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Bauhaus

Syllables: Bau·haus/ˈbaʊhaʊs/US/ˈbaʊˌhaʊs/

Bauhaus proper noun: a modernist style characterized by the absence of ornamentation and by harmony between the function of a building or an object and its design.

Proper noun

Bauhaus

  1. (also, attributive) A modernist style characterized by the absence of ornamentation and by harmony between the function of a building or an object and its design.
    • [J]une 22 unanimous approval of the projected bauhaus building, the first of the bauhaus books appears.1968, 50 Years Bauhaus: German Exhibition; Royal Academy of Arts, September 21 – October 27 1968, Stuttgart: Württembergischer Kunstverein; Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
    • Not until the 1930's was the American public aware of the significance of the Bauhaus. Several factors contributed to this: American Bauhaus students were returning from Germany; Bauhaus design, as tubular steel chairs and lighting fixtures, were being imported from Germany; […]1974, Barbara Ann Henriksen, The Bauhaus and American Art Education (unpublished M.A. dissertation), Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin, →OCLC, page 17

Bauhaus meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Arabic

Bauhaus in Hindi

modernist style
बौहाउस bauhāus

Bauhaus in Bengali

modernist style
বাউহাউস bauhaus

Bauhaus in Malayalam

modernist style
ബവ്ഹൗസ് bavhausŭ

Bauhaus in Arabic

modernist style
باوهاوس
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Bauhaus in Persian
باوهاوس
Bauhaus in Thai
เบาเฮาส์

Origin of Bauhaus

Borrowed from German Bauhaus (“house of architecture”), from Bau (“building, construction”) + Haus (“house”). The word is derived from the Staatliches Bauhaus (State School of Construction), an art school in Weimar, Germany, founded in 1919 by German architect Walter Gropius (1883–1969).

Words formed from Bauhaus

Questions about Bauhaus

What does Bauhaus mean?
Bauhaus means a modernist style characterized by the absence of ornamentation and by harmony between the function of a building or an object and its design.
What is Bauhaus in Hindi?
Bauhaus in Hindi is बौहाउस (bauhāus). See Bauhaus meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Bauhaus?
Bauhaus is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bauhaus?
Bauhaus is pronounced /ˈbaʊhaʊs/ (UK).

Words near Bauhaus in the dictionary

  1. Baughn
  2. Baughns
  3. Baughs
  4. Baughurst
  5. Baugé
  6. Bauhaus
  7. Bauhausian
  8. Bauhausians
  9. Bauhin
  10. Bauhin's valve
  11. Bauhin's valves

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