Walter Gropius 1883 – 1969 Architect

Walter Gropius with his wife Alma and his daughter Manon. Walter Gropius was born in 1883 in Berlin. In1915 Gropius married Alma Mahler (1879–1964) and their daughter Manon was born in In 1920 Walter and Alma got divorced.

Faguswerk in Alfeld In 1903 Walter Gropius began to study architecture on the technical university of München, which he continued at the technical university of Berlin Charlottenburg. In 1910 Gropius and his fellow employee Adolf Meyer established a architectural office in Berlin. Together they created one of the modernist buildings during this period: the Faguswerk in Alfeld- an-der-Leine, Germany, a shoe factory. In 1913, Gropius published an article about "The Development of Industrial Buildings," which included about a dozen photographs of factories and grain elevators in North America.

With his idea of "big box of bricks" Gropius laid the for prefabricated buildings and satellite towns in the world. With his idea of "big box of bricks" Gropius laid the basis for prefabricated buildings and satellite towns in the world. Gropius’ buildings were mainly of glass and steel and this style was called “New Building - Neues Bauen”. The buildings were very plain compared to buildings of former times. His style later became known as “Bauhaus”, although critics complained that Gropius tended to industrialize the building and establish norms.

Buildings A house for Therese Zuckerkandl, Jena (1927 – 1929) City theatre Jena (1922)

Glass Cathedral, Amberg (1968) Bauhaus, Dessau (1925/1926)

In 1969 Gropius died in Boston, Massachusetts. Memorial for Walter Gropius.