{"product_id":"gropius-9783836544344","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSigel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Gilbert Lupfer studied art history, history, Romance studies and cultural studies at the Eberhard Karls Universität in Tübingen and the Freie Universität in Berlin. Paul Sigel studied art history and German literature at the Eberhard Karls Universität in Tübingen. They both currently teach at the Technische Universität Dresden.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGössel, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Peter Gössel runs an agency for museum and exhibition design. He has published TASCHEN monographs on Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, John Lautner, and Richard Neutra, as well as several titles in the Basic Architecture series.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726750093586,"sku":"9783836544344","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d2158d7-256c-4e1c-b2ae-b4ccae80fd67.jpg?v=1734882554","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gropius-9783836544344","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}