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Lead book review

A clear vision of Walter Gropius the man is hard to come by

2 March 2019

9:00 AM

2 March 2019

9:00 AM

Walter Gropius (1883–1969) had the career that the 20th century inflicted on its architects. A master of the previous generation in the German-speaking lands, Otto Wagner, could create his entire oeuvre without venturing outside the city limits of Vienna. Gropius found himself thrust into one unprecedented role after another, uprooted and exiled repeatedly.

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