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Walter Adolf Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus
Walter Adolph Gropius, born in Berlin Germany May 18, 1883 - died July 5, 1969. Gropius was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus (one of the most influential design & architecture schools and design movements of all time), and along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of "modern" architecture.
Leaving Germany
In 1934 Walter Gropius left Germany due to the rising power of the Nazi Party. Many of his colleagues and Bauhaus staff did the same. He lived and worked in Britain and then in The united States of America.
Later, in 1945, Gropius founded The Architects' Collaborative (TAC) in Cambridge, Massachusetts with a group of younger architects. After this establishment, TAC would become one of the best known and respected architectural firms in the world.
Later, in 1945, Gropius founded The Architects' Collaborative (TAC) in Cambridge, Massachusetts with a group of younger architects. After this establishment, TAC would become one of the best known and respected architectural firms in the world.
Important Buildings
- the Fagus Factory, 1910-1911, Alfeld an der Leine, Germany
- Office and Factory Buildings at the Werkbund Exhibition, 1914, Cologne, Germany
- Bauhaus School and Faculty, 1925-1932, Housin, Dessau, Germany
- Village College, 1936, Impington, Cambridge, England
- The Gropius House, 1937, Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA
- Aluminum City Terrace housing project, 1942-1944, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, USA
- Harvard Graduate Center, 1949-1950, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (The Architects' Collaborative)
- University of Baghdad, 1957-1960, Baghdad, Iraq
- John F. Kennedy Federal Office Building, 1963-1966, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Pan Am Building (now the Metlife Building), 1958-1963, New York, New York, with Pietro Belluschi and project architects Emery Roth & Sons
- Interbau Apartment blocks, 1957, Hansaviertel, Berlin, Germany, with The Architects' Collaborative and Wils Ebert
- The award-winning Wayland High School, 1961, Wayland, Massachusetts, USA
- Embassy of the United States, 1959-1961, Athens, Greece (The Architects' Collaborative and consulting architect Pericles Sakellarios)
Links
- Bauhaus
- A website about the Bauhaus and the People involved in the Bauhaus.
- Bauhaus Furniture
- Bauhaus furniture; information, pictures and best places to buy Bauhaus and reproductions of Bauhaus Furniture.
- Walter Gropius
- More on Walter Gropius.
- Herbert Bayer
- Herbert Bayer
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Marcel Breuer
- Marcel Breuer
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- A Very famous Architect and Designer
- Josef Albers
- Josef Albers
- Johannes Itten
- Johannes Itten
Something you probably didn't know...
In 1923, Gropius designed one of his most famous works... door handles. Considered an icon of 20th century design and often noted as one of the most influential designs to emerge from the Bauhaus. More...
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