Bauhaus–Pioneer of modern architecture
1919, the year in which Walter Gropius established the Bauhaus in Weimar and with it the "Modern School", is regarded
as the birth year of modern architecture. The aim Gropius and the Bauhaus artists had was to create buildings as
"holistic works of art".
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, László Moholy-Nagy and Oskar Schlemmer–all taught at the Bauhaus and shaped the ideas of modern art.
In 1925, the Bauhaus moved to Dessau where the groundbreaking Bauhaus architecture was put into effect in a great variety of buildings. In addition to the Bauhaus building itself, four "Master-Houses", duplexes in which the Bauhaus lecturers lived, were built. They are still regarded as outstanding examples of the Bauhaus Modern School. In 1996, the buildings were defined as part of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage.
In the mid-1990s the Kandinsky-Klee house was in acute need of refurbishment and HOCHTIEF shouldered this responsibility. For us
it was a challenge and at the same time an honor, all the more so since we celebrated our 125th anniversary in 2000, the year in
which this house was opened. The entire anniversary year at HOCHTIEF revolved around modern architecture and arts. Exhibitions such as
"Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee, a master-craftsman friendship in Dessau" or the "Dessau - Chicago - New York" exhibition are only a few
examples of the diversity of HOCHTIEF's activities. We also supported numerous exhibitions and initiatives in connection with Bauhaus
in the following years.
You can find further information on the Master-Houses at www.meisterhaeuser.de and www.bauhaus-online.de.
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