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In the Wake of the Bauhaus

By Nicole Au Following the dismissal of Hannes Meyer in 1930, the appointment of leading avant-garde architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as the third and final director of the school marked the final stage of the Bauhaus movement. During his brief time as director, Mies van der Rohe discontinued the school’s manufacture of goods, […]

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The Bauhaus in Bloom

By Kenny Lau If you’re interested in art or architecture, then you’ve probably heard of the fabled Bauhaus movement. From unifying creativity and technicality to inducing a new direction in design, the influence of the Bauhaus is undisputed. As art critic Wolf van Eckhart put it, “it helped to invent modern architecture; it altered the […]