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to live in suburbs. The end of this project happened in St. Louis in 1972 when a multimillion dollar experiment failed. Minoru Yamaski designed the Pruitt-Igoe Project in 1955 for the low income families of St. Louis. The buildings were a classical Bauhaus style. With steel, glass, and concrete construction with open lawns. The building was eventually demolished with dynamite (Jackson). In 1986 an initiative was taken to create an new independent Bauhaus in Dessau. The New Bauhaus is approaching the art in an ecological philosophy. The area around Dessau has been devastated with environmental problems from the industry. The school is looking for new solutions to deal with these problems and redevelop the housing in the decaying city (Huovio). Although this period of art was short

lived, because of the political turmoil of Europe, new media and technologies emerged from the Bauhaus that changed advanced art. The most lasting influence is in applied design in industry. “Everyone sitting on a chair with a tubular steel frame, using an adjustable reading lamp, or living in a house partly or entirely constructed from prefabricated elements is benefiting from a revolution in design largely brought about by the Bauhaus”(qtd. Whitford.) Works Cited Brodie, Laura. “Women of the Bauhaus.” Women in the Visual Arts Web Site. 20 Feb. 1999 (http://www.coa.edu/HEJourney?courseprojects/women) Huovio, Ilkka. “Bauhaus, The New Man – The New Technique.” 20 Feb. 1999 (http://www.ulah.fi/presentation/history/ebauba.htm) Jackson, John. “The Bauhaus.” 8 March,

1999. (http://www.johnco.cc.ks.us/ jjackson/bauhaus.html) Whitford, Frank. Bauhaus. London, Thames and Hudson 1984 Wu, Alexandra. “Bauhaus Background.” The University of New South Whales Web Site. 8 March, 1999 (http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/subjects/arch/5203/ 98-s-1/assign4/Wu/background.html) 316