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...Gropius," he would say by way of introducing himself, which often left the other person fumbling momentarily for the master builder's first names. It should have come as easily as Frank Lloyd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Architecture: The Idea-Giver | 7/18/1969 | See Source »

...where Wright designed soaring, poetic buildings that smote the eye and branded their creator's name in the memory, Walter Adolf Gropius was cogent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Architecture: The Idea-Giver | 7/18/1969 | See Source »

...fact, though, Gropius' hold on that essence seemed to be more than just metaphorical. When he founded Architects Collabortive in '52 at the age f 69, he was just beginning one of his most productive periods...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Fiesta' Is Held in Memory Of Architect Walter Gropius | 7/8/1969 | See Source »

...some the Gropius myth will remain in his buildings; for others, it can be seen in his writing; and, for some, it will lie in the apocryphia that surrounds any magnetic figure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Fiesta' Is Held in Memory Of Architect Walter Gropius | 7/8/1969 | See Source »

...three, the image that lingers along with the name Walter Gropius will be a measure of a personality. It is probably Gropius' greatest achievement that that personality survived the smothering mechanisms of institutions and societies while he lived. And, as his Festival demonstrated, it is not to end with his death...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Fiesta' Is Held in Memory Of Architect Walter Gropius | 7/8/1969 | See Source »

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