Dessau Institute of Architecture is a graduate unit within the Faculty of Architecture and Building Engineering in Anhalt University of Applied Sciences(Hochschule Anhalt) in Dessau, Germany. The institute runs a four semester professional masters program in architecture, which is taught in the English language. The institute is located partly within the historic Bauhaus building designed by Walter Gropius, and is affiliated with Chur Institute of Architecture.
The institute is run by Professor Alfred Jacoby.
Current teaching staff include:
Gunnar Hartmann (New Dialogues | Zürich) - current visiting professor (since 2007)
Daniel Dendra (anOtherArchitect | Berlin) - current visiting professor (since 2007)
Mathias del Campo (SPAN | Vienna) - current visiting professor (since 2009)
DAAD Visiting Professors at DIA included:
Neil Leach until 2007
Christos Passas (associate director Zaha Hadid Architects | London) - current
Work from the institute was included in the Emerging Talents, Emerging Technologies exhibition of student work at the Architecture Biennial Beijing 2006.