Walter Gropius

- Walter Gropius was born on 18 May 1883 in Berlin, Germany to a privileged and renowned family. - He began studying architecture in 1903 at the Technical University in Munich and later transferred to the Technical University in Berlin-Charlottenburg in 1905, only to leave without completing his degree in 1907. - In 1908, he was employed as an assistant and building supervisor by Peter Behrens’ practice. Behrens was one of the protagonists of an artistic reform movement that sought to establish a new relationship between artistic individuality and industrial mass production. o The experience Gropius gained in Behrens’ office provided him with an important foundation in his future as it prompted him to transform the technical form into an…

the Bauhaus school came about in a time that was ripe for change. World War I had recently ended and Germany’s industry was just getting back on its feet. Walter Gropius, German architect and the Bauhaus School’s founder, felt that there needed to be a better unity of art, design, and industry. He thought the manufacturing during his time was soulless and lacked creativity and that art was losing its place in society. Feeling personally responsible to be the necessary change, Gropius went on to…

of the most successful art and design institution in promoting a new combination of crafts, art and technology, which also be suitable for providing an atmosphere of exploring Gesamtkunstwerk or the total work of art, by Walter Gropius in 1919. (Bauhaus Online, n.d.) And it has been influenced and adapted in the works of architectural buildings, furniture and art pieces worldwide. For the purpose of the essay, role of failure can be meant the function wasn’t come up successfully. (Oxford English…

Another example on international style is Walter Gropius Bauhaus School; Bauhaus emphasis on basic geometric shapes Model (circle and square and triangle) the use of lines and stay away from the central position in the image. As it can be seen relatively wide gap in the Bauhaus designs. For regionalism, Frampton sees in the Church of Utzon Bagsvaerd (1973-76), near Copenhagen, self-conscious synthesis between the world of global culture and civilization. This is what emerges from rationality,…

The Bauhaus was an art school in Germany Dessau, it was built with the idea of generating an overall work of art in which all arts, cultures, and architecture be unified and modernized. The Bauhaus style is considered one of the most influential masterpieces in the modern design. The school was developed in the 1900's under the hands of three different architects. The founder and the creator of the Bauhaus was Walter Gropius from 1919 to 1928, Hannes Meyer took the lead after Walter from 1928…

The Circored Project was the beginning of a new technology using the new mini mills. In 1995, Cleveland Cliffs of Cleveland, Ohio partnered with the German Company Lurgi Metallurgie and LTV Steel. The key points to the Circored Project was project managers, changes to the management and design and market turmoil. A project manager must inspire a shared vision, be a good communicator, able to delegate tasks and be great at problem solving skills. Cliff Associates Limited(CAL), Ray von Bitter was…

Linearity and Organic Architecture Modernisms - AR548 Jed Cracknell Word Count: • Introduction o Nature in modern architecture o Leading to organic architecture Linearity is a theme seen throughout architecture from the modernist era. It is present in many different styles such as Frank Lloyd Wrights Prairie School Style of architecture seen around the 1890’s to 1920’s. Following this Frank Lloyd Wright’s Textile style of architecture is seen to have strong links to…

Zaha Hadid, an avant-garde architecture, we can say and describes zaha hadid’s works are influenced by the early Russian Avant grade, she some people say that zaha has reached the summit in her career as an architect, she came to the architecture field from a western country with a new perspective way in architecture, the way that it should be don and the it should be preceded, the way that zaha think about Islamic architecture in a different way, she sees that modern architecture didn’t…

Two other cases, the Heidelberger Bauchemie GmbH and KWS Saat , pertaining to color trade marks registration were brought to the ECJ after the Libertel case. In Heidelberger case, the issue focused was whether colors or combinations of colors formulated in the abstract and contourless are qualified as a trademark and satisfied Article 2 of the TMD .The applicant wanted to register blue and yellow color as a trade mark in Germany to distinguish certain goods and services in the building…

The bust of Nefertiti was discovered by a German archaeological team led by Ludwig Borchardt in 1912 at Amarna. After transferring several times in different locations, the bust of Nefertiti finally settled in Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany. As the meaning of her name – “the beautiful one has come forth”, Nefertiti is one of the most famous and beautiful symbols of the ancient world. She was the Great Royal Wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. A great deal of the arts of…