Prof. Walter Gropius
Germany

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Germany

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Biography

1883 Born in Berlin

1903 - 1907 Architectural studies at the technical universities in Berlin and Munich

1910 Own architect's office in Berlin and the planning of various important works,among others the Fagus factory

r />1919 Director of the art college in Weimar, founding of the national Bauhaus
Transfer of the Bauhaus to Dessau1928 Leaves the Bauhaus, private office in Berlin
Emigration to England, architect in London1937- 52 Professor at the

Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1946 Architect's office with Marcel Breuer in Massachussetts

5.6.1969 Death in Boston, USA

Articles about Walter Gropius

100 YEARS OF BAUHAUS

Bauhaus Year 2019 – Taking stock

5/22/2019

The 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus is the major cultural event of the year. However, so far, has it elicited anything more than a media circus?

100 YEARS OF BAUHAUS

A labyrinth called biography

5/21/2019

Toppling a monument in the Bauhaus anniversary year? What a great idea. Thought Bernd Polster and put his reputation as an author at risk.

100 YEARS OF BAUHAUS

An extremely vibrant monument

5/20/2019

200 years of design history – illustrated by 70 chairs made by a single company. Steffen Kehrle’s redesign highlights Munich’s Die Neue Sammlung’s Thonet collection.

DESIGN

On the death of Florence Knoll Bassett

2/15/2019

When she died, the world lost a pioneer of Modernist furniture, one whose carefully designed rooms fired the imagination of a post-War global community who felt united in its aesthetic sensibilities. Just how fragile the foundations of this community were is something that we are experiencing today. Along with the importance of the example she set us.

ARCHITECTURE

For the young generation

8/19/2017

Matter Design and FR|SCH have designed a sophisticated architectural play structure for a place with special architectural significance.

DESIGN

Long overdue!

7/11/2017

He forever stood in the shadow of his predecessor Walter Gropius and his successor Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Now two key buildings by Hannes Meyer have become part of the World Cultural Heritage. “At long last!”, declares Philipp Oswalt.