Bau·haus (bou?hous?)adj. Of or relating to an early 20th-century modernist school of architecture and design noted for its use of rectilinear forms, plain unadorned surfaces, and techniques and materials associated with industrial production.[German, an architecture school founded by Walter Gropius : Bau, construction, architecture (from Middle High German b?, building, from Old High German, from b?an, to dwell, settle; see bheu?- in Indo-European roots) + Haus, house (from Middle High German h?s, from Old High German).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Bauhaus (?ba??ha?s) n (Architecture) a. a German school of architecture and applied arts founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius on experimental principles of functionalism and truth to materials. After being closed by the Nazis in 1933, its ideas were widely disseminated by its students and staff, including Kandinsky, Klee, Feininger, Moholy-Nagy, and Mies van der Roheb. (as modifier): Bauhaus wallpaper. [C20: German, literally: building house]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Bau?haus (?ba??ha?s) n. 1. a German school of design in existence from 1919 to 1933, established by Walter Gropius. adj. 2. of or pertaining to the styles developed at the Bauhaus, marked by an emphasis on functional design. [