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Walter Gropius, 1883-1969, the promoter of a new form, Gilbert Lupfer, Paul Sigel

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Walter Gropius, 1883-1969, the promoter of a new form, Gilbert Lupfer, Paul Sigel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical reference (page 96)

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Walter Gropius, 1883-1969

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

990015604

Responsibility statement

Gilbert Lupfer, Paul Sigel

Sub title

the promoter of a new form

Summary

Walter Gropius 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 the evolution and influence of a 20th-century visionary 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. --, Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Fagus Factory -- Office and factory buildings -- Sommerfeld residence -- Memorial for Victims of the Kapp Putsch -- Chicago Tribune Tower -- Auerbach residence -- Bauhaus building -- Houses for the Bauhaus masters -- Törten housing estate -- Total theatre -- Employment office -- Dammerstock housing estate -- Siemensstadt housing estate -- Non-ferrous metal section -- Gropius residence -- Graduate Center Harvard University -- Block of flats for the Interbau -- Pan Am Airways building -- Thomas Glassworks -- Bauhaus archives -- Life and work

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