Walter Gropius

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Walter Gropius was a pioneering German architect and founder of the Bauhaus school, renowned as a leading figure of modernist architecture.

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Walter Gropius canonical 79
Gropius 1
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bauhaus founder
architect
human
university teacher
urban planner
awardReceived AIA Gold Medal
Royal Gold Medal
birthDate 1883-05-18
birthPlace Berlin
German Empire
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
United States of America
Weimar Republic
deathDate 1969-07-05
deathPlace Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts
United States of America
directorOf Bauhaus
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin
Technical University of Munich
employer Harvard Graduate School of Design
Harvard University
familyName Walter Gropius self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gropius
fieldOfWork architecture
industrial design
modernist architecture
founded Bauhaus
fullName Walter Gropius self-linksurface differs
surface form: Walter Adolph Georg Gropius
givenName Walter
influenced International Style
surface form: International Style architects

Le Corbusier
Marcel Breuer
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
surface form: Mies van der Rohe
influencedBy Arts and Crafts movement
Peter Behrens
languageSpoken English
German
memberOf Deutscher Werkbund
movement Bauhaus
International Style
Modernism
notableWork Bauhaus Dessau building
surface form: Bauhaus Building, Dessau

Dessau-Törten housing estate
Fagus Factory
Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Harvard Graduate Center
Bauhaus Dessau building
surface form: Masters’ Houses, Dessau

Pan Am Building, New York (as co-designer)
Siemensstadt housing estate, Berlin
occupation architect
industrial designer
university teacher
positionHeld director of the Bauhaus
spouse Alma Mahler
Ise Gropius
studentOf Peter Behrens
workLocation Berlin
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dessau
Weimar

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International Style associatedWith Walter Gropius
Bauhaus foundedBy Walter Gropius
Bauhaus keyFigure Walter Gropius
Modernism notableFigure Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius fullName Walter Gropius self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Walter Adolph Georg Gropius
Walter Gropius familyName Walter Gropius self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gropius
Herbert Bayer influencedBy Walter Gropius
Peter Behrens influenced Walter Gropius
Peter Behrens student Walter Gropius
UNESCO World Heritage Site Fagus Factory in Alfeld designedBy Walter Gropius
subject surface form: Fagus Factory in Alfeld
Edward Larrabee Barnes studiedUnder Walter Gropius
Bauhaus Dessau building architect Walter Gropius
Bauhaus Dessau building designer Walter Gropius
Hannes Meyer follows Walter Gropius
Hannes Meyer influencedBy Walter Gropius
Marcel Breuer influencedBy Walter Gropius
Marcel Breuer associatedWith Walter Gropius
Paul Rudolph studiedUnder Walter Gropius
Bauhaus movement foundedBy Walter Gropius
Bauhaus movement notableMember Walter Gropius
Ise Gropius spouse Walter Gropius
Ise Gropius associatedWith Walter Gropius
Ise Gropius designedBy Walter Gropius
Sigfried Giedion influencedBy Walter Gropius
Deutscher Werkbund notableMember Walter Gropius
Fagus Factory architect Walter Gropius
Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts architect Walter Gropius
subject surface form: Gropius House
Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts namedAfter Walter Gropius
subject surface form: Gropius House
Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts significantPersonResident Walter Gropius
subject surface form: Gropius House
Pan Am Building, New York (as co-designer) architect Walter Gropius
subject surface form: Pan Am Building
Pan Am Building, New York (as co-designer) coDesigner Walter Gropius
subject surface form: Pan Am Building
Alma Mahler spouse Walter Gropius
Modern architecture hasKeyFigure Walter Gropius
Bauhaus Weimar founder Walter Gropius
Bauhaus Weimar significantPerson Walter Gropius
Harvard Graduate Center architect Walter Gropius
Harvard Graduate Center designedBy Walter Gropius
Weimar hasNotableResident Walter Gropius
Dessau associatedWithPerson Walter Gropius
Henry van de Velde influenced Walter Gropius
European avant-garde hasKeyFigure Walter Gropius
Adolf Meyer employer Walter Gropius
Adolf Meyer collaborator Walter Gropius
Adolf Meyer influencedBy Walter Gropius
Alfeld architect Walter Gropius
subject surface form: Fagus Factory