Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
	Portrait by Louis Held, c. 1919
Born	Walter Adolph Georg Gropius; 18 May 1883; Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	5 July 1969 (aged 86); Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Architect
Spouses	; Alma Mahler (m. 1915; div. 1920) ; Ise Gropius (m. 1923)
Children	2, including Manon
Awards	AIA Gold Medal (1959); Albert Medal (1961); Goethe Prize (1961);
Practice	Peter Behrens (1908–1910); The Architects' Collaborative (1945–1969);
Buildings	Fagus Factory; Werkbund Exhibition (1914); Bauhaus; Gropius House; University of Baghdad; J.F. Kennedy Federal Building; Pan Am Building;
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Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School.^[1] Gropius, Alvar Aalto, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright are usually called the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. He was a founder of Bauhaus in Weimar (1919).^[2] Gropius was also an important architect of the International Style.^[3]

↑ Bauhaus Archived 28 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, The Tate Collection, retrieved 18 May 2008
↑ Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 319.
↑ "International Style | architecture". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-09-17.

Walter Gropius
Portrait by Louis Held, c. 1919
Born	Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (1883-05-18)18 May 1883 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	5 July 1969(1969-07-05) (aged 86) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Architect
Spouses	Alma Mahler (m. 1915; div. 1920) Ise Gropius (m. 1923)
Children	2, including Manon
Awards	AIA Gold Medal (1959) Albert Medal (1961) Goethe Prize (1961)

Practice	Peter Behrens (1908–1910) The Architects' Collaborative (1945–1969)
Buildings	Fagus Factory Werkbund Exhibition (1914) Bauhaus Gropius House University of Baghdad J.F. Kennedy Federal Building Pan Am Building

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