Title & Author:

Our Bauhaus heritage = Unser Bauhaus Erbe / Sandra Hofmeister (ed./Hg.) ; authors, Aaron Betsky [and 9 others] ; photo essay/Fotoessay, Friederike von Rauch.

Edition:

First edition = Erste Auflage.

Publication:

Munich : Detail Business Information GmbH, [2019]

Description:

127 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
100 years of Bauhaus: what remains? -- DESIGNING LIFE Why we can learn more from the Bauhaus students than from its masters / Philip Ursprung -- THE SOCIAL TURN OF ARCHITECTURE On the idealism of the Bauhaus and its relevance for architecture today / Anna Ramos -- TRIBUTE TO TOMÁS MALDONADO The aporetic aspect of the Bauhaus idea and the late-modern predicament / Kenneth Frampton -- BAUHAUS SHOULD BE OUR HOUSE: TECHNOLOGY BY DESIGN A look at the Bauhaus legacy in the US / Aaron Betsky -- BAUHAUS IN MEXICO Hannes Meyer and the question of a failed utopia / Raquel Franklin -- THE CO-OP PRINCIPLE BY HANNES MEYER Architecture as a collective design process / Hilde Strobl -- PIDGIN BAUHAUS The delirium of white walls and flat roofs / Zvi Efrat -- THE BAUHAUS AND ITS BOOKS Visual identity and media strategies / Hans Ibelings -- MASTERS AND WEAVERS On the role of women in the laboratory of modernism / Sandra Hofmeister -- "VERY FINE PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES"? On the Bauhaus anniversary in the mirror of contemporary architecture and architectural historiography in Germany / Stephan Trüby -- Authors -- Explorations with Friederike von Rauch -- ACADEMY OF ARTS / Friederike von Rauch.
Parallel text in German and English.

Summary:

A milestone Bauhaus birthday offers an excellent opportunity to take a critical look at its legacy in contemporary architecture: What ideals remain from this avant-garde movement? Are any of the Bauhaus principles or methods still relevant today? Throughout the book, 10 international authors explore the question of whether and where Bauhaus has left its mark on contemporary architectural events. Its political legacy of modernity is as much a focus in their essays as the significance of Bauhaus ideals for a commercialised and globalised construction industry. The individual contributions discuss these questions against a backdrop of different cultural perspectives brought to the project by authors from the USA, Mexico, Germany and Spain. A photo essay by the Berlin artist Friederike von Rauch, with photos of the Academy of Arts in Berlin's Hansa Quarter, accompanies the texts. Designed by Werner Düttmann and Sabine Schumann, the Academy is one of the most impressive examples of post-war architecture.

ISBN:

3955534820 (paperback)
9783955534820 (paperback)

Subject:

Bauhaus.
Bauhaus Influence.
Bauhaus History.
Modern movement (Architecture) Germany.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Allemagne.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture, Modern
Modern movement (Architecture)
Germany

Added entries:

Hofmeister, Sandra, 1970- editor.
Rauch, Friederike von, 1967- photographer.
Betsky, Aaron, contributor.

Unser Bauhaus Erbe

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308143
Call No.: BIB 253589
Status: Available