{"product_id":"9783836544344","title":"Gropius","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFuture façades\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Gropius, visionary of the Bauhaus and beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWalter Gropius\u003c\/b\u003e (1883–1969) set out to build for the future. As the \u003cb\u003efounding director of the Bauhaus\u003c\/b\u003e, the Berlin-born architect had an inestimable influence on our aesthetic environment, championing a bold new \u003cb\u003ehybrid of light, geometry, and industrial design\u003c\/b\u003e, as dazzling today as it was a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this essential architect introduction, we survey the evolution and influence of a 20th-century visionary with 20 of his most significant projects, from the \u003cb\u003eBauhaus Building\u003c\/b\u003e in Dessau, Germany, to the \u003cb\u003eChicago Tribune Tower\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHarvard University Graduate Center\u003c\/b\u003e, completed after Gropius’s exodus to the United States in 1937. We explore his role both as an architectural practitioner, and as a writer and educator, not only as a \u003cb\u003eBauhaus pioneer\u003c\/b\u003e, but also, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, as a leading proponent of the \u003cb\u003eInternational Style\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, we see how many of Gropius’s tenets remain \u003cb\u003ebenchmarks for architects, designers, and urbanists today\u003c\/b\u003e. Whether in his emphasis on a functional beauty or his interest in housing and city planning, Gropius astounds in the agility of his thinking as much as in the luminous precision of his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the series:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEach book in TASCHEN’s Basic Architecture series features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e an introduction to the life and work of the architect \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the major works in chronological order \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035627503856,"sku":"9783836544344","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836544344_p0.jpg?v=1769887949","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836544344","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}