1. Nyandieka Nyaema James B02/36248/2013

2. NAME OF PROPERTY Historic Name: GROPIUS HOUSE

3. LOCATION Street & Number: 68 Baker Bridge Road City/Town: Lincoln State: MA County: Middlesex

4. Significance of the building Currently the house is Recreation, education and culture because it’s a museum since 2000 when it was declared a national landmark Historically it was home of Walter Gropius, a founder of the modern movement in architecture and leader of the Bauhaus, and his family

5. Interior

6. Design approach/style MATERIALS: Foundation: Stone Walls: Vertical redwood siding Roof: Tar and gravel Other: Brick chimney style: Modern Movement; International Style It combined the traditional elements of New England architecture—wood, brick, and fieldstone

7. Biography of the architect German architect Walter Gropius (1883- 1969). Gropius was founder of the Bauhaus and one of the most influential architects of the 20th century.Bauhaus He was thirty-five years old when he was appointed director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Weimar, Germany One of his first decisions was to combine the Academy of Fine Arts with the School of Crafts and rename the new institution the Bauhaus He designed Gropius house in 1937, when he went to teach at Harvard University's Graduate School of DesignHarvard University

8. Other projects Gropius was founder of the Bauhaus. which involved planning for maximum efficiency and simplicity of designBauhaus

9. References Wikipedia Historic new England