Title: Fagus : industrial culture from Werkbund to Bauhaus /
Authors: Jaeggi, Annemarie.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Fagus-Werk (Alfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany); Bauhaus.; Shoe industry Germany History.; Leather industry and trade Germany History.; Architecture, Industrial Germany Case studies.; Architectural photography Germany.; Industrial buildings Germany History
Abstract: "The main building of the Fagus shoe factory in Alfeld, Germany, is a seminal structure in the history of modern architecture. Designed by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer, the factory achieved an innovative optical effect in a curtain of glass: the walls seemed to vanish."