Bauhaus

The international style was based on the principles of the Bauhaus architecture that began in 1919 in Germany.

Bauhaus refers to a German school of art, design, and architecture that was spearheaded by Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany, in 1919. The central objective of Bauhaus design was to unify art, craft, and technology, especially the machine, which was considered a positive design element. In 1925, Gropius wrote the influential book on architecture called Internationale Architecktur. In this book,he outlined the stylistic features of Bauhaus architecture which include large, flat-roofed buildings of various heights, horizontal stripes of standardized windows, and a balanced design that is easily understood and which are built with different types of materials like concrete. Structures built in this style champion functionality and lack ornamentation. The Bauhaus experienced various shifts in leadership and locations until 1933 when the Nazis closed its operations. Despite the closure of the school at the time, the ideas of the Bauhaus school continued to influence designers across Western Europe, North America, and Israel.

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