Title & Author:

The victory of the modern approach is sure / [presented by] Walter Gropius (The Architects' Collaborative).

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1955.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (59 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Walter Gropius, 1919 -- Architect's House, Lincoln, Massachusetts By Walter Gropius (With Marcel Breuer) 1938 -- The Bauhaus Archive, Klingelhöferstraße, Berlin. Designed By Walter Gropius In 1964 For A Site In Darmstadt, The Building Was Executed & Slightly Changed By His Associate Alex Cvijanovic For Berlin Between 1971 & 1978 -- Interbau Apartment Block, Hansaviertel, Berlin By Walter Gropius.
Recorded in 1955 in two parts - at Gropius's home in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and at his office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Summary:

Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus and head of Harvard's department of architecture, was also a talented architectural innovator. His Fagus Factory with Adolf Meyer, and his Bauhaus building in Dessau, were remarkable examples of the early International Style. This interview is one of a series conducted by architectural publisher John Peter. Here he describes the origins, philosophy and enduring influence of the Bauhaus, as he also discusses the importance of helping students to find their own way, and predicts a slow but steady move towards pre-fabrication.

Subject:

Bauhaus.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern

Added entries:

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969, narrator.
Peter, John, 1917-1998, narrator.