HANNES MEYER 1889-1954
ARCHITEKT URBANIST LEHRER
Hannes Meyer, Werner Kleineruschkamp and Michael Koch

[Hannes Meyer/Bauhaus/Modern architecture] Hannes Meyer, Werner Kleineruschkamp, Michael Koch et al.: HANNES MEYER 1889-1954--ARCHITEKT URBANIST LEHRER. Berlin: Ernst and Sohn, 1989. First edition. A Fine hardcover book in a Fine dust jacket:a virtually flawless, spectacular copy of this scarce monograph. Text in German. Interior unmarked and very clean.

9.5 x 11.25 hardcover book with 366 pages and 389 b/w and color photographs, diagrams, plans, etc. This is the most comprehensive monograph on the second director of the Bauhaus, and covers all aspects of Meyer's life and artistic accomplishments in architecture, teaching and design. Beautifully designed and produced in Germany. Highly recommended.

Hannes Meyer was one of the most important functionalist architects of the 1920s. In 1928 Meyer succeeded Walter Gropius as Director of the Dessau Bauhaus, and he held that position for three years. In 1927, Meyer was appointed director of architectural tuition at Dessau. His building studies were based on three fundamental assumptions:

• All courses in architecture must be based on scientific facts. Major priority is given to the functionality of a building in the most practical sense. Any elaboration of a design must therefore be preceded by research on the usage, from which the building program should be developed with scientific precision;
• The optimization of all necessary requirements has priority over artistic considerations;
• All courses in architecture must be based on activities from architectural practice.

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