Highly recommend visiting the Gropius House. It's a wonderful example of what modern residential architecture could, maybe should, be. What I appreciate most about it is the obvious restraint applied to the design and focus on functionality without sacrificing a unique aesthetic. It will certainly influence any structure I may be involved with building for my family.
Good article!
Just one nitpick: Weimar cannot be called the center of German Enlightenment. That title would probably go to Potsdam/Berlin. Not sure what Weimar's claim to Enlightenment would be - there was Wieland in Weimar during the German Enlightenment, but he was a poet and not theorist of Enlightenment.
Perhaps the author is conflating German Classicism and German early Romanticism with Enlightenment.
And interestingly, Eichler was also about building houses for the common man as well. Ironically, Palo Alto Eichlers seem to be selling at $2.5 million+ these days. Not exactly a “common man” house. But design heavily influenced by the Bauhaus and very beautiful. SoCal has Neutra, we (Bay Area) have Eichler, and they all seem to derive from Bauhaus. There is also Dieter Rams and the influence of Bauhaus on him and product design — which then influenced Ive and Apple which then of course, influenced Samsung. And it all started with one dude in Germany. Fascinating!
