Bauhaus

[ bou-hous ]

noun

1. a school of design established in Weimar in 1919 by Walter Gropius, moved to Dessau in 1926, and closed in 1933 as a result of Nazi hostility.

adjective

1. of or relating to the concepts, ideas, or styles developed at the Bauhaus, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on functional design in architecture and the applied arts.

Bauhaus

/ ˈbaʊˌhaʊs /

noun

1. 1. a German school of architecture and applied arts founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius on experimental principles of functionalism and truth to materials. After being closed by the Nazis in 1933, its ideas were widely disseminated by its students and staff, including Kandinsky, Klee, Feininger, Moholy-Nagy, and Mies van der Rohe
   2. ( as modifier )

      Bauhaus wallpaper

Bauhaus

1. A German school of applied arts of the early twentieth century. Its aim was to bring people working in architecture, modern technology, and the decorative arts together to learn from one another. The school developed a style that was spare, functional, and geometric. Bauhaus designs for buildings, chairs, teapots, and many other objects are highly prized today, but when the school was active, it was generally unpopular. The Bauhaus was closed by the Nazis , but its members, including Walter Gropius , spread its teachings throughout the world.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bauhaus¹

1920–25; < German, equivalent to Bau- build, building + Haus house

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bauhaus¹

C20: German, literally: building house

Example Sentences

Tom Jacobson’s new plays ‘The Bauhaus Project’ and ‘Crevasse’ are thrilling in the scope of their ambition.

From Los Angeles Times

The Bauhaus Project,” a two-part epic playing in repertory at Atwater Village Theatre, revisits the tumultuous history of the Bauhaus School, which sought to integrate the arts and technical craftsmanship in a modernist utopia.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of them are hard to relate to, except as spectacle, and feel like a cross between the Bauhaus and a fun house.

From New York Times

Anni Albers, arguably the greatest textile artist of them all, worked at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, from 1922 until the Nazis moved the school and then shuttered it in 1933.

From Los Angeles Times

The book then goes on to explore the Cure and their contemporaries — Bauhaus, Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees — before tracing goth’s impact through the modern day’s music, scenes and fashion.

From Salon