Gropius — Gilbert Lupfer Paul Sigel

Walter Gropius 1883 1969 set out to build for the future As the founding director of the Bauhaus the Berlin born architect had an inestimable influence on our aesthetic environment championing a bold new hybrid of light geometry and industrial design as dazzling today as it was a century ago In this essential architect introduction we survey Gropius evolution and influence with 20 of his most significant projects from the Bauhaus Building in Dessau Germany to the Chicago Tribune Tower and Harvard University Graduate Center completed after Gropius s exodus to the United States in 1937 We explore his role both as an architectural practitioner and as a writer and educator not only as a Bauhaus pioneer but also along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as a leading proponent of the International Style Along the way we see how many of Gropius s tenets remain benchmarks for architects designers and urbanists today Whether in his emphasis on a functional beauty or his interest in housing and city planning Gropius astounds in the agility of his thinking as much as in the luminous precision of his work Tanıtım Bülteninden