> Which 20th century architectural movement had a name that translates to, "houseof construction?"And the answer: Bauhaus. The Bauhaus Logo (1922)Operating between 1919 and 1933, Bauhaus was a Germanschool of design, architecture, and applied arts. Courses were typically taughtby two people: an artist who emphasized theory, and a craftsman who emphasizedtechnical processes. Famous teachers included Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Breuer,and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.The Bauhaus movement drew heavily from preceding architectural and artisticpractices to create an entirely new trend of design. As the world began tomodernize, the once prevalent 19th and 20th century schools of thought such asthe Arts and Crafts movement and Art Nouveau began to fall torapidly-approaching, 21st century anxieties. The soullessness of modernmanufacturing and the neglect of artwork in daily life led artists to questiontheir practice, their purpose of creating art in a world ridden with the plaguesof war and the instability of change. It wasn't until 1919 that artist WalterGropius opened the door to a new way to create. His practice, soon to becomeBauhaus Institute for Design, consequently ended up as the most influentialmodernist art school of the 20th century. The Bauhaus movement had profound, universal effects on the world of design andarchitecture. As it sought to reunite the practical and the aesthetic, artistsbegan producing practical works with the soul of artworks. Defined as a utopiancraft guild combining industrial design, architecture, sculpture and paintinginto a single creative expression, the school provided an original andinfluential curriculum that consisted of practical skills, crafts, techniquesand theoretical knowledge for artists and designers, becoming highly influentialfor the approaches to education in the arts. Today, Bauhaus styles havecontributed to mid-century modern architecture and created trends that are stillin use today. Check out some of Bauhaus' most famous designs below. Barcelona Chair by Mies van der Rohe and Lilly ReichDoor Knob by Walter GropiusNesting Tables by Josef AlbersBrno Chair by Mies van der RoheWassily Chair byMarcel Breuer