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Birth
Walter Gropius was born in Berlin, Germany -
School
Gropius went to the Technical Institutes in Munich to study architecture. -
Work
Gropius joined Peter Behrens to work with him in his studio -
Fagus Factory
Gropius, Adolf Meyer, and Eduard Werner designed and built the Fagus Factor with modernist designs -
Deutscher Werkbund
Gropius joined the German Labour League -
Work
Gropius became the master of Grand-Ducal Saxon School of Arts and Crafts -
Bauhaus
Gropius redesigned the Grand-Ducal Saxon School of Arts and Crafts into the Bauhaus for a learning experience for his students -
Exile
Gropius and his wife left Germany to live in England after Hitler's Government shut down the Bauhaus in 1933. -
Harvard
Gropius moved to Cambridge Massachusetts and became a professor at Harvard University. -
Home
Gropius and Marcel Breuer designed Gropius and his families home in Massachusetts -
GPC
Gropius became vice president of General Panel Corporation. -
TAC
Gropius and six former students created The Architects Collaborative -
Retirement
Gropius retired from his chairman of the department position at Harvard and his vice president spot in General Panel Corporation. -
US Embassy
Gropius and TAC created the US Embassy in Athens -
Gropiusstadt
Gropius oversaw the construction of the Gropiusstadt neighborhood (Britz-Buckow-Rudow) in Berlin, Germany. -
JFK Federal Building
Gropius designed this government office in the name of John F. Kennedy. -
Death
Walter Gropius died at the age of 86 at his home in Cambridge Massachusetts. He was known as one of the pioneers of modernistic architecture. -
