Stephen Bayley

An idea made concrete

Philip Morton Shand, an early proponent of modernism, welcomed Walter Gropius to London and translated his Bauhaus manifesto into English in 1925

issue 04 May 2019

  • Isokon and the Bauhaus in Britain

    Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund

    Batsford, pp. 240

  • Bauhaus Goes West: Modern Art and Design in Britain and America

    Alan Powers

    Thames & Hudson, pp. 280

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