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Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Alvar Aalto, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture.
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May 14, 2024 · Walter Gropius (born May 18, 1883, Berlin, Ger.—died July 5, 1969, Boston, Mass., U.S.) was a German American architect and educator who, particularly as director of the Bauhaus (1919–28), exerted a major influence on the development of modern architecture.
Learn about Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus and a pioneer of modern architecture. Explore his ideas, achievements, and influential buildings such as the Fagus Factory and the Sommerfeld House.
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- May 18, 1883
- Berlin, Germany
- July 5, 1969
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Jan 23, 2024 · Learn about Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus School and a pioneer of modernist architecture. Explore his life, works, and achievements, from the Fagus Factory to the Pan Am Building.
Apr 22, 2019 · Photograph by Jason Fulford for The New Yorker. The future-facing idiom of the Bauhaus, the German design school founded, in 1919, by Walter Gropius, is now antique, but its distinct vision of...
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1. He was called the 'Silver Prince' No wonder that some people thought he was a prince: Walter Gropius was elegant and sophisticated, always smartly dressed and well-groomed – and he cut a...
Nov 2, 2018 · Learn about the life and work of Walter Gropius, who established the Bauhaus in 1919 and influenced the development of 20th century art, design and architecture. Discover his collaborations with Behrens, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and others, and his projects for industrialists and the public.
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