Bauhaus Dessau building

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Bauhaus architecture architectural complex building modernist building

The Bauhaus Dessau building is an iconic modernist architectural complex in Dessau, Germany, designed by Walter Gropius as the main campus of the Bauhaus school and celebrated for its pioneering functionalist design and glass curtain walls.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Bauhaus Dessau 13
Bauhaus Dessau Foundation 4
Bauhaus Building, Dessau 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bauhaus architecture ⓘ
architectural complex ⓘ
building ⓘ
modernist building ⓘ
architect Walter Gropius ⓘ
architecturalStyle Bauhaus ⓘ
International Style ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
constructionStart 1925 ⓘ
coordinateSystem WGS84 ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
currentUse cultural center ⓘ
museum ⓘ
research institution ⓘ
designer Walter Gropius ⓘ
feature asymmetrical composition ⓘ
flat roof ⓘ
functionalist layout ⓘ
glass curtain wall ⓘ
ribbon windows ⓘ
steel-frame construction ⓘ
formerFunction main campus of the Bauhaus school ⓘ
function art school building ⓘ
educational building ⓘ
hasPart administration wing ⓘ
auditorium ⓘ
bridge building ⓘ
canteen ⓘ
student dormitories ⓘ
studio wing ⓘ
workshop wing ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
inception 1925 ⓘ
locatedIn Dessau ⓘ
Dessau ⓘ
surface form: Dessau-Roßlau

Germany ⓘ
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
material glass ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ
openingDate 1926 ⓘ
owner Bauhaus Dessau building self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
partOf Bauhaus Dessau building self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bauhaus Dessau campus

Bauhaus Dessau building self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau
significance icon of modern architecture ⓘ
key work of Bauhaus movement ⓘ
pioneering example of functionalist design ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1996 ⓘ
usedBy Bauhaus Dessau building self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bauhaus Dessau Foundation

Bauhaus school of design ⓘ
surface form: Bauhaus school

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bauhaus → associatedWithBuilding → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
Bauhaus movement → commemoratedBy → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
Saxony-Anhalt → contains → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau
Hannes Meyer → employer → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau
Herbert Bayer → employer → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau
Marcel Breuer → employer → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau
Bauhaus Weimar → followedBy → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau
City of Dessau-Roßlau → hasCulturalInstitution → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
subject surface form: Dessau-Roßlau
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
City of Dessau-Roßlau → hasHeritageSite → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
subject surface form: Dessau-Roßlau
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau
City of Dessau-Roßlau → hasLandmark → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
subject surface form: Dessau-Roßlau
City of Dessau-Roßlau → hasLandmark → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
subject surface form: Dessau-Roßlau
this entity surface form: Meisterhäuser Dessau
Modern architecture → hasNotableWork → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
Bauhaus movement → hasPart → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau
Saxony-Anhalt → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau (Dessau sites)
City of Dessau-Roßlau → heritageDesignation → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
subject surface form: Dessau-Roßlau
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau)
Universal typeface → inceptionPlace → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau
Bauhaus exhibition designs → locationOfCreation → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau
Walter Gropius → notableWork → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Building, Dessau
Walter Gropius → notableWork → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masters’ Houses, Dessau
Bauhaus Dessau building → owner → Bauhaus Dessau building self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
Bauhaus Dessau building → partOf → Bauhaus Dessau building self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau campus
Bauhaus Dessau building → partOf → Bauhaus Dessau building self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau
Hannes Meyer → taughtAt → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau
Herbert Bayer → taughtAt → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau
Paul Klee → taughtAt → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau
Wassily Kandinsky → taughtAt → Bauhaus Dessau building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau
Bauhaus Dessau building → usedBy → Bauhaus Dessau building self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bauhaus Dessau Foundation