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Walter Gropius

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Early Modern Movement Architecture

German American architect, 1883 to 1969, founder of the Bauhaus at Weimar in 1919 and designer of its famous Dessau building, who taught that art and industrial technique must be unified in design education. Emigrating from Nazi Germany, he led architectural teaching at Harvard and carried Bauhaus method into the mainstream of American practice.

Facts
Birth Year
1883 1
Death Year
1969 1
Nationality
German, later American 1
Defining Contribution
Founding the Bauhaus and its Dessau building 2
Connections

Associated With

American Institute of Architects, Institutions and Organizations

Awarded the AIA Gold Medal in 1959.

Source American Institute of Architects Official Site
Bauhaus, Styles and Movements

Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus school in 1919.

Founding of the Bauhaus, Milestones

Walter Gropius founded the Staatliches Bauhaus in April 1919 and served as its first director.

Source Wikipedia
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Institutions and Organizations

Gropius emigrated to the United States in 1937 and chaired Harvard's department of architecture until 1952.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Modernist Architecture, Styles and Movements

Gropius founded the Bauhaus and is a central figure of modernism

Royal Institute of British Architects, Institutions and Organizations

RIBA Royal Gold Medal recipient 1956

The Bauhaus, Institutions and Organizations

Founder and first director.

Source Bauhaus Dessau Foundation Official Site
The Bauhaus, Institutions and Organizations

Founded the Bauhaus in Weimar in 1919 and served as its first director until 1928.

Source Bauhaus Dessau Foundation Official Site
The International Style Named, Milestones

Gropius was among the architects featured in the 1932 Museum of Modern Art exhibition

In Style

Bauhaus, Styles and Movements
International Style, Styles and Movements
Source Walter Gropius (Wikipedia)

Influenced

Paul Rudolph, Architects and Designers
Source About Paul Rudolph (Paul Rudolph Institute for Modern Architecture)

Influenced By

Peter Behrens, Architects and Designers

Gropius joined Behrens' office in 1908 and left to found his own practice in 1910.

Source Wikipedia

Works Designed

Fagus Factory, Buildings and Structures

Designed by Walter Gropius with Adolf Meyer.

In the Other Atlases

Same As

Walter Gropius

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: the same subject.

Nationality

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Bauhaus Dessau Foundation Official Site
Sources
1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
2. Bauhaus Dessau Foundation Official Site
Bauhaus Dessau FoundationView the Source
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Associated With: Founding of the Bauhaus, Bauhaus, Founding
  • Influenced By: Peter Behrens
View the Source
American Institute of Architects Official Site
American Institute of ArchitectsAssociated With: American Institute of ArchitectsView the Source
Walter Gropius (Wikipedia)
In Style: International Style, intro: "a leading proponent of the International Style"View the Source
About Paul Rudolph (Paul Rudolph Institute for Modern Architecture)
Influenced: Paul Rudolph, About Paul Rudolph, education
Quote, Influenced: Paul Rudolph, About Paul Rudolph, education
successfully completed graduate studies at Harvard under Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius
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