Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, Dessau, 1925-26. Interior view. Photo: Stefano Barattini

Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, Dessau, 1925-26. Exterior view. Photo: Stefano Barattini

Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, Dessau, 1925-26. Exterior view. Photo: Stefano Barattini

Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, Dessau, 1925-26. Exterior view. Photo: Stefano Barattini

Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, Dessau, 1925-26. Exterior view. Photo: Stefano Barattini

Walter Gropius, row houses project, 1927. In Domus n. 464, July 1968

Walter Gropius, axonometric view of  Bauhaus teachers’ houses, Dessau, 1927. In Domus n. 671, April 1986

Walter Gropius, model for “Totaltheater”, 1927. In Domus n. 464, July 1968

Oskar Schlemmer, curtain model for the Triadic Ballet, 1926 In Domus n. 464, July 1968

Oskar Schlemmer, Teatro bauhaus, 1927. Erich Consemüller. © Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau

Oskar Schlemmer, Teatro bauhaus, 1927. Erich Consemüller. © Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau

Elisabeth (Lis) Volger (née Beyer, married with Hans Volger), on a chair by Marcel Breuer, wearing a mask by Oskar Schlemmer and dresses with fabric designed by herself. Photo  Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin.

Marcel Breuer, “Cesca” chair , based on Bauhaus research principles, produced by Thonet from 1928. In Domus n. 697, September 1988

Marcel Breuer, Cantilever chair (1928), based on Bauhaus research principles, produced by Thonet from 1929. In Domus n. 697, September 1988

Marcel Breuer at Bauhaus, mid-1920s. In Domus n. 697, settembre 1988

Bauhaus lamps, 1924-1928. In Domus n. 464, July 1968

Herbert Bayer, “universal-type” bold typeface, 1925. In Domus n. 464, July 1968

Kandinsky course at Bauhaus Dessau: Vassily Kandinsky sitting in the centre of his students, 1931 Unknown photographer Photo credit: Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin.

Image from “Our Bauhaus. Memories of Bauhaus people”, Magdalena Droste and Boris Friedewald eds., Prestel. Photo Sandor Bartnyik, courtesy Sammlung Freese, Frankfurt.

Image from “Our Bauhaus. Memories of Bauhaus people”, Magdalena Droste and Boris Friedewald eds., Prestel. Photo courtesy Sammlung Freese, Frankfurt.