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Walter Gropius

Germany1883–1969

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Born in Berlin in 1883. After time in Peter Behrens’s office, Gropius founded the Bauhaus in Weimar in 1919. The Dessau Bauhaus Building and Masters’ Houses (1925–26), and earlier the Fagus Factory, link industry, education, and modern construction. He later taught at Harvard. Died in 1969.

Life and architecture

Born in Berlin in 1883, Gropius founded the Bauhaus in 1919. The Dessau school and Masters’ Houses, and the Fagus Factory, link modern architecture with education and industry—you can still stay overnight in the studio wing.

  1. 1883

    Born in Berlin

    Born in Berlin.

  2. 1911
    28

    Fagus Factory

    Designs the shoe-last factory with Adolf Meyer—later UNESCO World Heritage.

  3. 1919
    36

    Founds the Bauhaus

    Founds the Bauhaus in Weimar.

  4. 1926
    43

    Dessau school and Masters’ Houses

    Completes the Bauhaus Building and Masters’ Houses after the move to Dessau.

  5. 1969
    86

    Dies in Boston

    Dies in the United States.

Ages are approximate, based on birth year.

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