Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
Walter Adolph Georg Gropiuswas a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth18 May 1883
CityBerlin, Germany
CountryGermany
Walter Gropius quotes about
fighting artistic imitation
The Bauhaus fights imitation, inferior craftsmanship and artistic dilettantism
guiding-principles design intellectual
Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.
democracy architecture modern
A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of authentic democracy.