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Walter Gropius
| German architect, designer, founder and director of the Bauhaus art and industrial school. Date of Birth: Country: Germany |
Biography of Walter Gropius
Early Life and Education
Walter Gropius was a German architect, designer, and founder and director of the school of art and design.
He was born on May 18, , in Berlin and studied at the Technical Schools in Berlin and Munich. His work in the studio of P. Behrens, one of whose students was also Le Corbusier, had a significant influence on his future career.
Architectural Works
Gropius gained European recognition for his design of the 'Fagus' shoe factory in Alfeld () and the factory complex in Cologne ().
After World War I, he received an invitation to lead the School of Art in Weimar. Gropius reformed the educational program and expanded the school, which was renamed 'Bauhaus' in , and later moved to Dessau in
Building the Bauhaus
One of Gropius's most notable works is the Bauhaus building in Dess