#books #architecture | Bauhaus architecture 1919-1933

Bauhaus architecture 1919-1933 / Hans Engels ; texts by Axel Tilch.
Munich [etc.] : Prestel, [2018].
151 p. : il.
ISBN 9783791384818
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XX – Alemania / Bauhaus / Fotografía de arquitectura / Movimiento moderno (Arquitectura) / Walter Gropius
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72.036(430) BAU
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1104820636

[.en] Now available in an expanded and revised edition, this book contains an outstanding collection of photographs by the renowned architectural photographer Hans Engels and provides a detailed survey of surviving Bauhaus architecture in Europe. Focusing on buildings designed by Bauhaus members from 1919 to 1933, this book features some 65 famous and lesser-known building projects in Germany, Vienna, Barcelona, Prague, and Budapest by architects including Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Arranged chronologically, Bauhaus Architecture offers informative commentary and site plans along with photographs, taken especially for this book. Engels' photographs show many buildings in their newly restored conditions and reflect the full range of Bauhaus architecture, one of the most influential schools of architecture in the twentieth century.

The architectural photographer, Hans Engels, depicts a selection of famous and less famous buildings by architects such as Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The buildings are shown in chronological order, from the formation of the Bauhaus in 1919 through to its closure in 1933, using masterful photographs taken specially for this book. Informative texts by Axel Tilch complement the photos with valuable details about the buildings’ history.