Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius (Berlin, May 18, 1883 – Boston, July 5, 1969) was a German architect, theorist and teacher, who founded the Bauhaus school.

> Gropius created innovative designs that borrowed materials and methods of construction from modern technology. This advocacy of industrialized building carried with it a belief in team work and an acceptance of standardization and prefabrication. Using technology as a basis, he transformed building into a science of precise mathematical calculations. [1]

## Some works[edit]

The Embassy of the United States in Athens.

* Bauhaus, at Dessau, Germany, 1919 to 1925.
* Fagus Works, at Alfeld an der Leine, Germany, 1911 to 1913.
* Village College, Impington, Cambridge, England, 1936.
* Gropius House, at Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1937.
* Harvard Graduate Center, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1950.
* University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, 1957–1960.
* Pan Am Building, New York, 1958–1963.
* Embassy of the United States, Athens, Greece, 1959–1961.
* Tower East Shaker Heights, Ohio, 1967– 1969.

## See also[edit]

* Famous Architects
* Architecture
* Architectural Sculpture Gallery

## External links[edit]

* Walter Gropius Great Buildings Online.