Walter Gropius is being celebrated today by Google in the Google logo that is on their search engine home page. If you are not familiar with Walter Gropius (his name is mistakenly spelled by some as Walter Groupis, Walter Groupius, and all kinds of other ways just like those Yankees mess up our Cajun names!), he is known as the father of modern architecture, and his building designs from the 1930’s are known around the world. this does not have a lot of do with Cajuns or Louisiana, but I wanted to write a bit about the father of modern architecture since I did study him heavily at LSU.
Walter Gropius (1883-1969). Studied at the Colleges of Technology of Berlin and Munich. Worked under the german architect Peter Behrens. He was influenced by the writings of Frank Lloyd Wright. Founded the Bauhaus, one of the most influential architecture and design schools of the 20th century. The rise of National Socialsim and Adolf Hitler drove Gropius out of Germany. He first went to London, but eventually settled in Boston, where he taught at Harvard and MIT.
Walter Gropius was a German architect, principal of the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin, Director of Art Education in Prussia and a pioneer of the modern movement. He helped to develop the links between architecture, social needs and industrial techniques.He was a pupil of Peter Behrens and helped to found the Deutscher Werkbund. From 1919 to 1928 he was Director of the Bauhaus. Walter Gropius moved to England in 1934 and America in 1938. Walter Gropius own house, in America, reveals surprisingly little interest in the design of outdoor space and, like Peter Behrens he was not averse to random rubble walling with sloppy mortar joints.