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Bauhaus 100

Bauhaus building in Dessau (square) Photo (detail): commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lelikro

To commemorate the global influence of the Bauhaus school of design, architecture, and applied arts, and to mark its 100th anniversary, we are collaborating with our Australian partners to present exhibitions, show films, bring together international artists and discuss the school’s significance with leading researchers.

List of Bauhaus events in Australia 2019

Read about the background of this year’s Bauhaus 100 celebrations in our Kultur Magazine.
 

Rose Seidler House in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga © Justin Mackintosh

Bauhaus 100
 Bauhaus in Australia: A migrant story

The development of the Bauhaus movement in Australia was closely linked to European migration, especially during and after World War Two. Foreign educators and architects played key roles, meaning various Bauhaus methods can still be seen in art and industrial design schools today. 
 
Harry Seidler with Walter & Ise Gropius in front of Seidler's design Julian Rose House, May 1954 | Photo by Max Dupain, first printed by Jill White 2003 © State Library NSW

Bauhaus 100
 Walter Gropius’ Bauhaus principles: In his own words

In 1954, renowned Sydney architect Harry Seidler invited the Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius to Australia. During his visit, Gropius delivered a speech to the national broadcaster, ABC, as guest of honour.
New instruction based on old guidelines: At the Bauhaus University Weimar, the curriculum is still adheres to Bauhaus teaching principles. Photo (detail): © picture alliance / dpa / Jens Wolf

Bauhaus at Universities
 A global legacy

The ideals of the Bauhaus School shaped more than just design and architecture around the world; they also transformed teaching. And while a university in Weimar, the birthplace of the Bauhaus, still follows the founders’ guiding principles, other institutions based on the same spirit have had to close.
Woman sitting in Marcel Breuer tubular steel chair, 1926. Photo (detail): © Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin/Dr. Stephan Consemüller

The Bauhaus
 Designing life

The Bauhaus art school aimed to promote social and as such affordable living through the artistic avant-garde.  At the core of the movement was the idea that revolutionary design could bring about a new way of life for a society in the midst of an upheaval.

Recommended Links

ABC coverage
The Bauhaus - a school, a movement, an idea
www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-history-listen/bauhaus/10931052

How Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack brought Bauhaus to Australia
www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-art-show/ludwig-hirschfeld-mack/10963924

Bauhaus Foundation director Claudia Perren speaks about the 100th anniversary of the movement
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/100-years-of-bauhaus/11566618
 
SBS German radio (in German only)
Bauhaus 100
www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/german/en/audiotrack/bauhaus-100 

Bauhaus – More than Architecture
www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/german/en/audiotrack/bauhaus-more-architecture
 

International press

How Bauhaus Redefined What Design Could Do for Society (New York Times)
www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/t-magazine/bauhaus-school-architecture-history.html

Bauhaus at 100: its legacy in five key designs (The Guardian)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/jan/21/bauhaus-at-100-its-legacy-in-five-key-designs

Bauhaus at 100: what it means to me by Norman Forster, etc. (The Guardian)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jan/20/bauhaus-at-100-what-it-means-to-me-by-norman-foster-margaret-howell-and-others

Bauhaus (Deutsche Welle)
www.dw.com/en/bauhaus/t-19016310


Other Links

Deutschland Bauhaus 100
www.bauhaus100.com

Bauhaus Imaginista
www.bauhaus-imaginista.org/

Group photo of Bauhaus masters in Dessau (1926): f. l. t. r: Josef Albers, Hinnerk Scheper, Georg Muche, László Moholy-Nagy, Herbert Bayer, Joost Schmidt, Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Gunta Stölzl und Oskar Schlemmer. Photo (detail): © picture alliance akg images

Celebrating 100 years of Bauhaus
Eight things you should know about the Bauhaus

Minimalist design, simplicity and efficiency – how the Bauhaus aimed to change the way we live.
Form follows function: Some of the Bauhaus’ maxims have found their way into everyday speech as well. Photo: © Tobias Schrank

Celebrating 100 years of Bauhaus
In a nutshell: six sentences that encapsulate the Bauhaus

We run into the Bauhaus more often than we know – and not just while out shopping for furniture. Some of the design school’s maxims have found their way into everyday speech as well.
The precursor to all satellite towns: Gropiusstadt Photo (detail): © picture alliance/Bildagentur-online/Schöning

Bauhaus
 From a model of urban development to a ghettoized estate and back again

Berlin’s Gropiusstadt is generally seen as the prototypical satellite city. But Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius imagined a very different path for his brainchild.
Visitor to the Bauhaus Museum in Tel Aviv, Israel. Photo (detail): © picture-alliance/dpa/Sara Lemel

Bauhaus centenary hype
 “The Bauhaus should be understood, not just indiscriminately celebrated.”

Arne Winkelmann, an architecture expert based in Frankfurt am Main, would like to see more a more critical approach to the Bauhaus school: an interview. 
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