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Walter Gropius

Born: 1883 | Berlin, Germany

Died: 1969 | Boston, Massachusetts

Practice: Peter Behrens, The Architects’ Collaborative

Awards: AIA Gold Medal (1959), Albert Medal (1961), Goethe Prize (1961)

Projects: Bauhaus, Fagus Factory, Gropius House, J.F. Kennedy Federal Building, Pan Am Building, University of Baghdad, Werkbund Exhibition

Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts (1938)

Gropius House by Walter Gropius © Diderot CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Fagus Factory, Alfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany (1911 – 1913)

Fagus Factory by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer © Zedstyle CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, Massachusetts (1963 – 1966)

Kennedy Federal Building by Walter Gropius © Beyond My Ken CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Bauhaus Dessau, Dessau, Germany (1925 – 1926)

Bauhaus Dessau by Walter Gropius © Aufbacksalami CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Thomas Glassworks, Amberg, Germany (1968 – 1970)

Thomas Glassworks by Walter Gropius © Harald909 CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Met Life Building (originally Pan Am Building), New York City, New York (1959 – 1963)

Met Life Building by Pietro Belluschi, Walter Gropius, & Emory Roth © Mike Peel CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons