The path of modernism

This architectural guide beats a path from Breslau to Dessau to conduct the reader on a tour of the World Cultural Heritage highlights of Bauhaus and German Modernist architecture, from the Centennial Hall and the Bauhaus Dessau building to the numerous highlights in between, and taking in such cities as Görlitz, Dresden-Hellerau, Leipzig and Chemnitz. Along the way we encounter all of the great German Modernist architects, from Hans Poelzig and Henry van de Velde to Heinrich Tessenow, Richard Riemerschmid, Hans Scharoun, Erich Mendelsohn and Walter Gropius. An overview of World Cultural Heritage Bauhaus architecture, the focus of this guide is also on the cities themselves, and on the progressive building councilors who were among the pioneers of European urban development, initiating top-quality housing schemes for the masses, and commissioning these architects to redesign the face of Germany's urban architecture for a new era.