Bauhaus Architecture: Hans Engels

Description

Now available in an expanded and revised edition, this book contains an outstanding collection of photographs by the renowned architectural photographer Hans Engels and provides a detailed survey of surviving Bauhaus architecture in Europe. Focusing on buildings designed by Bauhaus members from 1919 to 1933, this book features some 65 famous and lesser-known building projects in Germany, Vienna, Barcelona, Prague, and Budapest by architects including Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Arranged chronologically, Bauhaus Architecture offers informative commentary and site plans along with photographs, taken especially for this book. Engels' photographs show many buildings in their newly restored conditions and reflect the full range of Bauhaus architecture, one of the most influential schools of architecture in the twentieth century. AUTHOR: Axel Tilch is a German architect and writer based in southern Germany. 116 colour illustrations

HANS ENGELS is a renowned photographer whose work has been published in numerous books and magazines and has appeared in exhibitions throughout Europe. He is the author of Havana: The Photography of Hans Engels (Prestel). AXEL TILCH is a German architect and writer based in southern Germany.