Walter GROPIUS

(1883 – 1969)

1883 born in Berlin / Germany | 1908 breaking of his architectural study at the “Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg” and works for Peter Behrens, who had worked with Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | 1910 opens architectural office in Alfeld / Leine | 1929 receives honorary doctorate of the “Technische Hochschule” (TH), Hannover | 1934 moves to England | 1937 emigrates to the USA | 1954 visits Japan | 1958 receives the “Federal Cross of Merit” (Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern) | 1969 died in Boston / USA