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An Illustrated Biography

A stunning visual biography of the life of Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and one of the world's most influential architects. This illustrated biography tells the story of Gropius's life, beginning with his shattering experiences in World War One, his turbulent marriage to the notorious Alma Mahler, the establishment of the Bauhaus, and the tragic death of their daughter Manon.

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A stunning life of Walter Gropius

Founder of the Bauhaus

This is the first comprehensive illustrated biography of one of Modern architecture's most important figures. Features more than 375 illustrations including letters, telegrams, sketches, drawings, photographs, posters, brochures, and other ephemera. The authors present the life of Walter Gropius as not just a key figure of 20th-century architecture.

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Architecture in the 20th Century

100 years of architecture’s finest, gathering large-format photos, drawings, and floor plans alongside a chronological overview to take you to the heart of the…
80,00 €

Barcelona Pavillon / Haus Tugendhat

Jewels of architecture: The masterpieces of Mies van der Rohe in brilliant photos.
35,00 €

Bauhaus - A photographic journey

The Bauhaus movement, founded in Weimar in 1919, influenced the development of modern architecture far beyond the borders of Germany.
46,00 €

Bauhaus - Designs of the Time

The most famous art school of modernity
15,00 €

Bauhaus Dessau Architecture

Art and Technology - A new Unity
35,00 €

Bauhaus Journal 1926-1931

100 years after the founding of the Bauhaus, the journal bauhaus is an important written testimony to this icon of modernity.
70,00 €

Bauhausmädels - A Tribute to Pioneering Women Artists

Pioneers of Modernity. A tribute to the Bauhaus women artists.
30,00 €

Form and Light - From Bauhaus to Tel Aviv

The fragment - an essential part of the structure which carries within it the genetic code of the whole, is in the core of this visual inquiry depicting Tel Av…
50,00 €

Futura. The Typeface

Futura. The typeface is a cultural and aesthetic journey back in time to the future and opens up a new perspective on Classical Modernism.
50,00 €

Around the world with the Bauhaus

Follow in the steps of famous Bauhäusler
16,00 €

What is the Bauhaus?

Children discover the Bauhaus Dessau
16,00 €

Who lives in white cubes?

How the Bauhaus masters lived in Dessau
16,00 €
Lars Müller Publishers

Bauhausbücher in Slipcase

Between 1925 and 1930, the Bauhaus, a legendary school of design, published a series of 14 books written by teachers and friends of the school. These books addressed the core ideas of the Bauhaus in art, design, and architecture. Considered groundbreaking, these publications reflect the revolutionary concepts that made the Bauhaus famous worldwide.

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THE SCHOOL OF MODERNISM

Discover the Bauhaus

No art movement has impacted the world of products quite like the Bauhaus. Founded in 1919 by the architect Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany, the school’s original manifesto proposed a union of art, architecture and design via a curriculum that would “create a new guild of craftsmen, without the class distinctions that raise an arrogant barrier between craftsman and artist.”

Art and Technology - A new Unity

Discover the Bauhaus

Modern design is all about simplicity and functionality and can be found in many products we're using on a daily basis. Learn how the Bauhaus influenced design history with its emphasis on theory and practice as taught by the masters.


Anni & Josef Albers

A spectacular and unprecedented visual biography of the leading pioneers and protagonists of modern art and design
120,00 €

Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Houses

The most complete in-depth survey of global Mid-Century Modern homes ever published – more than 400 stunning homes from 40 countries, designed by more than 290…
65,00 €

Breuer's Bohemia

Breuer’s Bohemia explores a vibrant period of midcentury modern design and culture as seen through the influential New England houses
60,00 €

Ezra Stoller

A captivating history of 20th-century Modern American architecture, as seen through the eyes of a legendary photographer.
125,00 €

Modern Architecture Since 1900

Since its first publication in 1982, Modern Architecture Since 1900 has become established as a contemporary classic.
60,00 €

Walter Gropius - An Illustrated Biography

A stunning visual biography of the life of Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and one of the world's most influential architects
125,00 €

New Bauhaus Chicago - Experiment Photography

To mark the start of the great Bauhaus anniversary in 2019, the Bauhaus Archiv presenting its collection of “New Bauhaus Photography”.
39,90 €

Oskar Schlemmer - Visions of a New World

Oskar Schlemmer (1888–1943) was one of the most versatile all-rounders of the last century.
32,00 €

Paul Klee - Landscapes

This bibliophile volume accompanies the reader on a sensuous journey through Paul Klee's imaginary landscapes.
25,00 €

The Whole World a Bauhaus

How did the Bauhaus succeed in becoming the epitome of social, creative and didactic radical renewal?
19,90 €

100 years of bauhaus

The definitive reference work in a revised and updated edition
60,00 €

State Bauhaus in Weimar 1919-1923

In 1919, the state art school in Weimar was reopened under the direction of Walter Gropius, with a radical new teaching approach and under the new name Bauhaus.
70,00 €
Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin

100 years of bauhaus

This book is made in collaboration with the Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung in Berlin, the world’s largest collection on the history of the Bauhaus. Some 550 illustrations including architectural plans, studies, photographs, sketches, and models record not only the realized works but also the leading principles and personalities of this idealistic creative community through its three successive locations in Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin. 

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Braun: Designed to Keep

The definitive history of Braun – the pioneering German electronics brand that changed the face of modern design
69,95 €

Gerrit Rietveld

The richly illustrated and accessible monograph on the Dutch designer and world-renowned architect
40,00 €

The Edith Farnsworth House: Architecture, Preservation, Culture

This volume tells the story of the architectural masterpiece, the Edith Farnsworth House, designed by Mies van der Rohe, from its creation to its current manag…
65,00 €

The Book of Colour Concepts

"The Book of Colour Concepts" is a visually stunning and intellectually enriching exploration of color's history, spanning from the 17th century to the digital…
150,00 €

Bauhaus and National Socialism

"Bauhaus and National Socialism" explores how Bauhaus artists navigated the complexities of the National Socialist regime, revealing their diverse responses an…
50,00 €

Form and Light - From Bauhaus to Tel Aviv

The fragment - an essential part of the structure which carries within it the genetic code of the whole, is in the core of this visual inquiry depicting Tel Av…
50,00 €

Bauhaus Buildings Dessau

Bauhaus Edition 12
50,00 €

Bauhausbücher 6

Principles of Neo-Plastic Art - Theo van Doesburg
30,00 €

Cubism

Bauhaus Edition 13
40,00 €

Marcel Breuer - Building Global Institutions

Building Global Institutions is a collection of essays by a group of scholars, which examine Breuer’s approach and way of working.
35,00 €

Bauhaus Dessau

Architecture - Design - Idea
25,00 €

House Auerbach by Walter Gropius with Adolf Meyer

This book recounts the moving story of the Auerbachs, a married Jewish couple who helped to shape Jena’s social life at the turn of the century.
39,90 €
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Books & Medias

Both an institution and a design philosophy, Bauhaus has been one of the greatest influences in modern design. Learn how the Bauhaus Movement influenced design history with its emphasis on theory and practice as taught by the masters.

Bauhaus Books & Media

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Hirmer Publisher

The Whole World a Bauhaus

How did the Bauhaus succeed in becoming the epitome of social, creative and didactic radical renewal?
7-10 Days
19,90 €
Taschen Publisher

100 years of bauhaus

The definitive reference work in a revised and updated edition
7-10 Days
60,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

State Bauhaus in Weimar 1919-1923

In 1919, the state art school in Weimar was reopened under the direction of Walter Gropius, with a radical new teaching approach and under the new name Bauhaus.
7-10 Days
70,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 1

International Architecture - Walter Gropius
7-10 Days
40,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 2

Pedagogical Sketchbook - Paul Klee
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30,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 3

A Bauhaus Experimental House - Adolf Meyer
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35,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 4

The Theater of the Bauhaus - Oskar Schlemmer
7-10 Days
35,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 5

New Design - Neoplasticism, Nieuwe Beelding - Piet Mondrian
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30,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 6

Principles of Neo-Plastic Art - Theo van Doesburg
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30,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 7

New Works from the Bauhaus Workshops - Walter Gropius
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40,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 8

Painting, Photography, Film - László Moholy-Nagy
7-10 Days
40,00 €
Taschen Publisher

Architecture in the 20th Century

100 years of architecture’s finest, gathering large-format photos, drawings, and floor plans alongside a chronological overview to take you to the heart of the…
7-10 Days
80,00 €
Kettler Publisher

Moholy-Nagy and the New Typography

This comprehensive publication combines for the first time Moholy-Nagy's recently rediscovered exhibition panels in the Berlin Art Library.
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65,00 €
Constantin Film

Bauhaus - A New Era

The series is an excellent insight into the Weimar period of the Bauhaus.
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19,90 €
Hirmer Publisher

New Bauhaus Chicago - Experiment Photography

To mark the start of the great Bauhaus anniversary in 2019, the Bauhaus Archiv presenting its collection of “New Bauhaus Photography”.
7-10 Days
39,90 €
Hirmer Publisher

New Bauhaus Chicago - Experiment Photography 2

To mark the start of the great Bauhaus anniversary in 2019, the Bauhaus Archiv presenting its collection of “New Bauhaus Photography”.
7-10 Days
39,90 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

Around the world with the Bauhaus

Follow in the steps of famous Bauhäusler
7-10 Days
16,00 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

What is the Bauhaus?

Children discover the Bauhaus Dessau
7-10 Days
16,00 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

Who lives in white cubes?

How the Bauhaus masters lived in Dessau
7-10 Days
16,00 €
be.bra Publisher

Bauhaus - A photographic journey

The Bauhaus movement, founded in Weimar in 1919, influenced the development of modern architecture far beyond the borders of Germany.
7-10 Days
46,00 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

bauhaus - form and reform

From the Reform Movement of Arts and Crafts to Living with Icons
In Stock
26,00 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

Bauhaus Master Modernism

The comeback
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40,00 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

That's the Bauhaus!

50 questions - 50 answers
In Stock
19,95 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhaus Journal 1926-1931

100 years after the founding of the Bauhaus, the journal bauhaus is an important written testimony to this icon of modernity.
7-10 Days
70,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Marcel Breuer - Building Global Institutions

Building Global Institutions is a collection of essays by a group of scholars, which examine Breuer’s approach and way of working.
In Stock
35,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Max Bill’s View of Things

Die gute Form: An Exhibition 1949
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39,00 €
Hermann Schmidt Publisher

Futura. The Typeface

Futura. The typeface is a cultural and aesthetic journey back in time to the future and opens up a new perspective on Classical Modernism.
7-10 Days
50,00 €
Hermann Schmidt Publisher

Colorful is my favorite color - Walter Gropius

A striped sketchbook for urban sketching and notes. A rainbow-coloured companion for creative people who are out and about.
7-10 Days
15,00 €
Taschen Publisher

Bauhausmädels - A Tribute to Pioneering Women Artists

Pioneers of Modernity. A tribute to the Bauhaus women artists.
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30,00 €
Minimum

The Bauhaus in 100 Objects

To mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus, minimum presents in this book 100 legendary style icons and furniture classics.
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24,90 €
Theater der Klänge

Theater der Klänge Exhibition catalog

In the audio-medial exhibition, the THEATER DER KLÄNGE at the Theatermuseum Düsseldorf presents eight "Bauhaus productions".
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19,00 €
Theater der Klänge

Theater der Klänge CD

In the audio-medial exhibition, the THEATER DER KLÄNGE at the Theatermuseum Düsseldorf presents eight "Bauhaus productions".
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29,00 €
Jovis Publisher

The gardens of the Bauhaus

Modern design concepts
7-10 Days
32,00 €
Jovis Publisher

Bauhaus Dessau

Architecture - Design - Idea
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25,00 €
Taschen Publisher

Bauhaus - Designs of the Time

The most famous art school of modernity
7-10 Days
15,00 €
Taschen Publisher

Mies van der Rohe

This book presents over 20 of Mies van der Rohe's projects from the period between 1906 and 1967 and highlights his groundbreaking ideas and influence in Ameri…
7-10 Days
15,00 €
Taschen Publisher

Gropius

More than any other German designer and architect of the past century, Gropius has left its mark on our living environment.
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15,00 €
Hirmer Publisher

Oskar Schlemmer - Visions of a New World

Oskar Schlemmer (1888–1943) was one of the most versatile all-rounders of the last century.
7-10 Days
32,00 €
Hirmer Publisher

Paul Klee - Landscapes

This bibliophile volume accompanies the reader on a sensuous journey through Paul Klee's imaginary landscapes.
7-10 Days
25,00 €
Hirmer Publisher

Oskar & Darja - Schlemmers Muse

Born in 1890 in tsarist Slonim, Dora "Darya" Yekimovskaya developed early on into a supporter of the Jewish labour movement.
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17,90 €
Hirmer Publisher

Paul Klee - Young Art 1

The Bauhaus in Weimar was just celebrating its first birthday when Walter Gropius sent a telegram to Paul Klee in 1920.
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12,90 €
Hirmer Publisher

Wassily Kandinsky - Young Art 19

He became a pioneer of abstract art and he was the co-founder of "Blauer Reiter", A theoretician artist and influential Bauhaus teacher.
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12,90 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

Dance the Bauhaus

The Bauhaus festivals offered special occasions for dance experiments and enjoyment, in which the 'Bauhaus band', which specialises in a mix of jazz and folk m…
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14,95 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

Das Bauhaus leuchtet - The Bauhaus buildings in light

Examples from the Masters.
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14,95 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

Herr Kandinsky war ein Maler

The book shows the development of the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, his way to abstract art.
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14,95 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

Kandinsky und seine Zeit

Kandinsky was one of the most important expressionists and "inventors" of abstract painting.
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14,90 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

Modernism. Iconography, Photography | 1

The Bauhaus and its Effects 1919 - 2019
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36,00 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

The Bauhaus Masters

Weimar. Dessau. Berlin
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9,95 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

Bauhaus Icons

Matching Game with 36 classics of the famous art school
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14,90 €
Hirmer Publisher

Bauhaus Museum Weimar

The Bauhaus comes from Weimar and will return to a new house in spring 2019.
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9,90 €
Hirmer Publisher

Johannes Itten - Catalogue raisonné Vol. I

Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings. 1907-1938
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90,00 €
Hirmer Publisher

The young Josef Albers

Departure into Modernity
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45,00 €
Hirmer Publisher

Haus am Horn

This comprehensive overview presents the eventful history of the only remaining Bauhaus architecture in Weimar, the "Haus am Horn".
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9,90 €
Hirmer Publisher

Tribal Dance - In the World of Oskar Schlemmer

The children's art book "Tribal dances" is dedicated to Oskar Schlemmer and his works of art, which fire the imagination of young and old, with a child-oriente…
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9,90 €
Hirmer Publisher

Lyonel Feininger - The Great Masters of Art

Images from all Feininger creative phrases - With unknown photos from the Bauhaus period - Private insights into Julia Feininger diary
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11,90 €
Bindewerk

Notebook PURIST GREY

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus.
7-10 Days
19,90 €
Bindewerk

Notebook Form follows function

A notebook that concentrates on the essentials and is of high quality in material and production
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19,90 €
Bindewerk

Notebook Less is more

A notebook that concentrates on the essentials and is of high quality in material and production
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19,90 €
Taschen Publisher

Mondrian Art

Less was more for Piet Mondrian. With his strictly limited pictorial elements - the colors red, yellow, and blue, black lines, white space.
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15,00 €
Taschen Publisher

Le Corbusier Modernism

This book presents some of Le Corbusier’s landmark projects to introduce an architect, thinker, and modern pioneer.
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15,00 €
Seemann Henschel Publisher

Modernism. Iconography, Photography | 2

Joachim Brohm’s class for photography and media.
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12,00 €
Hirmer Publisher

Barcelona Pavillon / Haus Tugendhat

Jewels of architecture: The masterpieces of Mies van der Rohe in brilliant photos.
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35,00 €
Kettler Publisher

Vor dem Bauhaus: Osthaus

Insights into a photo collection
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28,00 €
Kettler Publisher

Exat 51 - Experimental Atelier

Synthesis of the arts in post-war Yugoslavia
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36,00 €
Kettler Publisher

Ein Hagener am Bauhaus

The book brings together works from all creative phases, including an extensive selection of rarely shown photographs and film stills.
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28,00 €
Kettler Publisher

Stairway to nowhere

The catalog documents Macuga's engagement with the Kestner Society, which was founded in 1916 at a time of social, political and artistic upheaval.
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25,00 €
Jovis Publisher

House Auerbach by Walter Gropius with Adolf Meyer

This book recounts the moving story of the Auerbachs, a married Jewish couple who helped to shape Jena’s social life at the turn of the century.
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39,90 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 12

Bauhaus Buildings Dessau - Walter Gropius
7-10 Days
50,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 13

Cubism - Albert Gleizes
7-10 Days
40,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 9

Point and Line to Plane - Wassily Kandinsky
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40,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 10

Dutch Architecture - Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud
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40,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 11

The Non-objective World - Kasimir Malevich
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40,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Bauhausbücher 14

From Material to Architecture - László Moholy-Nagy
7-10 Days
50,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

International Journal of Visual Culture

telehor - László Moholy-Nagy
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40,00 €
Lars Müller Publisher

Book of new artist

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Lajos L. Kassák
7-10 Days
200,00 €
Av Edition Publisher

Le Corbusier

His international work in the UNESCO World Heritage Site
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29,00 €
Av Edition Publisher

Richard Herre

The architect, designer, graphic artist and translator
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24,00 €
Av Edition Publisher

Hans Gugelot

The architecture of design
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28,00 €
Av Edition Publisher

Vom Bauhaus beflügelt

Menschen und Ideen an der Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm
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29,00 €
Spector Books

Bauhaus Magazine 1

Artists - The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s Magazine
7-10 Days
8,00 €
Spector Books

Bauhaus Magazine 2

Israel - The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s Magazine
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8,00 €
Spector Books

Bauhaus Magazine 3

Things - The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s Magazine
7-10 Days
8,00 €
Spector Books

Bauhaus Magazine 4

Photo - The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s Magazine
8,00 €
Spector Books

Bauhaus Magazine 5

Tropics - The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s Magazine
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8,00 €
Spector Books

Bauhaus Magazine 7

Collective - The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s Magazine
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12,00 €
Spector Books

Bauhaus Magazine 8

Movement - The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s Magazine
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12,00 €
Spector Books

Bauhaus Magazine 10

Standard - The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s Magazine
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12,00 €
Spector Books

Bauhaus Magazine 11

Centenary - The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s Magazine
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12,00 €
Spector Books

Bauhaus Magazine 12

Habitat - The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s Magazine
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12,00 €
Spector Books

Bauhaus Magazine 9

Substanz - The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s Magazine
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12,00 €
Spector Books

Seven Palms

The Thomas Mann House in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
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28,00 €
Spector Books

The settlement Dessau-Törten 1926 to 1931

Bauhaus pocketbook 7
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9,90 €
Spector Books

Kibbutz and Bauhaus

Bauhaus paperback 3
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9,90 €
Spector Books

The Art of Joining

Bauhaus paperback 23
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9,90 €
Spector Books

Desk in Exile

Bauhaus paperback 20
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9,90 €
Spector Books

The Bauhaus building in Dessau

Bauhaus paperback 5
In Stock
9,90 €
Spector Books

The Master Houses in Dessau

Bauhaus paperback 10
In Stock
9,00 €
Spector Books

Mobility design for the Bauhaus bicycle city

Bauhaus paperback 19
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9,90 €
Spector Books

Junkers builds

Bauhaus paperback 13
In Stock
9,90 €
Spector Books

Young design at the Bauhaus Dessau

Bauhaus paperback 11
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9,00 €
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Discover Bauhaus Germany

Explore the original sites in Weimar, Dessau and Berlin. Experience architecture, workshops and stories where modern design began, brought together through curated Bauhaus journeys.

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