The Bauhaus moment was active from 1919 until 1933: a turbulent period with three directors and three locations. But in spite of the near-constant changes, the movement made its mark on design and architecture. Bauhaus was a school that incorporated design and production in the same house. The school was founded by Walter Gropius, who had a vision:
“Arts and crafts must melt together. The artist must also be a craftsman.”.
The Bauhaus school became a landmark cultural movement in the 20th century, introduced the entire world to the idea of functionalism. This had a deciding impact on the development of architecture well into the 1900s; a development that can still be seen today. The idea behind Bauhaus was to shift the focus to the function and allow the function to reveal itself in the form. Trademarks of the Bauhaus design style were, and continue to be, clean lines, simple shapes, and simple colours, the marriage of which result in a clean expression.