Walter Gropius
(1883-1969)
man
Died aged 86
Wikidata WikipediaWalter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Alvar Aalto, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. He is a founder of Bauhaus in Weimar (1919). Gropius was also a leading architect of the International Style.
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Commemorated on 2 plaques
Walter Gropius 1883-1969 Marcel Breuer 1902-1981 László Moholy-Nagy 1895-1946 Pioneers of modern design at the Bauhaus lived here
Lawn Road Flats, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom where they lived
Orlando's Round Building This 20' tall pre-cast concrete architectural element is one of the surviving segments of the 120 pieces that formed the "Brise Soleil" curtain wall that wrapped around what was known as "Orlando's Round Building". Located on Orange avenue across from City Hall from 1964-2014, this modernist style building was built for the American Federal Savings and Loan Association. Architect Robert Murphy, a Harvard graduate and student of Walter Gropius (Founder of Bauhaus), designed the building and Frank Sheehy drew the plans. Jack Jennings was the General Contractor.
East Central Boulevard, Orlando, FL, United States where they was