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The Task at Hand: 100 Years of the Adjustable Desk Lamp

A technological breakthrough and a little-acknowledged bellwether of Modernism, the task lamp finally gets its due.

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Year in Review: What Has and Hasn’t Been Said About the Bauhaus at 100

So much has already been made of the so-called Modernist progenitors, but Metropolis editors and contributors produced commentary that sought to fill in—and question—some of the gaps.

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What Does It Mean to Build Bauhaus “On Brand”?

The Bauhaus turned 100 this year, and a crop of museum buildings sprang up for the celebration.

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Henry van de Velde: Designing Modernism Offers a Snapshot of Modern Architecture’s Beginnings

Though still largely unknown, the Belgian-born architect and artist forged ideas and places—including the Bauhaus’s predecessor—that defined 20th-century design.

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Far from Being a Temple to Rationality, the Bauhaus Was a “Cauldron of Perversions”

Architectural historian Beatriz Colomina explores how the Bauhaus harbored deeply transgressive ideas and pedagogies.

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RIBA Exhibition Tells the Oft-Neglected Story of the “British Bauhaus”

Before moving on to America, Walter Gropius, László Moholy-Nagy, and other Bauhaus protagonists spent a productive spell in the U.K.

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Bauhausmädels is a (Mostly) Wholesome Tribute to the Eclipsed Women of the Storied School

Filled to the brim with period photographs, the book depicts several dozen female Bauhäusler in various guises and often playful moods.

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Telling the Forgotten Histories of Bauhaus Women

The Bauhaus was founded on the promise of gender equality, but women Bauhauslers had to fight for recognition. A new book recounts the achievements and talents of 45 Bauhaus women.

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The Bauhaus Comes (Back) to Weimar

The new Bauhaus Museum Weimar—which just opened earlier this month—reveals the school’s forgotten and never-seen-before early history.

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Tour Showcases Newly-Restored Bauhaus Architecture in Dessau

The Dessau-Roßlau municipality rehabbed a slew of school's signature works; the buildings reopen this month and are the subject of a new narrative tour called Originals Retold.

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The Lesser-Known Bauhaus: Craft and Expressionism in Weimar

Before its association with functionalism and the International Style, the Bauhaus glamorized folk culture and occasionally veered into mysticism.

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Black Mountain College, America’s Own Bauhaus

An eye-opening exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art/Boston explores the life and times of Black Mountain College.

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Little-Known Legends From the Bauhaus

A special exhibition at the Bauhaus-Archiv celebrates the museum's newest acquisitions.