Walter Gropius
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German-American architect
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Also known as: Walter Adolph Gropius
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Walter Gropius
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Born:
May 18, 1883 Berlin Germany
Died:
July 5, 1969 (aged 86) Boston Massachusetts
Founder:
Bauhaus The Architects Collaborative
Movement / Style:
International Style Novembergruppe
Notable Family Members:
spouse Alma Mahler
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Walter Gropius, in full Walter Adolph Gropius, (born May 18, 1883, Berlin, Ger.—died July 5, 1969, Boston, Mass., U.S.), German American architect and educator who, particularly as director of the Bauhaus (1919–28), exerted a major influence on the development of modern architecture. His works, many executed in collaboration with other architects, included the school building and faculty housing at the Bauhaus (1925–26), the Harvard University Graduate Center, and the United States Embassy in Athens. Gropius, the son of an architect father, studied architecture at the technical institutes in Munich (1903–04) and in Berlin–Charlottenburg (1905–07). He worked briefly in an architectural ...(100 of 1724 words)

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