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Bauhaus
From:
"Martin C. Tangora (312) 996-3064" <[log in to unmask]>
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BP - Dwell time 5 minutes.
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Wed, 28 Oct 1998 16:00:06 CST
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> Date:    Tue, 20 Oct 1998 07:38:04 -0400
> From:    Pam Blythe <[log in to unmask]>
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> Heard a great quote on NPR this morning in an article about Brehaus
> (spelling?) in Germany during the 1920's.  I hope I get it correct.
> "Architecture is the message a society sends about itself to the future."

That's a good one.

You must be thinking of Bauhaus (Gropius, Mies et al).
From "Bau", German root for words about building
(verb is "bauen", a builder is a "Bauer").

Here's another good one.  When the UIC architecture school moved
into a converted loft building that had previously been a
Formfit factory, they renamed it the Brahaus.

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