Biography
American and German architect, teacher, and industrial designer.
One of the most important architects of the Modern movement, Gropius studied architecture in Munich and Berlin, then worked in the studio of Peter Behrens in Neubabelsberg. From 1910 to 1914, he worked as an architect in Berlin. After the war, he chaired the Staatliche Bauhaus at Weimar, then at Dessau. He left the Bauhaus in 1928, working in Berlin as an architect again. Gropius emigrated to England in 1934. In 1937, he went to the United States permanently, eventually becoming an citizen in 1944. He joined TAC (The Architects Collective) after the war, producing many structures and praticing until his death. *(Source: Union List of Artist Names - Getty Research Institute)*
One of the most important architects of the Modern movement, Gropius studied architecture in Munich and Berlin, then worked in the studio of Peter Behrens in Neubabelsberg. From 1910 to 1914, he worked as an architect in Berlin. After the war, he chaired the Staatliche Bauhaus at Weimar, then at Dessau. He left the Bauhaus in 1928, working in Berlin as an architect again. Gropius emigrated to England in 1934. In 1937, he went to the United States permanently, eventually becoming an citizen in 1944. He joined TAC (The Architects Collective) after the war, producing many structures and praticing until his death. *(Source: Union List of Artist Names - Getty Research Institute)*
Books by Walter Gropius
Adolf Meyer : a Bauhaus Experi
Adolf Meyer : a Bauhaus Experimental House
Albert Gleizes : Cubism
Albert Gleizes : Cubism
J. J. P. Oud : Dutch Architect
J. J. P. Oud : Dutch Architecture
Kasimir Malevich : the Non-Obj
Kasimir Malevich : the Non-Objective World
László Moholy-Nagy : from Mate
László Moholy-Nagy : from Material to Architecture
Oskar Schlemmer, lászló Moholy
Oskar Schlemmer, lászló Moholy-Nagy and Farkas Molnár : the Theater of the Bauhaus
Theo Van Doesburg : Principles
Theo Van Doesburg : Principles of Neo-Plastic Art
Wassily Kandinsky : Point and
Wassily Kandinsky : Point and Line to Plane
Walter Gropius : Bauhaus Build
Walter Gropius : Bauhaus Buildings Dessau
Auerbach House by Walter Gropi
Auerbach House by Walter Gropius with Adolf Meyer
Bauhaus / Documenta. Vision an
Bauhaus / Documenta. Vision and Brand
Walter Gropius International A
Walter Gropius International Architecture
Pelnia architektury
Theater of the Bauhaus
Theater of the Bauhaus
Die neue Architektur und das B
Die neue Architektur und das Bauhaus. Grundzüge und Entwicklung einer Konzeption
The tea service TAC 1 by Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius, opera completa
Walter Gropius, opera completa
100 Jahre Walter Gropius
100 Jahre Walter Gropius
Bauhaus, 1919-1928
Bauhausbauten Dessau
Walter Gropius, projectos cons
Walter Gropius, projectos construções, 1906-1969
[Testament, April 1933 and let
[Testament, April 1933 and letter to a group of students, January 14, 1964.]
Apollon dans la démocratie
Apollon dans la démocratie
The late Walter Gropius (1883-
The late Walter Gropius (1883-1969) in conversation with George Baird
Town plan for the development of Selb:
Walter Gropius zum Gedenken
Walter Gropius zum Gedenken
Apollo in the democracy
Apollo in der Demokratie
Apollo in der Demokratie
Tower East
Tower East
La nueva arquitectura y la Bauhaus
The Architects Collaborative,
The Architects Collaborative, 1945-1965
Architettura in Giappone
Architettura in Giappone
Das Bauhaus, 1919-1933, Idee u
Das Bauhaus, 1919-1933, Idee und Wirklichkeit
Die neue Architektur und das B
Die neue Architektur und das Bauhaus
Seikatsu kūkan no sōzō
Seikatsu kūkan no sōzō
Gedenkschrift zur Verleihung d
Gedenkschrift zur Verleihung des Hansischen Goethe-Preises 1956 der gemeinnützigen Stiftung F.V.S. zu Hamburg durch die Universität Hamburg an Walter Gropius
Scope of total architecture
The new architecture and the B
The new architecture and the Bauhaus. Translated from the German by P. Morton Shand, with an introd. by Frank Pick
Text of talk at Gropius lunche
Text of talk at Gropius luncheon, (Gropius 70th birthday, May 18, 1953)
Architecture and design in the
Architecture and design in the age of science
Publications by and related to
Publications by and related to Walter Gropius 1919-1949 (with 1950 supplement)
Three addresses at the Blackst
Three addresses at the Blackstone hotel, April 17, 1950
Walter Gropius et son école
Walter Gropius et son école
Zwei und zwanzig (22) berliner
Zwei und zwanzig (22) berliner bauhäusler stellen aus
Teaching the arts of design
Teaching the arts of design
Biographical outline, 1883-194
Biographical outline, 1883-1946
Rebuilding our communities ..
Torréon, Coahuila, Mex. Church
Torréon, Coahuila, Mex. Church project, perspectives, elevs. sections, details, photos. of model, letters, clippings
A program for city reconstruct
A program for city reconstruction
Postwar construction conferenc
Postwar construction conference issue
Housing as a townbuilding prob
Housing as a townbuilding problem
Specifications of labor and ma
Specifications of labor and materials for the residence of Mrs. Josephine Hagerty, Atlantic avenue, Cohasset, Massachusetts
[Collection of clippings, etc.
[Collection of clippings, etc. concerning Walter Gropius]
Current data bulletin
Current data bulletin
The development of the new arc
The development of the new architecture
Unity between art and techniqu
Unity between art and technique as the aim of public education in art
The New Architecture and the Bauhaus
Theaterbau
Theaterbau
Ausstellung Karlsruhe
Ausstellung Karlsruhe
Internationale Architektur
Internationale Architektur
Das flache Dach
Das flache Dach
Idee und Aufbau des Staatliche
Idee und Aufbau des Staatlichen Bauhauses Weimar
[Miscellaneous periodical clip
[Miscellaneous periodical clippings of their work, ca. 1950-1959.]
Biographical outline, 1910-194
Biographical outline, 1910-1946
Contemporary architecture and
Contemporary architecture and training the architect
Das Spaetwerk.
Das Spaetwerk.
Minimum dwellings and tall bui
Minimum dwellings and tall buildings