Nyandieka Nyaema James B 02/36248/2013
NAME OF PROPERTY Historic Name: GROPIUS HOUSE
LOCATION • Street & Number: 68 Baker Bridge Road • City/Town: Lincoln • State: MA County: Middlesex
Significance of the building • Currently the house is Recreation, education and culture because it’s a museum since 2000 when it was declared a national landmark • Historically it was home of Walter Gropius, a founder of the modern movement in architecture and leader of the Bauhaus, and his family
Interior
Design approach/style: Modern Movement; International Style It combined the traditional elements of New England architecture—wood, brick, and fieldstone • MATERIALS: • Foundation: Stone • Walls: Vertical redwood siding • Roof: Tar and gravel • Other: Brick chimney
Biography of the architect • • • German architect Walter Gropius (18831969). Gropius was founder of the Bauhaus and one of the most influential architects of the 20 th century. He was thirty-five years old when he was appointed director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Weimar, Germany One of his first decisions was to combine the Academy of Fine Arts with the School of Crafts and rename the new institution the Bauhaus He designed Gropius house in 1937, when he went to teach at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design
Other projects • Gropius was founder of the Bauhaus. which involved planning for maximum efficiency and simplicity of design
References • Wikipedia • Historic new England
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