Sailko · CC BY-SA 3.0 Why visit
Bauhaus University Weimar provides a focused introduction to Germany’s modern architecture and design in Weimar. At Bauhaus University Weimar, focus on the building's massing, façades and functional arrangement, together with details that show the design principles for which the site is known.
What you will see
- Principal façade and building form.
- Design details visible from public areas.
- Relationship between the building and its planned setting.
History
Bauhaus University Weimar belongs to the documented heritage of Weimar and its wider region. The site belongs to Germany's modern architectural and design history. Its form reflects changing ideas about education, work, housing, construction and visual culture, and later conservation has helped preserve the building as evidence of those design principles.
Photographs
Sailko · CC BY-SA 3.0 · full attribution on the image credits page.
Visitor tips
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Use the named site's current official information for access changes, closures and visitor arrangements.
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Allow time to view the principal structure or landscape in its wider setting.
About Thuringia
Reformation, literary and design heritage centred on Eisenach, Erfurt and Weimar.
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