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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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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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Staab Architekten Takes Design History Into Its (Able) Hands

The extension to the Gropius Bauhaus Archive will raise this contextually sensitive firm's international profile—a recognition a long time coming.