Walter Gropius
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Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School,[1] who, along with Alvar Aalto, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. He is a founder of Bauhaus in Weimar (1919).[2] Gropius was also a leading architect of the International Style.[3]
German-American architect (1883–1969)
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| Born | Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (1883-05-18)18 May 1883 |
| Died | 5 July 1969(1969-07-05) (aged 86) Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Occupation | Architect |
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| Children | 2, including Manon |
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