Theorist
Walter Gropius
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Details
- Nationality
- German
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Hegemonic
- Degree of codification
- Highly codified
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawingApprenticeship
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Notes
Founder and first director of the Bauhaus (1919–1928); later at Harvard GSD.
Connections
- associated with Bauhaus
- associated with Modernism
- authored Bauhaus Manifestos
- collaborated with Sigfried Giedion
- associated with International Style
- associated with Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
- authored Bauhaus Dessau building
- authored Programm des Staatlichen Bauhauses in Weimar (Bauhaus Manifesto)
- founded Bauhaus
Sources
- Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin. 14 Years of Bauhaus: A Chronology. 2024. https://www.bauhaus.de/en/discover/article/14-years-of-bauhaus/.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Walter Gropius." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/walter-gropius/. Accessed July 17, 2026.