Bauhaus

Bau·haus  (bouhous)

adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a 20th-century school of design, the aesthetic of which was influenced by and derived from techniques and materials employed especially in industrial fabrication and manufacture.

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[German, an architecture school founded by Walter Gropius : Bau, construction, architecture (from Middle High German b, building, from Old High German, from ban, to dwell, settle; see bheu- in Indo-European roots) + Haus, house (from Middle High German hs, from Old High German).]

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Bauhaus [bow-house]

Adjective

of a school of architecture and applied arts in Germany in the 1920s and 30s characterized by a functionalist approach to design [German: building house]

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Bauhaus - a German style of architecture begun by Walter Gropius in 1918 architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture - architecture as a kind of art form