Endless Bauhaus (9): Pier Vittorio

from 14/12/2012
Interview, Video, Architecture

In their video column called Endless Bauhaus, Ilka and Andreas Ruby interview people of contemporary history on the Bauhaus’ current relevance. Is the Bauhaus something that has concluded its history or does it also have a contemporary presence?

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The sublime ship motif in the Kornhaus

from 12/12/2012
Architecture, Dessau, Bauhaus Faces

The maritime quality of the Kornhaus, built in Dessau in 1930 by the architect Carl Fieger, only becomes clear to the viewer at second glance: the stretched length of the architectural body, and the originally light colour of its façade, initially suggest the shape of a ship only distantly.

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Boxes – which one for Breuer?
About Marcel Breuer's "living boxes"

from 2/10/2012
Dessau, Architecture, Design, Bauhaus Faces

Marcel Breuer is today widely knows as the father of the tubular steel. However, he was - like Walter Gropius - a successful architect, too. Nora Sobich writes in her article about Breuer's "living boxes".

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Famous Brno Villas in Villa Tugendhat
Exhibition until 7th October 2012

from 26/9/2012
Architecture, History, Exhibition

An exhibition concerning the unique appearance of modern Brno architecture by means of pictures, photographs, plans, models and the stories of both the architects and the commissioners … 

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Villa Tugendhat as a place of diplomatic decisions

from 26/9/2012
Architecture, History

20 years ago, on 26th August 1992, Václav Klaus and Vladimír Mečiar agreed upon the separation of Czechoslovakia in Mies van der Rohe's Villa Tugendhat in Brno.

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