A century has passed since the Bauhaus school was founded in Germany, leaving a durable mark on arts, design and architecture.

To mark the milestone Google commissioned a special, animated Doodle to mark the anniversary of the movement, to be unveiled on Friday.

Here are five things you should know about the Bauhaus, 100 years after its beginnings:

1. The original Bauhaus school moved across three cities in Germany

The Bauhaus's story begins in Weimar, where architect Walter Gropius founded the school in 1919.

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It remained there until 1925, when it moved to Dessau.

The school's final location was Berlin, where it moved in 1932 and remained opened only until 1933.

2. Its goal was to bridge the gap between art and technical craft

The Bauhaus began as the merger of two existing institutions: the Weimar Academy of Arts and the Weimar School of Arts and Crafts, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

One of the main goals was to erase the distinction between applied arts and fine arts, by teaching students to combine practicality and artful meaning.

3. Some of its lesser known trailblazers are female artists

Painters Paul Klee and Wassily Kandkinsky, sculptor and designer Oskar Schlemmer, and painter and photographer László Moholy-Nagy are among the best known members of the Bauhaus school.

But female artists also made valuable, groundbreaking contributions, although their names are not cited as often.

Industrial designer Marianne Brandt, weavers Gunta Stölzl and Benita Koch-Otte​, textile artist Otti Berger, and designer Alma Siedhoff-Buscher​ are among the many women who wrote part of the Bauhaus's history.

Buildings of the Bauhaus masters Show all 10 1 /10 Buildings of the Bauhaus masters Buildings of the Bauhaus masters Pan-Am Building (now Met Life) Walter Gropius designed this 59-story skyscraper in New York that was completed in 1963 Getty Buildings of the Bauhaus masters Saint John's Abbey Marcel Breuer was employed to deisgn this Benedictine monastery in rural Minnesota in 1954 to meet the needs of a growing community of monks Bobak Ha'Eri Buildings of the Bauhaus masters Pirelli Tire Building Marcel Breuer designed this building for the Pirelli Tire company in Connecticut. The gap in building was designed to separate the offices from the noise of the research labs below Alcmaeonid Buildings of the Bauhaus masters Fagus Factory Walter Gropius designed this factory in Lower Saxony. Completed in 1913, it predates the Bauhaus school and is an early example of modern architecture Carsten Janssen Buildings of the Bauhaus masters John F Kennedy Federal Building Walter Gropius designed this federal government office in Boston, Massachusetts that was completed in 1966 Buildings of the Bauhaus masters Amberg Glaswerk Walter Gropius designed this glassworks in Amberg, Germany. Gropius died before its completion in 1970 Buildings of the Bauhaus masters Gropiushaus Walter Gropius designed this flatblock in Berlin. It serves as the centrepiece of Gropiusstadt, an area of the city so named as Gropius designed all of the buildings there Dirk Ingo Franke Buildings of the Bauhaus masters Cleveland Trust Tower Marcel Breuer designed this 29-story tower in Cleveland Ohio that was completed in 1971 Seth Tisue Buildings of the Bauhaus masters Nuns' Island Gas Station Mies Van Der Rohe designed this former-petrol station in Montreal, Canada. Now a community centre, it served as a petrol station for over 40 years Rex Buildings of the Bauhaus masters Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library Mies Van Der Rohe designed this library in Washington DC Carol M. Highsmith

4. The Nazi regime forced the Bauhaus to shut down

The Bauhaus school, then based in Berlin, officially dissolved in April 1933 under pressure from the Nazis.

It had previously been forced out of Dessau after the Nazis had become the dominant political force in the city.

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5. The Bauhaus's influence can still be felt across the world today

While the school closed down in the 1930s, its curriculum kept being taught in arts school around the world.