Category: architecture
Page One Bookstore 叶一堂, Beijing
This post is based on one of two very different bookstores in Beijing which I(Chris) visited before the pandemic. First, Page One is a bookstore chain and publisher founded in Singapore in 1983 by Mark Tan (陈家强), which has retail shops built in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Thailand, and in China (since the
Bauhaus-Museum Weimar
After Dessau, our next stop was Weimar, 100 or so kilometers southwest, two plus hours by DB. The central German city is well known because of its rich cultural heritage and its importance in German history. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the literary figure, lived most of his creative life here since 1775. Together with Friedrich
The New Bauhaus Masters’ Houses, Dessau
… continuing from our earlier post on the original Bauhaus Masters’ Houses, The first house we saw when coming from the School was the new Director’s House (Direktonenhaus) where the information desk is situated. Why are there new Masters’ Houses ? After the Bauhauslers moved out in 1932/1933, the school was closed by the Nazis,
The Original Bauhaus Masters’ Houses, Dessau
This is our third post on the Bauhaus site in Dessau. Our visit was made during the centenary year (2019) of the founding of the Bauhaus School of Design. For this post, try a 2020 collaboration by the brothers Eno – Mixing Colours spotify:playlist:0LYxIitOywh75P1SCrrNEz A lot of the academic-sounding text in these Bauhaus posts were