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Bauhaus 100

Documentary. How Walter Gropius's experiences of World War I led him to found the iconic German art school, the Bauhaus.

In 1919 an art school opened in Germany that would change the world forever. It was called the Bauhaus. A century later, its radical thinking still shapes our lives today.

Bauhaus 100 is the story of Walter Gropius, architect and founder of the Bauhaus, and the teachers and students he gathered to form this influential school. Traumatised by his experiences during the Great War, and determined that technology should never again be used for destruction, Gropius decided to reinvent the way art and design were taught. At the Bauhaus, all the disciplines would come together to create the buildings of the future, and define a new way of living in the modern world.

59 minutes

Last on

Mon 13 Jan 2020 01:20

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:14

    The Chemical Brothers

    Let Forever Be

  • 00:15

    Nils Frahm

    More

  • 00:24

    Nils Frahm

    A Place

  • 00:27

    X‐Ray Spex

    I Am A Poseur

  • 00:30

    Michael Nyman, The Michael Nyman Band

    Memorial

  • 00:38

    Aphex Twin

    Bucephalus Bouncing Ball

  • 00:40

    Michael Nyman, The Michael Nyman Band

    Fish Beach

  • 00:50

    Nils Frahm

    Kaleidoscope

Credits

Role Contributor
Producer Alice Rhodes
Director Mat Whitecross
Executive Producer Janet Lee

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