The new Bauhaus building in Dessau, which was opened in 1926, enabled Gropius to demonstrate his views of architecture and art. The individual sections of the building were strictly separated according to their usage functions. The result has nothing more in common with a prestigious symmetrical façade: the visitor has to walk round the complex to grasp all of its individual parts and functions. The workshop section of the reinforced concrete building was given spectacular glazing that was due less to its function and more to a need to provide a visionary crystallization point for a new age. In accordance with the programme, all of the Bauhaus workshops collaborated in creating this ‘building of the future’.