Word: gropius
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wright's cry was taken up in the 1920s by Germany's bustling, experimental Bauhaus School under Walter Gropius. It was at the Bauhaus that Architect Marcel Breuer designed the first chrome metal chair, whose descendants now populate the land as lawn or kitchen furniture. In Berlin, Mies van der Rohe first developed the cantilever metal chair, went on to produce the famed "Barcelona" chair, designed for his sumptuous German Pavilion at Barcelona's 1929 International Exposition. For the Barcelona chair he used chrome-plated stainless steel, covered the cushions with sumptuous kid leather. Cost...
With the fruits of the fund drive in mind, the University projected several new Houses, and for that purpose the Overseers visited Harvard to report on the prospects. According to the Overseers, the new House will resemble Mr. Gropius' Graduate Center, except that it will be soundproofed and perhaps have a parking lot underneath...
...architects. And Architect Breuer has good reason to know. Famed in his youth as the designer of the first tubular steel furniture, he came to the U.S. in 1937 to teach architecture at Harvard and soon began building houses (until 1941 in partnership with Bauhaus Founder Walter Gropius) that opened new architectural frontiers...
Faith & Works. Born 68 years ago in the Ruhr Valley, Albers prepared slowly and thoroughly for his distinguished career. After studying and teaching in Berlin, Essen and Munich, he went back to art school at 32 in the Bauhaus, founded by Functional Architect Walter Gropius. At 35 he became a teacher at the Bauhaus, working alongside Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee. In the craftsmanlike tradition of the school, he designed the first modern bent laminated-wood chair, made stained glass windows out of broken bottles. When Hitler closed the Bauhaus...
...Berliners wrote to Berlin's Tagesspiegel (2,000 pro v. 2,700 con) before Le Corbu agreed to raise living-room ceilings to 8 ft. 2 in., but testily kept bedrooms as they were. ¶ From the U.S., former German Bauhaus Leader (now a U.S. citizen) Walter Gropius sent plans for a curved-front, eight-story apartment house. Set on stilts, the building will be constructed of white concrete and white enameled metal. ¶ From Brazil, Oscar Niemeyer submitted a toned-down version of his usually flamboyant tropical style. His plan, approved last week, won acclaim at once...