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5 + 2 Apr 2012 Bauhaus Building Dessau Location of building: south east Germany Anniversary of the Bauhaus on Sunday, April 1st / Exhibition 'Bauhaus twenty-21: An Ongoing Legacy' on tour Exhibition by Gordon Watkinson ‘Bauhaus twenty-21: An Ongoing Legacy’, a critical and visual exploration of the Bauhaus heritage in the context of contemporary living, architecture and design. Bauhaus Building, Walter Gropius, 1925-26, Dessau, Germany: image © Gordon Watkinson The exhibition has been traveling throughout Europe since its opening at the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt in 2009, commemorating the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus School. It was shown in 8 venues and there are 3 more to come, finishing up the European tour in 2013/2014. Bauhaus Building, Walter Gropius, 1925-26, Dessau, Germany: image © Gordon Watkinson Early next year the exhibition will go on tour in the US: Auburn/AL, Little Rock/AR, Memphis/TN, Bartlesville/OK (in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower!), Moscow/ID, Palm Springs/CA (as part of Modernism Week). Apartment House Weissenhof Estate, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1927, Stuttgart, Germany: image © Gordon Watkinson With the exhibition ‘Bauhaus twenty-21: An Ongoing Legacy’ I wanted to initiate a dialogue between the timeless modernism of Bauhaus architecture and the visions of contemporary practitioners, as well as offer a different perspective on Bauhaus design philosophy as it relates to architecture and its relevance in today’s society - from the use of prefabricated housing techniques to create affordable housing, to early ideas in what is today sustainable and green architecture. Skywood House, Graham Phillips, 2000, Denham, UK: image © Gordon Watkinson The contributors to the project are Michael Siebenbrodt, director of the Bauhaus Museum in Weimar, Falk Jaeger, a noted architecture historian and critic from Berlin, Peter Cachola Schmal, director of the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt, as well as Allmann Sattler Wappner Architects, Rolf Disch, Fink+Jocher, Galli & Rudolf Architects, Ingvartsen Architects, Petzinka Pink Architects, Graham Phillips, RCR Architects, Sauerbruch Hutton, Werner Sobek and Hanno Vogl-Fernheim. Sunday, April 1st marked the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus School in Weimar. 'Bauhaus twenty-21: An Ongoing Legacy' The upcoming dates are the following: Jun 8 - Sep 2, 2012 Yksi Expo, Eindhoven / Holland And in the US starting in January 2013: Jan 24 - May 5, 2013 Jule Collins Museum of Fine Arts, Auburn University / Auburn - Land of the Rural Studio! May 23 - Sep 1, 2013 Arkansas Arts Center / Little Rock, AR Sep 19, 2013 - Jan 5, 2014 Art Museum of the University of Memphis / Memphis, TN - Signature Event for the 60th Anniversary of AIA Memphis and 10th Anniversary of AIA Memphis 'Architecture Month' in September Jan 23 - May 4, 2014 Price Tower Arts Center / Bartlesville, OK - In Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower! Sep 18, 2014 - Jan 4, 2015 Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho / Moscow, ID Jan 22 - May 3, 2015 Palm Springs Art Museum / Palm Springs, CA - As part of Palm Springs Modernism Week Program Kickstarter campaign - launched to support the exhibition and the production of a duplicate set for the US tour: Bauhaus Building Exhibiiton - external link The catalogue is published by Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel. image from Bauhaus Building Competition organisers The Bauhaus Building and the Masters' Houses in Dessau, by architect Walter Gropius, have been listed as UNESCO World Heritage since 1996. The Renovation of the Bauhaus Building and the Masters' Houses in line with monument conservation practice underpins this status. Bauhaus Masterhouses Dessau image from Bauhaus Building Competition organisers Bauhaus Building architect : Walter Gropius

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