> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 07:38:04 -0400 > From: Pam Blythe <[log in to unmask]> > > 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.