The Architects from their works
GROPIUS HOUSE
The Gropius House, home to one of 20th Century’s most prominent architects, it was where Walter Gropius’ lived during his tenure at Harvard University in the middle 1900s. The Gropius House, which was completed in 1938, was the first American commission for the famous architect. The house is located in Lincoln, Massachusetts. It combines the traditional New England aesthetic with the modernist teachings from the Bauhaus. The location is approximately one hour from Boston, Massachusetts.
Gropius was conscious of keeping the New England farmhouse aesthetic intact, but he also considered modern, mass-produced, prefabricated elements. The Gropius House, despite being built in the middle of war and int the middle of the expansion of modern architecture to the United States is a modest building that still maintains its scale and material identity with the surroundings. It has an open-plan layout that allows light to filter through large windows.
At the time of completion, the Gropius House had created a stir among the architectural community, as well as most of the New England area, since the house was the first sign of what was considered the International Style appearing in America’s residential milieu. An assessment that Gropius found unnerving:
“As to my practice, when I built my first house in the U.S.A. – which was my own – I made it a point to absorb into my own conception those features of the New England architectural tradition that I found still alive and adequate. This fusion of the regional spirit with a contemporary approach to design produced a house that I would never have built in Europe with its entirely different climatic, technical and psychological background.”
In 2000, the house became a National Landmark, which is a testament to the influence of Walter Gropius’ life work.
I find this house very interesting as it became a Natinal landmark and has a very interesting website with a 360° virtual tour (https://gropius.house/location/360-tour/) and a guest book with all the guests (https://gropius.house/location/guest-book/#) some of the more well known guests were Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright. I recomend visiting the main website to learn more about this house (first link in the bibliography).
Bobliography:
https://www.historicnewengland.org/property/gropius-house/
https://es.wikiarquitectura.com/edificio/casa-gropius/
https://www.archdaily.com/118207/ad-classics-gropius-house-walter-gropius
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropius_House
Images:
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