Walter Gropius Architect

Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.

Personal facts

Walter Gropius
Birth dateMay 18, 1883
Birth place
Berlin , German Empire
Nationality
Germany
United States
Date of deathJuly 05, 1969
Place of death
Cambridge Massachusetts , United States

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Architect

Significant building
Bauhaus
Gropius House
University of Baghdad
Fagus Factory
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
MetLife Building
Werkbund Exhibition (1914)

Walter Gropius on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf5779n7f0&chunk.id=bioghist-1.7.3&brand=oac
  2. http://www.ltmrecordings.com/bauhausreviewednotes.html
  3. http://www.rosenthalusa.com/1288d872/GROPIUS_Walter.htm