The legendary architecture school marks its centenary amid political and identity tensions, as the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party surges in Saxony-Anhalt. The Bauhaus Foundation in Dessau fears budget cuts and renewed attacks on its modernist legacy.

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    Bauhaus: “Function over form. By all means be creative. Be innovative. Be wild. But remember that what you design must, foremost, serve it’s purpose.”

    Nazis: “Somehow I disagree.”

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      Wrong order. It’s not that culture war happens because you disagree. The culture war is the goal (usually as a diversion) and so you just invent a disagreement to make it happen. I doesn’t need to make any sense as you just disagree to disagree anyway.

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    I dont like the Bauhaus style, while being way better than plain brutalist glass and concrete monasters, it is still way more aggressive than a nice classic building.

    I hate the fascists, but that doesnt mean I need to defend everything they dont like.

    Also please leave out the ugly buildings on the new euro bills