Winfried Nerdinger - Walter Gropius Opera completa - 1988

Walter Gropius’s works represent milestones in the history of 20th‑century architecture, no less than the cultural ventures in which he was a central figure, first as founder of the century’s most famous school of architecture, the Bauhaus, and then as director of the United States’ most prestigious faculty, namely the School of Architecture at Harvard University. In this book, Winfried Nerdinger analyzes in detail Gropius’s principal works and projects, starting with those from the 1910s–1930s conceived and realized in Germany, and then those produced during his work in England and the United States after 1934. The list of Gropius’s works, each accompanied by a historical-critical fiche, is paired with an in‑depth essay by Nerdinger himself and with apparatuses that enable any interested reader to undertake any kind of inquiry into the figure of a protagonist of 20th‑century culture.