Walter Gropius

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( fr ) Walter Gropius. Main works: Bauhaus, its Sites in Weimar and Dessau. Tagged in urbaniste, design.

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Hold Onto the Handrails: Home Design Goes Teeter Totter
Walter Gropius had a lot more in common with Vitruvius than he let on. The fact is, modernism is a classical discipline, and it places the same value on the classical virtues of balance, order, proportion and scale. So what happens now that modernism is loosening its long-held grip? In some cases order and proportion are giving way to their opposite: the architectural equivalent of a whirl-a-gig ride. A new crop of residential design, particularly in Japan, puts homes in tilted and dizzy-making [Read more]
4 days ago on Fast Company  (Walter Gropius) 
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It is not often that a fusion of personalities and talents completely changes popular style. Yet architect Walter Gropius and his little group of artist/teachers and pupils left a lasting impact on everything from furniture and toys, to windows and buildings. The year was 1919 and the place, which many Germans don't even realize, was Weimar, Germany.Hence the name of the current multilocation exhibit Der Bauhaus Kommt aus Weimar, (The Bauhaus Comes from Weimar), on view until July 5 in this lo [Read more]
25 days ago on Auction Central News  (Walter Gropius) 
DESIGN lovers should not miss Thuringia in Germany this year.
DESIGN lovers should not miss Thuringia in Germany this year.May 24 2009by Gordon Barr, Sunday SunBauhaus, the most influential design school of the 20th century, was founded in the Thuringian town of Weimar 90 years ago, and the anniversary is celebrated with exhibitions and events in Weimar, Jena, Erfurt, Apolda and Germany's capital Berlin.WeimarIn 1919, Walter Gropius established the Bauhaus School in Weimar and assembled the European avant garde, including Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and L [Read more]
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