Walter Gropius
 

Walter Gropius

Walter Adolph Gropius

Walter Gropius (circa 1920). Photo by Louis Held.
Personal information
Name Walter Adolph Gropius
Nationality German / American
Birth date May 18, 1883(1883-05-18)
Birth place Berlin, Germany
Date of death July 5, 1969 (aged 86)
Place of death Cambridge, Massachusetts
Work
Practice name Peter Behrens (1908–1910)

The Architects' Collaborative (1945–1969)

Significant buildings Fagus Factory

Factory Buildings at the Werkbund Exhibition (1914)
Bauhaus
Village College
Gropius House
Harvard Graduate Center
University of Baghdad
John F. Kennedy Federal Office Building
Pan Am Building
Interbau
Wayland High School
Embassy of the United States in Athens

Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (May 18, 1883July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus[1] who along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.

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