Bauhaus
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Bauhaus
1920–25; < German, equivalent to Bau- build, building + Haus house
Example Sentences
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After a decade teaching at the Bauhaus, which Hitler closed, he took a professorship at Düsseldorf Academy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
This Colombian singer and producer’s new album of electronic pop both sounds fresh and of the moment, but deeply rooted in influences like Nine Inch Nails and Bauhaus.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025
Back in the old world, back before the war, he studied under the Bauhaus and dedicated himself to a structural purity that makes Manhattan’s loveliest skyscrapers seem fussy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
I appreciated Jacobson’s overview of Bauhaus, but I would have preferred to hear him lecture on the topic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024
The result looks like a Bauhaus chair for the simple reason that it is a chair made from the simplest of geometrical forms.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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