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Gropius

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Gro·pi·us  (grp-s), Walter Adolph 1883-1969.
German-born American architect. Founder of the Bauhaus school of design, he exerted tremendous influence on modern architecture.
Gropius [ˈgrəʊpɪəs]
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(Biographies / Gropius, Walter (1883-1969) M, USnational of birth: German, ARCHITECTURE: architect, ARTS AND CRAFTS: designer, EDUCATION: teacher) Walter. 1883-1969, US architect, designer, and teacher, born in Germany. He founded (1919) and directed (1919-28) the Bauhaus in Germany. His influence stemmed from his adaptation of architecture to modern social needs and his pioneering use of industrial materials, such as concrete and steel. His buildings include the Fagus factory at Alfeld (1911) and the Bauhaus at Dessau (1926)
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Noun1.GropiusGropius - United States architect (born in Germany) and founder of the Bauhaus school (1883-1969)
Walter Gropius


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At Harvard Gropius introduced him to his Bauhaus colleague and acolyte Marcel Breuer who was to employ him in his New York office on the design of the architect's own house at New Canaan.
Harry Seidler 1923-2006 by Sharp, Dennis / The Architectural Review
Although obscuring the transparency of glass is a rebuke to its most salient property--think of Kandinsky, in want of privacy, whitewashing the glassed-in lobby of his Walter Gropius duplex in Dessau--Booth's nuanced process scrims more than it obscures.
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Designed on an "undeveloped site" to resemble an airplane wing by the internationally renowned Walter Gropius, the 2.
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