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Walter Gropius

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Also known as Walter Adolph Georg Gropius, Walter Adolf Gropius, Mass, Walter Adolf Georg Gropius, Georg Walter Adolf Gropius, Walter Adolph Gropius

German-American architect (1883–1969)

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Walter Gropius was a German architect, pedagogue, urban planner, and designer. Born in Berlin in 1883, he worked in the Bauhaus and International Style movements. His professional affiliations included the Deutscher Werkbund, the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne, the Royal Academy of Arts, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He served as an educator at the Bauhaus, Harvard University, and Black Mountain College.

Gropius received the Royal Gold Medal, the Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt, and the Albert Medal. He participated in World War I, World War II, and the 1932 Summer Olympics. His spouse was Alma Mahler, and later Ise Gropius. They had a child named Manon Gropius. He died in Boston in 1969.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Georg
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Berlin
Place of death
Boston
Spouse
Ise Gropius
Child
Manon Gropius
Occupation
teacher
Employer
Bauhaus
Languages spoken
German
Participant in
1932 Summer Olympics
Student of
Peter Behrens
Field of work
architecture
Movement
International Style
Conflict
World War II
Image
Walter Gropius Foto 1920.jpg
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Walter Gropius
date of birth
1883-05-18
date of death
1969-07-05
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Walter Gropius
member of
American Academy of Arts and Letters
birth name
Walter Adolf Georg Gropius
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Category:Walter Gropius
name in native language
Walter Gropius
place of burial
Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf
student
Anne Tyng
has works in the collection
Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design
relative
Martin Gropius
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A Self Made Hero
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Encyclopedic overview

Walter Adolph Georg Gropius ( German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈadɔlf ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈɡʁoːpiʊs]; 18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. He was a founder of Bauhaus in Weimar and taught there for several years, becoming known as a leading proponent of the International Style. Gropius emigrated from Germany to England in 1934 and from England to the United States in 1937, where he spent much of the rest of his life teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In the United States he worked on several projects with Marcel Breuer and with the firm The Architects Collaborative, of which he was a founding partner. In 1959, he won the AIA Gold Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in architecture.

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