Walter Gropius house

Walter Gropius house: Lincoln, Massachusetts

Walter Gropius was the founder of the highly influential German school of architecture known as the Bauhaus. Gropius designed this as his family home when he came to America to teach at Harvard.

The style of the house became known in America as the new International style. It is designed much in keeping with the Bauhaus principles, using simple lines and designed to be completely efficient. It combined traditional materials such as wood, brick, and fieldstone, with innovative materials such as glass block, and chrome banisters. The furniture in the house was designed by Marcel Breuer for the Gropius family.

While taking the tour of the house, the tour guide told us many interesting facts about the Gropius house. She mentioned that in the dining room, the lighting was designed so that there is only a single ceiling fixture which casts light directly down only over the tabletop, not on the chairs or people in them. She also mentioned that the Gropius house is located down the road from Walden Pond, the place that gave Henry David Thoreau his inspiration for his book "Walden."

*these are my own pictures :)*