biography
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Gropius, Walter (Adolph)
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pronunciation:
[grohpius]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1883–1969)
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| biography:
| Architect, born in Berlin, Germany. He studied at Munich, and after serving in World War 1 was appointed director of the Grand Ducal group of schools of art in Weimar, which he reorganized to form the Bauhaus, aiming at a new functional interpretation of the applied arts. His revolutionary methods and bold use of unusual building materials were condemned in Weimar, and the Bauhaus was transferred to Dessau in 1925. When Hitler came to power he moved to London (1934–7), designing factories and housing estates, and then to the USA, where he was professor of architecture at Harvard University (1937–52). He became a US citizen in 1944. |
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