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Walter Gropius (Dover Books on Architecture)

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Everything you need to know about Walter Gropius and his architecture on 250 pages, and in 235 photos and 88 linear drawings - all in black-and-white. It is a reprint of 1954 book by the Reinhold Publishing Corp. - very meticulous and detailed - but very accessible for all fans of architecture. A good size and large typeface make it easy to read or just browse through. Text and illustrations are grouped into two separate parts. Gropius's works are divided into 11 categories (in each part). Each work is meticulously described with references to particular illustrations, and each illustration has a fragment of the text part referenced to it. All together, it is a serious book, but easy and pleasant to read.
CONTENTS:
PREFACE 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

part 1 / TEXT
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA 4
BACKGROUND 5
HERITAGE 6
PERSONALITY 9
ON WALTER GROPIUS: 17
MIES VAN DER ROHE 17
LE CORBUSIER 18
EARLY WORK 20
THE ARCHITECT AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 25
WALTER GROPIUS AND THE BAUHAUS 27
EXHIBITIONS AND LIFE 45
BUILDINGS FOR EDUCATION 53
THE MODERN THEATER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN ACTORS AND SPECTATORS 61
BUILDINGS FOR INDUSTRY 67
SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES 69
THE PREFABRICATED HOUSE 74
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SLAB APARTMENT BLOCK 79
THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF THE CITY 84

part 2 / ILLUSTRATIONS AND APPENDICES
EARLY WORK 91
THE ARCHITECT AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 103
WALTER GROPIUS AND THE BAUHAUS 107
EXHIBITIONS AND LIFE 1ll
BUILDINGS FOR EDUCATION 120
THE MODERN THEATER:
INTERPLAY BETWEEN ACTORS AND SPECTATORS 151
BUILDINGS FOR INDUSTRY 165
SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES 175
THE PREFABRICATED HOUSE 192
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SLAB APARTMENT BLOCK 201
THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF THE CITY 209
THE WORKS OF WALTER GROPIUS 233
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO PHOTOGRAPHERS 236
BIBLIOGRAPHY 237
INDEX 244