Walter Gropius

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Bauhaus founder architect human university teacher urban planner

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

Aliases (2)

Gropius ×1
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius ×1

Statements (61)

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 → Kingdom of Prussia →
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire → United States of America → Weimar Republic →
deathDate	1969-07-05 →
deathPlace	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	Gropius →
fieldOfWork	architecture → industrial design → modernist architecture →
founded	Bauhaus →
fullName	Walter Adolph Georg Gropius →
givenName	Walter →
influenced	International Style architects → Le Corbusier → Marcel Breuer → Mies van der Rohe →
influencedBy	Arts and Crafts movement → Peter Behrens →
languageSpoken	English → German →
memberOf	Deutscher Werkbund →
movement	Bauhaus → International Style → Modernism →
notableWork	Bauhaus Building, Dessau → Dessau-Törten housing estate → Fagus Factory → Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts → Harvard Graduate Center → 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 →

Referenced by (37)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bauhaus Dessau building → Dessau-Törten housing estate → Fagus Factory → Gropius House → Pan Am Building → Siemensstadt housing estate, Berlin →	architect
Hannes Meyer → Herbert Bayer → Marcel Breuer → Sigfried Giedion →	influencedBy
International Style → Ise Gropius → Marcel Breuer →	associatedWith
Fagus Factory in Alfeld → Ise Gropius →	designedBy
Bauhaus → Bauhaus movement →	foundedBy
Bauhaus movement → Deutscher Werkbund →	notableMember
Alma Mahler → Ise Gropius →	spouse
Edward Larrabee Barnes → Paul Rudolph →	studiedUnder
Pan Am Building →	coDesigner
Bauhaus Dessau building →	designer
Walter Gropius ("Gropius") →	familyName
Hannes Meyer →	follows
Walter Gropius ("Walter Adolph Georg Gropius") →	fullName
Modern architecture →	hasKeyFigure
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne →	hasMember
Peter Behrens →	influenced
Bauhaus →	keyFigure
Gropius House →	namedAfter
Modernism →	notableFigure
Dessau-Törten housing estate →	projectLeader
Gropius House →	significantPersonResident
Peter Behrens →	student