People living in Germany might nowadays associate the word Bauhaus with their local, popular retail stores next to Ikea. However, the Bauhaus was also an art school that played an important part in uniting art, crafts and technology in the years following the first World War. Through modern design and innovative ideas, this school’s main goal was to improve people’s living conditions. Read on to discover the unique curriculum offered to students, its prominent architecture, key figures, and artistic movements that followed the rise of Bauhaus.  Origin and principles of Bauhaus  The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 in the city of Weimar by German architect Walter Gropius (1883 – 1969),…