Dessau Masters' Houses: design, residents, and influence (1925–1930)

1. Dessau commissions Masters’ Houses from Gropius

   Jan 1, 1925Labels: Walter Gropius, Dessau

   • Bauhaus Dessau
   • Bauhaus Dessau

2. Construction begins on the Masters’ Houses ensemble

   Aug 1, 1925Labels: Masters' Houses, Ernst Neufert

   • Vielfalt
   • Bauhaus Dessau

3. Topping-out ceremony marks major construction milestone

   Nov 1, 1925Labels: Topping-out, Masters' Houses

   • Vielfalt

4. Lucia Moholy photographs shape the public image

   Jan 1, 1926Labels: Lucia Moholy, Bauhaus photography

   • Bauhaus Koop
   • Pompidou

5. Masters’ Houses completed and ready for move-in

   Jul 1, 1926Labels: Masters' Houses, Modern architecture

   • Vielfalt
   • Bauhaus Dessau

6. Gropius, Klee, Kandinsky and others take residence

   Jul 1, 1926Labels: Bauhaus masters, Dessau

   • Vielfalt
   • ZPK

7. Paul Klee moves into the Klee half-duplex

   Jul 10, 1926Labels: Paul Klee, Klee duplex

   • ZPK
   • Klee Chronicle

8. Bauhaus Building opens, linking campus and housing

   Dec 4, 1926Labels: Bauhaus Building, Campus

   • Bauhaus Dessau
   • WELT

9. Architecture department opens, intensifying modernist output

   Apr 1, 1927Labels: Architecture department, Hannes Meyer

   • Bauhaus Archiv
   • Bauhaus Dessau

10. Klee’s Dessau years consolidate teaching and theory

    Feb 1, 1928Labels: Paul Klee, Bauhaus magazine

    • ZPK

11. Gropius resigns; leadership shifts to Hannes Meyer

    Apr 1, 1928Labels: Walter Gropius, Hannes Meyer

    • Bauhaus Archiv
    • Bauhaus Dessau

12. Masters’ Houses legacy formalized as UNESCO component

    Jan 1, 1996Labels: UNESCO, Masters' Houses

    • UNESCO
    • Bauhaus Dessau