Gropius

American  

[groh-pee-uhs, groh-pee-oos] / ˈgroʊ pi əs, ˈgroʊ piˌʊs /

noun

1. Walter 1883–1969, German architect, in the U.S. from 1937.

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Gropius British  

/ ˈɡrəʊpɪəs /

noun

1. Walter. 1883–1969, US architect, designer, and teacher, born in Germany. He founded (1919) and directed (1919–28) the Bauhaus in Germany. His influence stemmed from his adaptation of architecture to modern social needs and his pioneering use of industrial materials, such as concrete and steel. His buildings include the Fagus factory at Alfeld (1911) and the Bauhaus at Dessau (1926)

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Example Sentences

Katarina Joy Lopez takes on the most self-dramatizing of the characters, Austrian composer and author Alma Mahler, Gustav Mahler’s former wife who later married Gropius in a tortured, ill-fated union.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024

Goldwait, the standout in the cast, plays Walter Gropius, the German architect who became the founding director of the Bauhaus.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024

She will become director of the exhibition hall Gropius Bau in Berlin, the city where she was born and raised.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

“Reichert was such an enigma,” Hampden says of the Harvard architecture graduate who studied under Walter Gropius.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2022

Her eyes pass over stacks of Nikhil’s design magazines, thick books on Gropius and Le Corbusier.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri