Events across Germany mark a century of Bauhaus architecture and design

A woman takes a picture of a tiny house called Wohnmaschine (living machine) constructed from a bus and designed by architect Van Bo Le-Mentzel in a version of the Bauhaus school building in Dessau to mark 100th anniversary of Bauhaus in Berlin. Photo: Reuters

Hundreds of events across Germany this year will celebrate the 100th birthday of the Bauhaus movement, whose ”form follows function” aesthetic spread around the world, shaping modern architecture and design.

From New York’s Seagram Building to Tel Aviv’s White City, the clean, simple lines of Bauhaus became an integral part of the template of contemporary cities. The movement’s design philosophy still inspires a century later.