an oasis of peace at the heart of the capital i m in berlin visiting the bauhaus. one reason why it s so quiet right now is that the museum is closed for renovation . the bauhaus school was founded in one thousand nine hundred nineteen and next year will markets first centennial what better time to retrace its footsteps through berlin how did the bauhaus quite possibly history s most influential modernist school shaped germany s capital. bauhaus and what was that like and what still remains that s what i want to find out today through arts architecture and chocolate and. also on the show a locals recommendations for cork and ireland. our viewer video will take us on a tour through cambodia. and we ll explore
were the other things that were created there. and the architecture. but what really excites us and spurs a song is the spirit of this school of thought is i think she will. whether bauhaus or now house whether from one thousand nine hundred nineteen or twenty nineteen these pieces of furniture only reveal their true age at second glance. and today s show we re focusing on architecture and design and in our next report we have for the top off a very special structure that nears the tower in no way is the world s tallest wooden high rise and because skyscrapers anomaly bells with concrete and steel and this friend you tim a construction is an architectural might still. the wooden high rise on the shore of lake near the norway valley has eighteen stories and a speedy five and
colorado river. theodore roosevelt called it the one great site which every american should see and it was one hundred years ago in one thousand nine hundred nineteen that president woodrow wilson declared it a national park a concerted move to preserve a natural wonder of the world that today attracts some six million visitors every year. i can just imagine myself standing on that rim staring into the sunset scott roxboro my colleague from d.w. culture is here and thanks for joining us scott of such an awesome place for really a unesco world heritage site on top of it all tell us something about the significance of the grand canyon in terms of how americans it makes american feed themselves yeah i think it s interesting because the great and obviously huge amazing natural beauty but it s also it s
river. theodore roosevelt called it the one great site which every american should see and it was one hundred years ago in one thousand nine hundred nineteen that president woodrow wilson declared it a national park a concerted move to preserve a natural wonder of the world that today attracts some six million visitors every year. i can just imagine myself standing on that rim staring into the sunset it s got rocks from my colleague from d.w. culture is here and thanks for joining us scott of such an awesome place really unesco world heritage site on top of it all tell us something about the significance of the grand canyon in terms of how americans it makes american see themselves yeah i think it s interesting because the green can obviously huge the amazing natural beauty but it s also is
high and rising in cities like million. there was an acute housing shortage a century ago as well with massive overcrowding and terrible sanitary conditions in gloomy tenements as here in berlin poor people often also worked in the spaces where they lived. the bauhaus movement was founded in one thousand nine hundred nineteen and soon came to champion a vision of society and design that was radically new even revolutionary it wanted to create good housing for everybody. to achieve that goal that developed standardised units and industrialized production to bring down costs. it was at the forefront of modernist architecture championed simple forms free of ornament large windows and light colors. it also pioneered prefabrication at the time it was simply not technically feasible to