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Who founded the Bauhaus school in 1919?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Which Paris landmark has its pipes on the outside?

    Answer: Centre Pompidou

    Why: Its outside pipes are color-coded: blue carries air, green water, yellow electricity, and red marks the escalators and lifts.

  2. 2 Medium

    What Indian city was built to Le Corbusier's master plan?

    Answer: Chandigarh

    Why: Chandigarh is a union territory, yet it serves as the capital of two states, Punjab and Haryana.

  3. 3 Hard

    What was the Fagus Factory in Alfeld built to make?

    Answer: Shoe lasts

    Why: A shoe last is the foot-shaped form a shoe is built around, so the factory supplied shoemakers rather than shoes.

  4. 4 Easy

    What did architect Adolf Loos link with crime?

    Answer: Ornament

    Why: Loos argued that ornament wastes work and material, since decorated objects go out of style faster than plain ones.

  5. 5 Medium

    Who coined the phrase 'form follows function'?

    Answer: Louis Sullivan

    Why: Sullivan used it in an 1896 essay on tall office buildings, more than 20 years before the Bauhaus opened.

  6. 6 Hard

    When was today's Barcelona Pavilion built?

    Answer: 1980s

    Why: The 1929 original was torn down in early 1930, less than a year after it opened, so today's pavilion is a rebuild.

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