Walter Gropius | Modernist Architecture

Theo van Doesburg’s “Stuttgart Weißenhof 1927, Die Wohnung: ‘The Dwelling,’ the Famous Werkbund Exhibition” (1927)

• September 13, 2011 • 5 Comments

Posted in architecture, art, De Stijl, functionalism, modernism
Tags: Adolf Loos, Cubism, functionalism, Hans Scharoun, J.J.P. Oud, Le Corbusier, Mies van Der Rohe, Theo van Doesburg, Walter Gropius, Weissenhof

Arthur Korn’s “Glass in Modern Architecture” (1928)

• November 3, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in architecture, Bauhaus, functionalism, modernism
Tags: architecture, Arthur Korn, glass, Ludwig Mies van Der Rohe, modernism, translation, Walter Gropius

CIAM’s “The Athens Charter” (1933)

• November 3, 2010 • 10 Comments

Posted in architecture, functionalism, modernism, urbanism/city planning
Tags: Charter of Athens, CIAM, Cornelis van Eesteren, internationalism, Karel Teige, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Hilberseimer, translation, urbanism, Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius’ “Appraisal of the Development of Modern Architecture” (1934)

• October 29, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, art, Bauhaus, De Stijl, functionalism, modernism
Tags: Adolf Loos, architecture, Auguste Perret, Frank Lloyd Wright, J.J.P. Oud, Le Corbusier, Louis Sullivan, Marinetti, modernism, St. Elia, translation, Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius’ “Sociological Premises for the Minimum Dwelling of Urban Industrial Populations” (1929)

• October 28, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in architecture, Bauhaus, functionalism, modernism
Tags: Bauhaus, minimum dwelling, sociology of architecture, standard housing, translation, Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius’ “Houses, Walk-ups or High-rise Apartment Blocks?” (1931)

• October 28, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, Bauhaus, functionalism, modernism, urbanism/city planning
Tags: apartments, Bauhaus, CIAM, city planning, internationalism, town planning, translation, urbanism, Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius’ “Housing Industry” (1924)

• October 28, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in architecture, Bauhaus, functionalism, modernism
Tags: Bauhaus, construction, dry assembly, housing industry, industrialization, standardization interchangeable parts, translation, Walter Gropius