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Line 1: − [[Image:Walter Gropius.jpg|right|120px]]+ − '''Walter Gropius''' (Berlin, May 18, 1883 – Boston, July 5, 1969) was a German [[architect]], theorist and teacher, who founded the [[Bauhaus school]]. − − <blockquote> − Gropius created innovative designs that borrowed materials and methods of construction from modern technology. This advocacy of industrialized building carried with it a belief in team work and an acceptance of standardization and prefabrication. Using technology as a basis, he transformed building into a science of precise mathematical calculations. [http://www.archiplanet.org/architects/Walter_Gropius.html] − </blockquote> − − {{Clear}} − == Some works == − [[Image:Gropius Athens.JPG|thumb|200px|The Embassy of the United States in Athens.]] − * Bauhaus, at Dessau, Germany, 1919 to 1925. − * Fagus Works, at Alfeld an der Leine, Germany, 1911 to 1913. − * Village College, Impington, Cambridge, England, 1936. − * Gropius House, at Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1937. − * Harvard Graduate Center, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1950. − * University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, 1957–1960. − * Pan Am Building, New York, 1958–1963. − * Embassy of the United States, Athens, Greece, 1959–1961. − * Tower East Shaker Heights, Ohio, 1967– 1969. − − {{Clear}} − − == See also == − − *[[Famous Architects]] − *[[Architecture]] − *[[Architectural Sculpture Gallery]] − − == External links == − − *[http://www.archiplanet.org/architects/Walter_Gropius.html Walter Gropius] Great Buildings Online. − − − − {{DEFAULTSORT: Gropius, Walter}} − [[category:architects]] − [[Category:German People]]
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