He studied architecture at the beginning of the twentieth century before entering the design bureau of peter behrens in 1907 along with mies van der rohe and corbusier.
Gropius famous door handles photo.
2 3 8 x 7 3 4 x 6 6 x 19 7 x 15 2 cm mounted on wood base 10 x 4 3 4 x 3 3 8 25 4 x 12 1 x 8 6 cm.
This door handle and the corresponding window handle by walter gropius were almost certainly designed 1923 but not manufactured by the berlin company s a.
Loevy in any quantities until 1923.
Walter gropius adolf meyer.
Door and window handles designed by walter gropius walter gropius was born in 1883 and to this day is regarded as one of the paragons of classic bauhaus design.
Gift of jo carole and ronald s.
Gropius was also a leading architect of the international style.
In 1923 gropius designed his famous door handles see today as an icon of 20th century design and often cited as one of the most influential items of applied art produced by bauhaus.
Walter adolph georg gropius 18 may 1883 5 july 1969 was a german architect and founder of the bauhaus school 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.
Such handles were available with various types of angular and rounded plates roses and escutcheons.
History types also when the bauhaus relocated from weimar to dessau gropius himself designed and built the school building and faculty.
This door handle and the corresponding window handle by walter gropius were almost certainly designed 1923 but not manufactured by the berlin company s a.