the weaving department produced material for the German Pavilion at the Milan Fair, designed by Otto Bartning's architectural office. From 1929 to 1931, Bartning was one of six leading modernist architects and members of Der Ring to contribute to the Siemensstadt housing project. And in 1932 Bartning published his influential scheme for the interior of a prefabricated house. Later career Bartning's attempt to steer a rational middle way failed with the increasing politicisation of the arts in the 1930s. His writings in the magazine Die Volkswohnungen ('People's Housing') appear among polemics advocating land reform and a craft-based self-sufficient Germany. In 1930, shortly after a National Socialist and conservative government coalition won power in Thuringia, Bartning resigned. Many of the 14 professors and lecturers at The Other Bauhaus continued their careers in Germany during the war; for example Ernst Neufert worked under Albert Speer and went on to enjoy international success after the war. Bartning, on the other hand, retreated into church architecture between 1933 and 1948, and was later awarded honorary doctorates, including RIBA honorary membership, and held important posts as architect and advisor. Sources Dawson, Layla, The Architectural Review, 2 Jan 1997 External links Otto Bartning in German Wikipedia Website of the Otto Bartning Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kirchenbau OBAK (= Otto Bartning Association on Church Construction) 1883 births 1959 deaths Expressionist architects Modernist architects from Germany 20th-century German architects Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Architects from Karlsruhe Architectural theoreticians