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1925 – 1926
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Hotel & Restaurant
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Gropiusallee 3806846 Dessau-Roßlau
Germany
Current state
Restored (after demolition)
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Bauhaus Prellerhaus Change this
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The Prellerhaus is the name of the five-storey studio building in the Bauhaus Dessau. After its completion in 1926, the 28 studios were used by young masters and students as living and working space. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe had 1930 converted studios into large classrooms. In 2006 the house was renovated according to the original plans and has since been available for overnight stays.
The building is part of the building complex of the Bauhaus in Dessau with a distinctive façade, which was artistically used in paintings, sculptures, photographs, installations and as a venue. When the Bauhaus moved from Weimar to Dessau, the name of the building was taken from the studio building of the same name in Weimar, named after its builder Louis Preller. Back then, the 28 studio flats with about 24 m2 were let to junior masters and promising students. Inhabitants were Josef Albers, Erich Consemüller, Herbert Bayer, Franz Ehrlich, Walter Peterhans, Hannes Meyer, Joost Schmidt, Marcel Breuer and female residents form the first,called "ladies floor": Gertrud Arndt, Marianne Brandt, Gunta Stölzl and Anni Albers.
Today, the studio flats are let to visitors. Since October 2013, staying at one of the 1920s-style Bauhaus dorm rooms is even more of an experience: One room was accurately reconstructed with original objects and furniture. The rest of the rooms will be personalized to reflect a former habitant, beginning with Alfred Arndt, the couple Albers and Franz Ehrlich.
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