on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Oury Jalloh’s death several hundred people took to the streets of the East German city of Dessau a 35 year old man from Sierra Leone and the father of a two-year-old son was chained hand and foot and burnt to death in a cell at the Dessau-Rosslau police station on January 7 the German state still refuses to clarify the circumstances of his death and hold to account those responsible Demonstrators who marched from the police station in Dessau-Rosslau to the city courthouse last week carried signs and banners remembering not only Jalloh but also the many other victims of police violence in Germany One banner denounced the police murder of Mouhamed Lamine Dramé a youth who was killed in Dortmund two and a half years ago the Dortmund Regional Court acquitted all five police officers involved in his death The official version of Jalloh’s death remains that he killed himself Although he was chained hand and foot to a cell bed it is claimed he managed to fish a lighter out of his pocket tear a hole in a flame-retardant mattress and set it and himself completely ablaze in just 20 minutes it has already been refuted multiple times including by professional investigators and international experts This is also the conclusion reached in a new six-part Crime Time series on Germany’s ARD TV channel The filmmakers refrained from presenting a so-called “balanced picture” repeating the cynical comments of the police station manager Hanno Schulz the police officers dealing with Jalloh were “two very calm reserved representatives.” Schulz declared there had “to be an end sometime” with the investigations the ARD film makes the course of events sufficiently clear Jalloh approached two women on the street saying he wanted to make a phone call Two police officers then arrived and arrested Jalloh who had been drinking and resisted his arrest He was taken by force to the police station and a short time later lay severely injured on a mattress in cell 5 at this point his nasal bone and several ribs were broken his eardrum had burst and he had suffered a skull fracture After the police officers left Jalloh in his injured state the fire alarm went off in cell 5 of the police station The police chief on duty responded by switching off the alarm twice thick black smoke was coming out of the cell The official investigations were conducted extremely carelessly; a video team destroyed recordings from the scene of the crime The public prosecutor’s office refused to have the body X-rayed and it was left to Jalloh’s friends to arrange this later at their own expense in order to determine his injuries Original charges of “involuntary manslaughter” ended in an acquittal of all police officers because the witnesses for the prosecution changed their testimony retrospectively and all of the police kept silent A charred lighter that turned up in the evidence from the cell cannot have come from the scene of the crime This fact was established by later investigations by Jalloh supporters It emerged that two other men had already died at the same police station before Jalloh and the investigations into these deaths had not yet been completed in January 2005 This raises the question if there was an attempt to cover up multiple police murders additional private and official fire tests have clearly shown that the fire that took place in cell 5 could not have started without an accelerant The research group Forensic Architecture (FA) reconstructed the course of events They concluded that such a fire requires the draft of an open door the senior public prosecutor in Dessau finally opened a murder investigation the case was taken away from him and handed over to another public prosecutor in Halle When politicians in the state parliament asked questions and demanded clarification the minister of justice lied to parliament about the state of the investigation the public prosecutor’s office officially closed the investigation When Oury’s brother Saliou Jalloh turned to the Higher Regional Court in Naumburg in 2019 Saliou Jalloh took the case to the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe this court also closed the file on the murder in cell 5 Its main argument was that the termination of the investigation by the Higher Regional Court of Naumburg did not violate the constitution an attempt to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights also failed; the complaint was rejected on the grounds of a formal error judiciary and politicians have denied that Oury Jalloh could not have set himself on fire under any circumstances the absurd version of suicide is accepted and established in the courtrooms of Dessau and most recently in Karlsruhe and The Hague It has been declared that the case is legally closed in Germany But as the Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh correctly writes in its press release the facts speak “a clear language: this was murder the crime of murder is not subject to time limits “The fight for clarification and justice will continue until the Oury Jalloh affair has been resolved and the perpetrators held to account!” Saliou Diallo described last week’s rally in Dessau as another “anniversary of the fight for the truth.” The years of cover-ups and denials by the German judiciary in this and other cases represents a serious warning including the courts and all the state organs of violence is not to focus on education and mutual understanding Tragic attacks on migrants such as those in Solingen Mannheim and most recently Magdeburg are being used as an excuse to arm the police and intensify agitation against refugees and migrants party leader Alice Weidel is now openly and loudly raising the far right slogan of ‘remigration’—but such a policy is not restricted to the AfD All of the main parliamentary parties—the Social Democratic Party Left Party and Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance—are pursuing similar policies even though (or precisely because) they are involved in an election campaign Such policies are directed principally against the working class which is facing major struggles in the face of attacks on its jobs international perspective can ultimately ensure genuine justice for the victims of police violence From left to right: Christian Altmann (Integration Coordinator City of Dessau-Roßlau) Claudia Heß (Equal Opportunities Officer City of Dessau-Roßlau) Tristan Dornberger (Integration Coordinator Anhalt University of Applied Sciences) and Frank Hörnlein (Human Resources Department Federal Environment Agency) The collaboration between the city of Dessau- Rosslau Anhalt University of Applied Sciences and the German Environment Agency “Dessau- Rosslau Lives Global Openness and Diversity” has been nominated for the German Demography Award in the “Living Diversity” category The German Demography Award is an initiative of the Demography Network e.V Among the organisations represented are Deutsche Bahn nextpractice-Institut and insurance company R+V Versicherung The award honours projects that find creative solutions to the challenges of demographic change projects are honoured that promote participation and openness to a diverse community and help to reduce discrimination and compensate for current inequalities in opportunities We will continue this approach!” Promoting openness to the world and diversity is an important task especially in times of growing populism and right-wing extremist ideas “We must all realise that without skilled workers from abroad and a modern and service-oriented administration that responds to the needs of our citizens our economy will not be able to meet the challenges of demographic change It is therefore only logical that we train the employees of our administrations to improve their diversity skills This is where successful integration and inclusion begins and sends a positive signal to local companies,” says Mayor Dr Robert Reck University President Jörg Bagdahn also highlights the importance of international students: “More than half of our students come from abroad Our study programme not only enriches the entire university science and culture to work closely together in Dessau Together with a network of companies and institutions we support students before and during their studies in order to prepare them specifically for starting their careers in Saxony-Anhalt.” The collaboration between the three administrative sites in Dessau-Roßlau was nominated for the final round in Berlin along with two other applicants The jury ultimately decided in favour of Ed ZÜBLIN AG – Subdivision East with the project “We build with diversity” which we would like to take this opportunity to congratulate The nomination alone shows that we are on the right track in Dessau-Rosslau and that the existing cooperation must be expanded in order to continue to gain appeal The project partners have emerged from the nomination stronger and with new motivation and are in the process of implementing further programmes and projects For our environment (“Für Mensch und Umwelt”) In this video we give an insight into our work Would you like to ask the author a question Help others by being the first to add a review Where is the city center here?At a time when it is becoming increasingly difficult to find a place to live in large citiessmaller towns are confronted with the opposite problem: Emptiness this phenomenon begins in the core of city centers the reality of ageing and out-migration is rapidly coming to a head innovative young projects are already looking for alternatives to meet this challenge This is also the case in Dessau with the Young City Makers research project Students from the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences' Departments of Design and Architecture have been conducting action research for two years to find out how vacant properties in Dessau-Rosslau's city center can be sustainably revitalized three vacant spaces were transformed into: an urban living room they show how liveliness and community can be fueled by involving urban society and through design.can be fueled by design The final festival presents and reflects on the findings of the Young City Makers together with representatives from the city This event is for everyone who is interested in shaping their city.For creatives activists and doers from Dessau-Roßlauand beyond to discuss the present and future of city centers through thethrough the eyes of a younger generation The Young City Makers project is a collaboration between Anhalt University of Applied Sciences and the city of Dessau-Roßlau The Young City Makers are part of the nationwide ZIZ program (Zukunftsfähige Innenstädte und Zentren) funded by the BBSR This event was submitted by an ArchDaily user. If you'd like to submit an event, please use our "Submit a Event" form The views expressed in announcements submitted by ArchDaily users do not necessarily reflect the views of ArchDaily You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email So many prefabricated 1950s apartment buildings have been razed in this working-class district of Dessau-Rosslau that the plants receive all the light and rain they need And the local planners have other buildings in their sights An abandoned school is succumbing to weeds They too will probably be demolished and replaced by meadows This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Rus in urbe redux” Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents It will galvanise international co-operation over writing rules for the ocean bed The once-banned weapons are making a comeback to deter Russia Russia’s European neighbours hate landmines. They are installing them anyway A look back and a look to the future: 75 years of the Basic Law 35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall and 50 years of the German Environment Agency (UBA) the UBA has made a significant contribution to protecting the environment the quality of drinking water has improved significantly and so has people's overall health the UBA will celebrate its 50th anniversary at its headquarters in Dessau-Rosslau For a healthy environment – today and tomorrow the UBA invites all interested citizens to a colourful celebration The anniversary celebration on 15 June 2024 offers a varied programme for young and old: UBA ⁠experts from over 50 different disciplines will provide information on current key topics such as ⁠ climate protection ⁠ and climate adaptation and offer a wide variety of programme items and hands-on activities for children and adults More than ten organisations from the region will be presenting their work in and for Dessau Visitors can generate their own electricity for soap bubbles light and music with a bicycle power generator or go on a genetic search with a leaf collection In addition to guided tours of the climate-neutral UBA extension building there will also be a musical and culinary programme damaged textiles can be repaired on site by hand and with a sewing machine under supervision The Federal Youth Project "We Care & Repair" will be offering to repair items of clothing brought along A highlight of the celebration will be the presence of Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke who will officially open the anniversary celebration together with UBA President Dirk Messner and UBA Vice-President Lilian Busse as well as Robert Reck Fascinating interviews immediately following the opening with Reiner Haseloff Lilian Busse and Robert Reck will shed light on environmental and climate protection issues from various perspectives UBA President Dirk Messner said: “The anniversary celebration is a wonderful opportunity to look back together on the past 50 years and look ahead to the future we want to show all interested parties how we can overcome the challenges of climate change together It is no longer just a question of getting a grip on one environmental problem or another with limit values or bans on certain substances It is now about a complete transformation of society and the economy towards climate neutrality buildings and cities.” The anniversary celebration will take place on 15 June 2024 from 10:00 to 17:00 in and on the grounds of the UBA in Rosslau The company saperatec has opened its facility for processing beverage carton and other composite packaging waste in Dessau-Roßlau (Germany) In a novel mechanical-physical recycling process and paper are separated from composite packaging The company produces plastic from this process saperatec officially opened its facility for the production of secondary plastic and aluminum from composite packaging waste in Dessau in the presence of the Minister for Economic Affairs and Forestry of the State of Saxony-Anhalt industrial-scale plastic/aluminum composite films will be recycled from beverage cartons and other composite packaging waste Beverage cartons primarily consist of fiber The fiber component of beverage cartons collected from households in Germany has been recovered and used to produce cardboard packaging or hygiene paper for decades saperatec now separates and cleans plastic and aluminum into pure streams A novel washing process developed by the company is employed for this purpose Using state-of-the-art recycling technology waste plastic is then purified to the extent that polyethylene granules are produced for the manufacture of new plastic films Packaging manufacturers can use this secondary raw material to produce new film packaging co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of saperatec saperatec has systematically developed the mechanical-physical recycling process for delaminating multilayered composite materials from laboratory scale to large-scale implementation over 10 years reusable washing fluids are used to optimize the sustainability of recycling In addition to separating plastic from metal and paper layers the separation of glass composites is also the subject of further development work.“ The company employs over 60 staff in Dessau in production United Caps will showcase new products at ProPak Asia Les consommateurs favorables à l’interdiction des petites bouteilles plastique The human burden on the global environment and ecosystems has reached a level where sudden non-linear systemic changes can no longer be ruled out This report explores the concept of planetary boundaries and how it can be developed and operationalized to establish concrete environmental and sustainability goals Planetary boundaries: Challenges for science German Environment Agency (Umwelt Bundesamt) https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/publikationen/planetary-boundaries-challenges-for-science-civil The planetary boundaries concept was formulated in 2009 by an international research group led by Johan Rockström and revised in 2015 by Will Steffen and colleagues The concept emerged against the background of the Anthropocene – a period of time associated with rapidly growing environmental pressures and increasing degradation and scarcity of global environmental resources which intensifies risks for the stability and functioning of the Earth system The UFOPLAN project “Planetary Boundaries – Challenges for Science Civil Society and Politics” addresses the challenge of operationalizing the planetary boundaries concept The project analyses the requirements that the concept places on politics with the aim of informing the political implementation of the concept In addition to cross-sectional papers that deal with topics of significance for various political processes (e.g. the potential for environmental communication risks associated with transgressing boundaries and a methodology for operationalization) The 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You can upgrade to a modern browser or use the Google Chrome Frame to optimize your viewing experience We are pleased to announce that Park Your Truck is celebrating the opening of a new parking lot in Dessau This car park offers a first-class facility for truck drivers and haulage companies to meet the need for safe and comfortable parking our Dessau-Roßlau car park is designed to meet the needs of professional drivers The establishment is completely fenced and has a driveway with a barrier controlled by an automatic license plate recognition system The entire facility is equipped with modern lighting and is monitored by cameras to ensure maximum safety the car park offers a variety of amenities drinks and snacks will be available for catering Various refuelling options are also available including a diesel filling station that has already been opened as well as BIO-LNG and hydrogen refuelling stations under construction As a leading company in the field of truck parking brokerage we 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their attention to solving the truck parking problem Three marine industry partners are working to develop a concept for a high-speed internal combustion engine for ships that can run on green methanol in a CO2-neutral manner Woodward L’Orange and WTZ Roßlau have been working since the beginning of 2023 on the new joint project “MeOHmare” which is receiving eight million euros in funding from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection responsible for technology strategy and sustainability at alliance coordinator Rolls-Royce Power Systems “We are grateful for the funding and are convinced that with this experienced alliance of engine manufacturer injection system supplier and research institute we will successfully get the methanol engine on the water.” maritime coordinator for the German government "Decarbonization in shipping is a very big concern for us We see great opportunities for new marine propulsion technologies and sustainable fuels so we want to support the market ramp-up.” If methanol is produced using the so-called power-to-X process By means of electrolysis and by using electricity from renewable sources This hydrogen can be further processed into so-called e-methanol by synthesis “We see methanol as the future fuel for ships It is a fuel that is already used in the chemical industry and will be produced green in the future.” The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection promotes the development within the framework of the "Maritime Research Program" and thus supports the expansion of innovative products in future fields of shipbuilding the offshore industry and marine technology with an annual funding volume of around 60 million euros strengthens the innovative power of the maritime sector in international competition and promotes the protection of the climate and the environment highly qualified jobs are secured in Germany requires significant changes to the engine concept project manager at Rolls-Royce Power Systems and MeOHmare’s project coordinator “The focus of development activities is on redesigning the combustion process with fuel system turbocharging and engine control as well as all fuel-interacting engine subsystems.” the Stuttgart-based manufacturer of injection systems for large engines will completely redevelop the high-performance injection systems in the project Director Technology at Woodward L’Orange there are no production-ready injection systems for high-speed methanol marine engines Methanol is a challenging fuel due to its properties That’s why new materials and injector concepts have to be introduced.” The non-profit research institution Wissenschaftlich-Technisches Zentrum Roßlau (WTZ Roßlau gGmbH) will be responsible for setting up a methanol endurance test rig testing injection components and developing a methanol feed pump as part of the alliance we are laying the foundation for the establishment of a test center for the validation of injection systems with alternative fuels.” Rolls-Royce’s business unit Power Systems will develop an engine concept based on the mtu Series 4000 that will be designed for low-emission CO2-neutral and economical operation of ships with methanol Climate and environmental friendliness as well as the highest possible power density of the propulsion system are the particular focus of the development Subsidiaries of energy major TotalEnergies have applied for an environmental permit for a $16 billion green hydrogen and ammonia project in southern C a power electronics provider for the marine industry has won a contract to deliver the single drives for shaft… The offshore rig market recovery appears to have taken a pause with demand tapering off and marketed utilization hitting… a 170-year-old French family-owned company operating across a broad swath of maritime and offshore energy… A comprehensive transformation of AROYA Cruises' flagship vessel we excel in creating stunning illuminated yacht names and logos and cutting-edge LED and fiber optic solutions Maritime Reporter E-News is the maritime industry's largest circulation and most authoritative ENews Service delivered to your Email five times per week the Federal Environment Ministry and the German Environment Agency kicked off a series of regional dialogue events on climate adaptation The first of these will be held by about 80 randomly selected citizens from the Central Elbe region they will develop a common vision of the future for precautions against and adaptation to the consequences of the climate crisis in their region This series marks the start of the second phase of public participation in the initiative “Dialogue Climate Adaptation The recommendations from the dialogues complement the findings from the first phase of participation which was conducted nationwide as an online dialogue All results will ultimately be incorporated into the Federal Government's work on the new Federal Minister for the Environment Steffi Lemke commented: “Depending on where they live people in Germany experience the consequences of the climate crisis very differently others are confronted with storms or floods Here in Dessau-Roßlau in the Central Elbe region different solutions are needed to those on the coast or in the big cities we want to find out from citizens which measures for precautions against and adaptation to the consequences of the climate crisis they find particularly important for their region And we are asking them for their ideas and recommendations for various areas of action I'm glad to see so many people getting involved and I'm excited to see the recommendations for our precautionary climate adaptation strategy.” The five dialogue events will take place in the regions of the Baltic Sea coast in Wismar Rhine-Main in Worms and the Bavarian Forest in Zwiesel They were selected on the basis of the results of the Federal Government's Climate Impact and Risk Analysis 2021 and with a view to different settlement areas landscapes and economic and infrastructures President of the German Environment Agency stated: “We deliberately selected these five regions because they are in part specifically affected by the impacts of climate change and exemplify the diverse challenges of climate adaptation in Germany we hope to make valuable contributions to the further development of the German Adaptation Strategy for Climate Change.” In October and November 2023 the Federal Environment Ministry and the German Environment Agency will invite participants to regional dialogue events in the five selected regions about 80 people will discuss how their region should be shaped for a climate-adapted future worth living in The participants are randomly selected so that the composition is as diverse as possible They will develop recommendations on which solutions could provide sufficient precautions and protection against the consequences of the climate crisis The implementation of measures for precautions against and adaptation to the increasing consequences of climate change contributes to maintaining or improving the quality of life for everyone in Germany despite the climate crisis The online dialogue and the five regional dialogue events with citizens will be followed by the participation of experts from the federal states The German government is currently further developing the German Adaptation Strategy from 2008 and intends to present a new precautionary climate change adaptation strategy by the end of 2024 This strategy is anchored in the draft of the new Climate Adaptation Act which was adopted by the Federal Cabinet in mid-July 2023 and is being debated in the Bundestag The results of the participation process with citizens and experts will be incorporated into the work of the Federal Government The aim of greenhouse gas (GHG) neutral administrations is not simply a matter of reducing administrations’ direct climate footprint Besides administrations’ credibility and function as role model it is also about the purchasing power of the public sector and practical experience with climate protection In order to receive more attention and to be applied more widely the criteria and necessary steps forward to make administrations GHG-neutral should be advertised While a lot of research and discussions take place to further develop methodological concepts criteria and IT tools regarding ghg-neutrality the necessity of change management and institutionalisation within administrations seems not sufficiently addressed the management level has to support the goal of GHG-neutrality and to communicate it resolutely and credibly to employees contractual partners and the general public it has to make decisions on climate targets empower the operational level to achieve them and provide adequate personnel equipment and budget to implement the necessary measures Such kind of empowerment as well as networks of people in charge for these processes are not sufficiently developed to foster the role model of public administrations from the municipal and regional to the national it is necessary to enable the professionals in charge to act jointly in a cross-organizational manner and to keep the process of administrations towards GHG-neutrality on track The transformation companionship started with an in-presence workshop for the deeper exploration of the context and the relevant stakeholder system In the following online workshop with international participation we If you are interested in joining this process please contact us via email (tes-academy [at] uba [dot] de) In the context of the TES Academy transformation companionship process on “Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations: Empowering professionals from public administrations to become role models of transformation” we organize a Virtual TES series on related current topics During every inspirational session two keynote speakers will share their view on a joint topic and present their proposals and best practices opinions and further ideas of the participants will then be discussed to inspire them to use the experiences and to foster the debate and the development of collaborations Series: Greenhouse gas-neutral administrations | German Evironment Agency A book of condolences for a slain Chinese student of Anhalt University lies on a table in a university classroom in Dessau-Rosslau The rapist and murderer of a Chinese overseas student in Germany was sentenced to lifelong imprisonment and his accomplice received a youth penalty of five years and six months for sexual coercion a court in eastern German town of Dessau-Rosslau delivered the verdict Friday Local media Mitteldeutche Zeitung reported both defendants were also ordered to pay damages for pain and suffering of 60,000 euros a 25-year-old architecture student went missing while jogging on the evening of May 11 Her disfigured body was found abandoned in brush near the crime scene two days later before the police identified the both 20-year-old male and female suspects the two lured her to an empty apartment and then sexually assaulted her they carried the severely wounded victim away and abandoned her outside The case aroused tremendous public attention in both China and Germany The male culprit's parents are both police officers and dpa reported there had been temporary suspicion that the parents might have an influence on the investigation Chinese expatriates and overseas students across Germany had held memorials in various localities following the tragedy also demanding a fair and just handling of the case 1.Comments will appear only after being approved by our team so it might be a while before your comment is posted 2.In accordance with the Regulations on Internet News and Information Services and other related laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China comments should not contain anything that is obscene Please [ Login ] to leave a comment Sleek, pared-back, industrial elegance – that’s how most of us think of Bauhaus, the modernist design group born in Germany in 1919. But that was only one side of this short-lived but longlasting movement…• Norman Foster, Margaret Howell, Michael Craig-Martin and others on Bauhaus’s rich legacy was a German school of art and design that opened in 1919 and closed in 1933 It was the most influential and famous design school that has ever existed It became the pre-eminent emblem of modern architecture and design The name has become an adjective as well as a noun – Bauhaus style And now it is coming up for the centenary of its founding which shows both that what was called the “modern movement” is now part of history and that its influence is very much still around us It is nowadays usually clear what the word “Bauhaus” means – design stripped down to its essentials the rational and elegant use of modern materials and industrial techniques The device on which I am writing this and the one on which you might be reading it follow these principles So (with greater or lesser degrees of bastardisation) do buildings without number around the world the lettering on a tube of toothpaste or the design of a car the tubular steel chairs of Mart Stam and Marcel Breuer or the steel-and-glass building built to house the school The new institution was irrational as much as rational mystical as much as practical and medieval as much as modern It was a ferment of creative types pushing Walter Gropius Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesThe school’s founding proclamation made no mention of industry or new technology free of the divisive class pretensions that endeavoured to raise a prideful barrier between craftsmen and artists!” It aimed to break down barriers between art and different forms of craft It dreamt of “a new building of the future that will unite every discipline” which would “rise to heaven from the hands of a million workers as a crystal symbol of a new faith” The front cover of the published version of the proclamation which made people look like intergalactic dolls Also the expressionist art of Wassily Kandinsky and the mysterious paintings of Paul Klee The early Bauhaus was sometimes more like a forerunner of the Californian communes of the 1960s than a laboratory for an industrial future the shaven-headed Swiss artist who taught painting in the early years a pseudo-Zoroastrian fire cult that encouraged its adherents to purify themselves by dressing up and performances as much as technocratic endeavour Poster designed by Joost Schmidt for the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar Germany.One student would later recall rumours about the admissions procedure whereby every applicant was allegedly locked in a dark room: “Thunder and lightning are let loose upon him to get him into a state of agitation His being admitted depends on how well he describes his reactions.” Although these stories were “exaggerated” they described the spirit that attracted the student to the school he found a ragtag band of students and faculty “from all social classes” some with the long beards of artists or ascetics” It was too much for many residents of the Bauhaus’s conservative host city, for whom the weirdly dressed artistic types were subversive and possibly Bolshevik. “Men and women of Weimar!” read a newspaper announcement in 1920, inviting readers to a public demonstration, “our old and famous Art School is in danger!” The protesters didn’t stop it although the Bauhaus moved to the industrial city of Dessau in 1925 where Gropius designed its famous building before it closed down under pressure from the Nazis in 1933 Many leading Bauhauslers, including Gropius, Breuer and the school’s last director, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe where they occupied influential academic posts the Museum of Modern Art in New York mounted an exhibition on the Bauhaus Bauhaus architects determined the look of commercial and cultural America in the years after the war The dominance of Gropius and Mies cemented the cool and rational version of the Bauhaus which is its most distinctive – but not its only – contribution to the modern physical world the objections of the burghers of Weimar have often followed “Every child,” lamented Tom Wolfe in From Bauhaus to Our House of 1981 “goes to school in a building that looks like a duplicating-machine replacement-parts wholesale distribution warehouse” Had there ever been another place on earth he also said of Bauhaus-influenced America “where so many people of wealth and power paid for and put up with so much architecture they detested?” on its 100th birthday it should be possible to see the Bauhaus not as a threat to civilisation nor as the manifesto of a single vision of modern life but as a place of abundant creative energy and technical skill It has touched almost every aspect of cultural and commercial production This is the archive of The Observer up until 21/04/2025 The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media Welcome to motorship.com. This site uses cookies. Read our policy webinars and articles on innovations and current trends in the shipping industry Alternatively REGISTER for website access and sign up for email alerts MAN Energy Solutions has launched a project to develop retrofit solutions for medium-speed marine engines The ‘CliNeR-ECo’ project includes partners from industry and research institutes and will run until the end of 2025. Research association comprising MAN Energy Solutions WTZ Roßlau gGmbH and TU Darmstadt start ‘CliNeR-ECo’ project The ‘CliNeR-ECo’ project is receiving support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and is due to run for three years from January 2023. The project partners include WTZ Roßlau and TU-Darmstadt Already subscribed? SIGN IN now Want to read more before deciding on a subscription It only takes a minute to sign up for a free account and you’ll get to enjoy: Get more free content sign up today Ready to subscribe? Choose from one of our subscription packages for unlimited access Site powered by Webvision Cloud Environment Protection Agencies are key partners to inform politics and society on how to foster the sustainability transition. The EU funded CASRI project enhances collaborative research and innovation. Learn more about the project, its partners and results. CASRI stands for "Collaborative Action coordinating and enhancing systemic, actionable and transversal Sustainability Research and Innovation". CASRI is a project funded by the European Union and coordinated by the German Environment Agency. Kick-off Meeting: The project is kicked-off in a meeting with guests from 20 countries in Dessau-Roßlau in March 2024. Objectives of CASRI: CASRI aims to better connect environmental and sustainability research of European environmental agencies and complement existing programs of the EU and member states. 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We ask for your understanding. fun and practical.Get the latest with our exclusive in-language podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.SBSSBS World News Dessau-Roßlau • Culture Often one can take a peek inside the homes of famous artists and designers through photographs and in some cases their homes are preserved by trusts and opened up to tour parties It’s a rare treat though to be able to stay in the same rooms as true pioneers to experience where they worked and the views they enjoyed while they created Now bear in mind the designers who stayed at the Prellerhaus in Dessau-Rosslau were students (not known for their largesse) and belonged to the Bauhaus movement (ditto) so there’s not much in the way of luxury happening but there’s plenty of authenticity and atmosphere to be had Also known as Bauhaus Dessau the Prellerhaus name came from Bauhaus students in Weimar who were afforded dorm rights at the studio flats built by landscape painter Louis Preller but this 28-room Dessau block is part of a larger complex built in 1926 according to designs by Walter Gropius Josef and Anni Albers and Alfred Arndt were residents and their rooms have been reconstructed using period designs – in some cases furnished with items they designed themselves while staying here table and cupboard in Albers’ room are examples of this while Ehrlich’s room contains later GDR designs from the 1950s @gropiusallee , , , , , It's a rare treat though to be able to stay in the same rooms as.. Located within London's Westfield Stratford City decidedly decadent diner Super Club Roma serves up Roman-style pizzas (complete with their crispy and charred crusts) and fritti including lasagne spaghetti and nduja bombs; the simple menu allowing.. Lifestyle brand Miiro continues its expansion with the opening of Borneta a breathtaking new hotel for Barcelona's charismatic El Born neighbourhood Located among the iconic Porxos de Fontseré arches the design tells a story of local tradition.. With a striking 1970s Brutalism-meets-botany aesthetic and a rooftop bar and taqueria with extensive views over this vast city The Hoxton Brussels offers a stylish and eclectic stay in the Belgian.. Holloway Li has completed the remodelling of Club Quarters Hotel St Paul’s the 265-room property embracing the architectural integrity of the original mid-century structure nodding to post-war modernism along the way © 2025 About Us Advertising Privacy Policy Write for We Heart Get in Touch We Heart is an online magazine founded in 2007 the platform evolved over time to feature inspiring places and spaces Over the years we have been committed to producing content that inspires and informs our readers; having broadened our content policy to mature into a more general lifestyle magazine that has kept itself rooted in our beginnings whilst covering a multitude of subjects that reflect our growth.