The Bauhaus building in Dessau was designed by Walter Gropius's office for the City of Dessau, which commissioned the design in March 1925. Construction began in September 1925, the topping-out was on March 21, 1926 and it was inaugurated on December 4, 1926. The article calls the style International Style. It has no infobox.
The building has a reinforced concrete frame and a glass curtain wall on a steel frame, with single-pane glass. The article gives no dimensions. A 1945 air raid damaged it, and it was restored in 1976 with an aluminum curtain wall.
A repair and restoration from 1996 to 2006 cost 17 million euros. UNESCO has listed it as a World Heritage Site since 1996, and the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation has been based there since 1994. The article gives no hours or admission.
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