Gropius
Bauhaus school founder
Walter Gropius was a German-American architect who founded the Bauhaus school in 1919, one of the most influential art and design institutions of the 20th century.
His approach unified art, craft, and technology, rejecting ornament in favor of functional design and industrial materials.
After fleeing Nazi Germany, he taught at Harvard and shaped generations of modernist architects.
The name is synonymous with the origins of modern architecture and design education.
Influential modernist design school
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
- functionalismTheory emphasizing purposes and roles
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
curtain wall · Harvard · minimalism · International Style · facade · concrete · geometric · prefabrication
Influential modernist design school
- WeimarThuringian city, cultural landmark
- workshopPlace for making or learning
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
teaching · apprenticeship · craftsmanship · interdisciplinary · studio · master · student · methodology
Hitler's fascist dictatorship
- exileBanishment from homeland
- EnglandLargest British country
- AmericaWestern superpower nation
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
Massachusetts · refugee · persecution · displacement · immigration · departure · relocation · flight
Shared business arrangement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- collectiveJointly organized group
- MeyerGermanic steward surname
- KandinskyBauhaus painting instructor
associates · practice · firm · joint venture · cooperative · atelier · studio
Power to affect others
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- founderOne who begins something
icon · monument · preservation · retrospective · centennial · archive · biography · scholarship
Bauhaus
Influential modernist design school
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
- functionalismTheory emphasizing purposes and roles
- glassTransparent solid from sand
steel · curtain wall · Harvard · minimalism · International Style · facade · concrete · geometric · prefabrication · modular
Bauhaus
Influential modernist design school
- WeimarThuringian city, cultural landmark
- workshopPlace for making or learning
- pedagogyArt of instruction
curriculum · teaching · apprenticeship · craftsmanship · interdisciplinary · studio · master · student · methodology · foundation course
Nazi Germany
Hitler's fascist dictatorship
Cambridge · Massachusetts · refugee · persecution · displacement · immigration · departure · relocation · flight · asylum
partnership
Shared business arrangement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- collectiveJointly organized group
- MeyerGermanic steward surname
Kandinsky · associates · practice · firm · joint venture · cooperative · atelier · studio
influence
Power to affect others
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- innovatorCreator of new methods
founder · icon · monument · preservation · retrospective · centennial · archive · biography · scholarship · commemoration
GropiusWilliam Morris
Victorian pattern designer
Beaux-Arts · historicism · Antoni Gaudí · classicists · traditionalists
GropiusWilliam Morris
Victorian pattern designer
Arts and Crafts movement · Art Nouveau · Beaux-Arts · Postmodernism · Prince Charles
Gropiustraditionalism
Adherence to inherited customs
contextualism · regionalism · classical architecture · Gothic Revival · preservation