Eight Bauhaus buildings where you can spend the night
Modern architecture fans might be surprised to discover that there are many Bauhaus buildings that you can stay inside. As we continue our Bauhaus 100 series, here's a look at eight of the best to visit during the school's centenary in 2019.
The Bauhaus was the 20th century's most influential design and architecture school, with buildings built by its teachers and those influenced by the movement spread across the globe.
It is actually possible to stay in buildings designed by Bauhaus figures including Walter Gropius and Herbert Bayer, including the Dessau school building itself.
There are also numerous other hotels and rental properties available that demonstrate the Bauhaus' influence, in places including Tel Aviv, Cape Cod, Prague, and London. Here's our guide to the best eight Bauhaus hotels and buildings you can stay in:
Aspen Meadows, Aspen, USA, by Herbert Bayer
The Paepckes, founders of the Aspen Institute and Aspen Music Festival, commissioned Austrian Bauhaus alumni and teacher Herbert Bayer to design the 16-hectare campus that is now the Aspen Meadows resort.
Six of the buildings on the campus now make up the hotel's main buildings. Bayer worked in collaboration with Fritz Benedict, who studied under Frank Lloyd Wright, and was also responsible for landscaping the grounds.
Built in the 1950s, the hotel has a white, cubist exterior, and re-opened in June 2018 following a 10-month renovation. The flat roofs, large windows and primary colour palette typica...
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