BBC - BBC Four - Audio Interviews - Walter Adolph Gropius

Walter Adolph Gropius 1883 - 1969

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6 January 1968 The Third Programme
Walter Gropius talks to George Baird about

	the origins and democratic vision of Bauhaus 1 min 19
	the introduction of painters and the type of artists he brought into the Bauhaus, character over talent 2 min 34
	true functionalism, the human being as the starting point for design 1 min 31
	beauty as a basic requirement of life 1 min 41

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	Walter Adolph Gropius German architect and educator Founder of the Bauhaus, Walter Gropius also designed buildings typically characterised by simplicity of shape, elimination of surface decoration, and the extensive use of glass. Read more