Walter Gropius: Buildings, Plans, Projects, 1906-1969

by Walter Adolph Gropius

Comprehensive survey of Gropius' architectural projects from 1906-1969, documented in text, documentary photographs and diagrams.

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Walter Adolph Gropius, a German-American, founded the Bauhaus school of design and exerted tremendous influence on modern architecture.

Walter Gropius founded an early 20th-century modernist Bauhaus school of architecture and design, noted for its use of rectilinear forms, plain unadorned surfaces, and techniques and materials, associated with industrial production.

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Reviews

[João · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting. It was my first time reading a compilation of an architect's work. You can see that Gropius had a clear vision since the beginning of his career that he stuck to until the end. Most of his work feels modern, even a century later.