The New Architecture and the Bauhaus

Walter Gropius. Translated from the German by P. Morton Shand. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965. — 112 pages. — ICBN: 0262570068. One of the most important books on the modern movement in architecture, The New Architecture and the Bauhaus poses some of the fundamental problems presented by the relations of art and industry and considers their possible, practical solution. Gropius traces the rise of the New Architecture and the work of the now famous Bauhaus and, with splendid clarity, calls for a new artist and architect educated to new materials and techniques and directly confronting the requirements of the age. Contents: Introduction by Frank Pick The New Architecture and the Bauhaus Standardization Rationalization The Bauhaus: Preparatory Instruction Practical and Formal Instruction Structural Instruction