Dessau Aid Bauhaus

Bauhaus, Dessau is part of Phaidon's Architecture in Detail series, an award-winning collection of books designed for an audience of students and professionals. Each volume focuses on a single celebrated building, and the series covers a wide range of periods and building types, from houses to public buildings, from the majesty of St. Paul's Cathedral to the intimacy of contemporary homes in California. Each building has been selected for its exceptional character, innovative design, or technical virtuosity. Each volume contains a detailed introductory essay and over one hundred photographs and line drawings. They include specially commissioned photography, technical drawings, and working details of each building.

Bauhaus, Dessau illustrates the Dessau Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany, a building which encapsulates the ethos of the Bauhaus School's revolutionary new thinking. With its interlocking cubic forms, reinforced concrete frame, and glass curtain walls, it was the first large building to crystallize the Modern Movement's conception of form and space.