and where architecture meets fashion the bauhaus inspired clothing of the berlin brand of hamas. this sunday it's the ninety first academy awards and the pressure is not just on the nominees last year's oscar ceremony got the worst t.v. ratings in the prizes history and it's been drama ever since leaving this year's show without a host now the big hollywood studios are also on pins and needles because if the netflix film rohmer cleans up the prizes that could shake up the whole industry here's our look at this year's top contenders. on the red carpet is rolled out for the ninety first oscar award ceremony two films with ten nominations each face off against each other mexican director fonzo carbone is perhaps in pole position with his autobiographical film roma he is also nominated as best director and accolade he already won back in twenty four to somewhat controversially roma is a netflix streaming platform production. but in how many categories will the favorite triumph this costume drama about british queen anne in the early eighteenth century defies convention. coleman has a

bauhaus style is timeless. buildings cannot afford to be fashionable. >> this university is timeless. the architectural milestone is a building with character, so africa is also part of an international exhibition project that celebrates the bauhaus school, its legacy, and its capacity for promoting transcultural exchange. a new generation of nigerian architects meet here, looking for answers to pressing questions and t to discover how the bauhaus remains relevant today. >> what has made bauhaus so vital to this day and keeps it that way is that it follows very basic ideas posinguestions like how we want to live in the future. >> a reminder of the top story we are following for you right now -- u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo says the trump administration is suspending its participation in a key nuclear disarmament pact with russia and the u.s. will withdraw completely if moscow does not end alleged fight relations of the pack within six months. president trump says he wants a new treaty. you are watching d

thirty years after the closure of the bauhaus the. project sought to put the school's vision into action a better life for many people over it and moving to the kopi a statue is a dream there are numerous sheer luck churros the modern man of all that he should apartment with a bathroom and everything's running hot water and unbelievable i still love the cold be a stand. your ten vice beca and one scale meat moved into the gulf as soon as it was completed. until i got married in one nine hundred sixty nine and there were no apartments to be had anywhere nowadays things that easy in comparison housing was desperately needed back then one morning. when the old loans used to shine also moved here in one nine hundred sixty nine. twenty nine applications for apartments i got for offers including this place for hugh i didn't have a car but i knew there was an underground start here so ours took the offer here with a. spade in front of the gulf coast a guy in the late one nine hundred fifty s. and early one nine hundred sixty s. solutions to

nick story is about bauhaus a style of originated in germany one hundred years ago it's characterized by the form follows function buildings defied by lines in an absence off supposed autumn in taishan it was the revolutionary at the time and has influenced all he takes across the wool one major its own poll is found in nigeria the university off if initiated by balls co-founder i reassure on. the thing in southwestern nigeria are a sharon's campus for the university everything is open area and well suited to the tropical climate and it makes a statement for the bauhaus opened in one nine hundred sixty two just two years after nigeria's gained independence the university became a symbol for the fledgling democracy back then modernism was progressive and today to the ideas about how stood for have a future can they still provide answers to the question how do we want to live for instance in lagos nigeria's largest city which changes by the minute. you know she no where as an architect and a child of modernism she studied and lived in london if it remains an inspiration for her. when we

in the bauhaus architects essentially dismantled a structure and then put it back together again in a completely new way jennifer brockman does the same thing using various elements of classic clothing and. with us so what we have two components that are not just signed by scientists they flew together to create something new and then them and i know it's been a lot of. this fashion item was created by combining parts of a shirt and a dress coat. jennifer loves to create fashions that surprised us. at first glance this looks like a separate shirt and waistcoat on a hanger. by comparison but none the fraction of the team pieces together. so it's one item and from the back. you can see that it's a show and. as a student she founded the brockman label that she now runs with her husband orloff comes in berlin. the first she designed only men's fashions and one high praise for them at berlin fashion week. now she's also a welcome guest at the paris prison for teisho others and she's expanded her business to include women's fashions always true to the minimalist balance tradition. if i aske

everything is open area and well suited to the tropical climate and it makes a statement for the bauhaus opened in one nine hundred sixty two just two years after nigeria gained independence university became a symbol for the fledgling democracy back then modernism was progressive and today too the ideas about how stood for have a future can they still provide answers to the question how do we want to live for instance in lego's nigeria's largest city which changes by the minute. you know she no is an architect and a child of modernism she studied and lived in london if it remains an inspiration for her. when we had monism come in in the years of any post-colonialism the architects that came of the day. i'm not the architecture that has really formed the structure of this it's on the early modernism of the forty's fifty's and sixty's still a lot of texture. towse you know she no one has returned to her homeland today she lives and works in lagos she loves the city's wild and creative side. lego's just grows and grows today it's africa's second largest. city and one of the world's most po

of the twentieth century there was one student at bauhaus his name. was max bill and he created it wouldn't which looked like these it consisted just of three simple boards which were connected this piece of wood this minimalistic design actually stood for one of the core principles of bauhaus less is more are you ready for more minimalistic design for your own home go build the wooden store. that went quick if you need to double check that you are building everything correctly just go to our new you tube channel youtube dot com flash the w your next you'll also find are all bobsled report plus many more cool stories from across europe. and you'll find more bow house style furniture on our you tube channel d.w. your own x. in his video tutorial than bola mental shows you how to make it step by step so now anyone can create their own minimalist design classic. check out our how to guide you tube dot com slash the detail be you. fresh season no ingredients prepared and a stylish open kitchen that's how gourmet is generally experience european find any b

the first one hundred years of the bauhaus school being celebrated here in germany. the revolutionary movement has influenced many areas of life from design to art and architecture of course above all the one nine hundred thirty s. buildings in the clear and minimalist dial have had a lasting influence on the way modern homes look to this very day the bauhaus movement left its mark all over the world including where i live in india and syria in the german capital berlin you can even find fasten that has been influenced by the bauhaus principles. minimalist fashion that is also unlike in. linear geometric concepts inspired by buildings like this one in brooklyn designed by dollhouse architect a vulture gropius jennifer brahman who studied architecture and fashion design combines both elements in her fashions her work has been influenced by bauhaus principle. to try because it can actually have the designs the principles and the end. well approach allows you to create so many different variations. in the bone house architects essentially dismantled the structure and th

nigerian architects meeting here looking for answers to pressing questions and discovering how the bauhaus remains relevant today. what's made by a host so vital to this day and keeps it up way is that it follows very basic ideas so it poses questions like how do we want to live in the future. that's it. is africa for now you can catch all our stories on our website that's. forward slash africa and don't forget to join the discussion. the africa face full page where to such a know would you go public with your hiv status and what do you say is behind the state duma a child the aids will deaf to hear from you so we leave you now with pictures of aids activists in the ongoing fight against stigma across the continent catch you again on monday five finale. let's. take a closer look at the culture from the. culture. the music the long enough days. and extravagant venues. and to. really know their stuff. groups. with. and stephanie. party and chat with musicians from around the world. starts feb second. welcome to news from the sun culture i'm robert merrill i'm let's have a look at what's comi

our next story is about bauhaus a design style that originated in germany one hundred years ago it's characterized by the motto form follows function with buildings and objects defined by clean lines and an absence of unnecessary flourishes bauhaus was revolutionary at the time and its influence architects around the world one major example can actually be found in nigeria at the university of initiated by about house co-founder. if a in southwestern nigeria. campus for the university of you face is open area and well suited to the tropical climate and it makes a statement for the bauhaus opened in one nine hundred sixty two just two years after nigeria gained independence the university became a symbol for the fledgling democracy back then modernism was progressive and today the ideas about how stood for have a future and they still provide answers to the question how do we want to live for instance in lagos nigeria's largest city which changes by the minute. you know she know as an architect and a child of modernism she studied and lived in london if it remains an inspiration for h

what inspires us most is the clarity and the holistic approach of the bauhaus. a group of people came together to create something new in their teaching and in their practice ranging from skyscrapers to products to graphics every area of design. for the benefit of ordinary people. runs in their subsidized housing projects will be six euros fifty per square meter very moderate nowadays in a city like. but it's not only about being cheap. everybody has the right to good architecture and good design. germany lacks affordable housing experts estimate it would take well over a million units to meet demand and construction has lagged way behind rents are high and rising and says he's like munich. there was no queues housing shortage a century ago as well with math of overcrowding and terrible sanitary conditions in gloomy tenements as here in berlin. 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 revoluti

you'll find more of suzanne young men's work online on our facebook page next the avenue guard bauhaus movement zara break it's one hundred anniversary this year the focus was on merging design with industry to provide well these products for many that is certainly not the case anymore if you want a powerhouse classic you have to have very deep pockets both architect bonbon elemental decided to get back to the original idea make your own design plastics with how so. hi my name is and i am introducing to you this what is stool inspired by. this design is so super versatile the more you have the greater the possibilities it's a little bit like building blocks you can combine them to make a chair table or even a wall let's go build. gil need four pieces of work get them professionally cut forces are just the tools we need an electric drill a pen a ruler and ten screws to start we'll measure seventeen centimeters in on both ends of the larger board and draw a line between both points then we'll set two screws along the line each four centimeters from the edge now we can attach the two long

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 it 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 put together entire modules as opposed to manufacturing single component but that changed. the course for a company makes much will for the construction industry. at its factory in holland for example it makes sixteen prefab units a day including flooring and windows. they'll be put together on site to make say a kindergarten school or hospital this kind of construction can prove much faster than building in conventional ways. standard complaint used to be that this is somehow inferior to simple architectural inflexible but that really doesn't apply any longer w

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and where architecture meets fashion the bauhaus inspired clothing of the berlin brand of mine. this sunday it's the ninety first academy awards and the pressure is not just on the nominees last year's oscar ceremony got the worst t.v. ratings in the prizes history and it's been drama ever since leaving this year's show without a host now the big hollywood studios are also on pins and needles because if the netflix film roma cleans up the prizes that could shake up the whole industry here's our look at this year's top contenders. on the red carpet is rolled out for the ninety first oscar award seventy two films with ten nominations each face off against each other mexican director alfonso clone is perhaps in.

anniversary of her first belly knowledge shoot her subjects have included master cinematographer michel bauhauswho was losing his eyesight at the time of the session. but my notion i try to direct him by speaking rather loudly and then i noticed that i was speaking to loudly. when he turned a little toward the sound of my voice. and this is that's how i do it but that session really took a lot out of me with. willem dafoe at last year's billion dollar. so much for these are from a session i did with defoe in one thousand nine hundred forty two and i almost always shoot in black and white as a hobby i believe that i use color when it's really there. like in this picture red hair green shirt that's color. in any case clippers portraits are intense this is from a shoot with germany after a little kia that took place twenty two years ago now it's time for an update. you want me by the piano that's not exactly you know down just a little bit a yeah that's it. isn't it doesn't tell ourselves that i think is a great actor and has a lot of fun to work with all of the schools just i think he's got a gre