{"product_id":"gropius","title":"Gropius","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Gropius\u003c\/strong\u003e (1883–1969) set out to build for the future. As the \u003cstrong\u003efounding director of the Bauhaus\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Berlin-born architect had an inestimable influence on our aesthetic environment, championing a bold new \u003cstrong\u003ehybrid of light, geometry, and industrial design\u003c\/strong\u003e, as dazzling today as it was a century ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this essential architect introduction, we survey Gropius’ evolution and influence with \u003cstrong\u003e20 of his most significant projects\u003c\/strong\u003e, from the \u003cstrong\u003eBauhaus Building\u003c\/strong\u003e in Dessau, Germany, to the \u003cstrong\u003eChicago Tribune Tower \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eHarvard University Graduate Center\u003c\/strong\u003e, completed after Gropius’s exodus to the United States in 1937. We explore his role both as an architectural practitioner, and as a writer and educator, not only as a \u003cstrong\u003eBauhaus pioneer,\u003c\/strong\u003e but also, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, as a leading proponent of the \u003cstrong\u003eInternational Style\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Along the way, we see how many of Gropius’s tenets remain\u003cstrong\u003e benchmarks for architects, designers, and urbanists today\u003c\/strong\u003e. Whether in his emphasis on a functional beauty or his interest in housing and city planning, Gropius astounds in the agility of his thinking as much as in the luminous precision of his work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312126009726,"sku":"NW9783836544344","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9783836544344.jpg?v=1778514389","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/gropius","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}