Bauhaus 1919-1933 : reform and avant-garde

Original edition 2006.

Includes bibliographical references.

Prologue: Three directors -- Walter Gropius and his path to the Bauhaus -- The roots of artistic radicalism -- The Bauhaus manifesto, 1919 -- The preliminary course -- Apprenticeship and diploma -- The workshops -- Form training, craft training -- Masters and young masters -- Women, men, couples -- From Expressionism to Constructivism -- Theories of design -- Ideas for housing construction -- The director's office in Weimar, 1924 -- The Bauhaus building in Dessau, 1925-1926 -- The Masters' houses in Dessau, 1925-1926 -- The housing estate in Dessau-Törten, 1926-1928 -- New residential architecture -- Reform and avant-garde under Gropius -- Hannes Meyer, director, 1928-1930 -- Changes among the masters -- Scientific design -- The goal of standard products -- The Trade Union School in Bernau, 1928-1930 -- Providing for the people, not catering to luxury -- Meyer's dismissal, 1930 -- Mies van der Rohe, director, 1930-1933 -- Political tensions -- New structures -- Architectural training under Mies van der Rohe -- Reform and avant-garde under Mies van der Rohe -- The Nazi campaign against the Bauhaus -- Epilogue : The Bauhaus legend.

Translated from the German.