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Originally Posted by Arriviste
And the Bauhaus itself:
Revolutionary for many reasons, one of which being it was one of the first buildings to actively engage the the street (in a time when cars were still somewhat rare). The structure spans the road leading to it, which was revolutionary for the time.
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I know this may have been somewhat pointed out already.. but maybe that aspect was revolutionary for Germany... but the Municipal building in NY, designed almost 2 decades earlier accomplished the same thing, and at a much larger scale.