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Bauhaus Architecture Photography and Concept Hans Engels Text Ulf Meyer Now available in a flexi-cover edition, this outstanding collection of photographs by the renowned architectural photographer Hans Engels 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. The Photographer Hans Engels has specialized in architectural photography for more two decades. His 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). The Author Ulf Meyer’s writing on architecture has been published in international newspapers, periodicals and books.