1. Walter Gropius Famous Architect Founder of the Bauhaus

2. Walter Gropius was born in Berlin Germany in 1883.

3. Bauhaus School of Design Dessau, Germany

4. Other Gropius Designs

5. Gropius Home

6. Fagus Plant

7. Metropolitan Life Building New York City

8. Harvard Graduate Center

9. US Embassy in Athens

10. Influences Walter Gropius was influenced by the designs of Frank Lloyd Wright Gropius taught that all designs should be functional as well as aesthetically pleasing His simple architectural style featured the extensive use of glass He opposed the Nazi regime and left Germany in 1934

11. Gropius designed furniture

12. Harvard Professor Gropius began teaching architecture at Harvard University He introduced Bauhaus concepts and design principles- teamwork standardization and prefabrication- to a generation of American architects Gropius died July 5, 1969