Bauhaus
Much of what we recognize as modern design and architecture began in a small school in Germany: The Bauhaus. Led by Walter Gropius, an architect from Berlin, the school opened on April 1, 1919. Gropius established a new vision for education that brought together fine art and applied art to ‘build the future’.
We centre on the question: "How would we study, learn, and teach flavour, if it was part of the Bauhaus curriculum?"
For many years bars have been the community spaces where we socialize and share ideas. We wanted to further the conversation around art, and A Bar with Shapes for a Name inspired us to showcase, explore, and extend the Bauhaus movement. ​The Bauhaus celebrated students and teachers working together as a community. With this in mind, we sought to create a bar that fostered learning and teaching through flavour for our guests and staff. The venues walk guests through dedicated spaces that reflect the Bauhaus stages of design: to learn, develop, manufacture, and showcase.
Since 2020
LONDON
World’s 50 Best Bars, 2022 - 2024
Vogue’s 10 Best Cocktail Bars in London 2024
CLASS Cocktail of the Year 2022
Warehaus is the production space responsible for batching the cocktails served at A Bar with Shapes for a Name. In the daytime it operates as a factory, focusing on flavour extraction and ice preparation.
After five o’clock, the space transforms into a cocktail bar, inviting guests into the process of high-volume production. The venue is an informal space, offering bar service and a rotating menu that makes use of the production by-products, showcasing the batching process
Since 2025
LONDON
In 1925, the Bauhaus moved from Weimar to Dessau, a famously industrial area. This provided new opportunities to the school and solidified the importance of mass production with an emphasis on craft.
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The practice of reproduction is demonstrated by the Bordeaux venue, Un Bar avec des Formes pour Nom, which opened in late 2024. It is a natural extension of the original London location, carrying forward the same Bauhaus-inspired philosophy that unites form and function, art and craft.
Since 2024
BORDEAUX
