carried it worldwide.

Facts

Organization Type

Design school 1

Founded Year

1919 1

Headquarters

Weimar, then Dessau, then Berlin, Germany 1

Cross-Tradition Connections