The Bauhaus School, Dessau – Miniature Concrete Model

The Bauhaus School, Dessau – Miniature Concrete ModelModel 071_Bauhaus School, Dessau Miniature Concrete ModelHand cast in fine concrete. Shaped by memory. Some buildings changed everything that followed. The Bauhaus School in Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius and completed in 1925, stands as one of the most influential works of modern architecture. It was the physical embodiment of the Bauhaus movements ideals: the unity of art, craft, and technology. Its clean horizontal lines, curtain wall glazing,

is one of the most dramatic football structures in Britain

Some buildings grow out of the imagination as much as the ground

Model 004: Phillips Building (SOAS) – Miniature Concrete ModelHand-cast in fine concrete

with Fountain Court and its water channels at the heart

More than a photographic reproduction

Inside and out

I’ve always loved how unexpected it feels

This model is a keepsake of a building that proves architecture can be as much about intrigue as appearance

Its sweeping C-shape

and demolished Brutalist structures

or simply admire architecture that bends expectation

UKArchitect: Ernő GoldfingerCompleted: 1967Status: Grade II* listed