New architectural tour: What’s happening at the Bauhaus Archive
How can architects take
on the heritage and still build in a contemporary way? Learn all about
the background of the project with a view from the bauhaus view over the
construction site.
on the heritage and still build in a contemporary way? Learn all about
the background of the project with a view from the bauhaus view over the
construction site.
Bauhaus-director Walter Gropius originally planned the house
with the characteristic shed roofs.
The building at the Landwehrkanal
was used as a museum and archive building for four decades.
The Berlin
architectural firm Staab Architekten won the competition to extend the
museum and is currently realising their design: the striking glass
tower, spacious underground museum areas with an interior courtyard are
being connected to the building from the 1970s.
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