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Hannes Meyer

1889–1954 · Modernism · Switzerland/Germany

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Architect Hannes Meyer circa 1940. Original image from the Oslo Museum.
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Bio

Bauhaus director who emphasized social function, collective needs and evidence-based design.

Key works

  • ADGB Trade Union School

THE RETHINK

Hannes Meyer helps us rethink architecture as more than the production of buildings: their work shows how decisions about structure, space, materials, context or public life can change what a society considers possible.

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Hannes Meyer changed architecture through ideas, buildings and approaches that still shape how we understand space.
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