Walter Gropius in Britain - Emigration and Collaborations

As the first monograph dedicated to Walter Gropius's activity in Britain, this book provides a comprehensive account of the Bauhaus founder's contributions to architecture and design while living in London between 1934-37.

List of contents

List of figures
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Emigration and Opportunity
2. Promotion and Translation
3. Apartments for Isokon
4. Home and Furniture
5. Life in its Completeness
6. Education, Practice and the Public
Appendix: List of architectural projects by Walter Gropius in Britain
Selected bibliography
Index

About the author

Alborz Dianat is an architectural historian of twentieth¿century Europe, holding a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. His publications have scrutinised the role of transnational networks around well¿known architects including Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Alvar Aalto. He is currently researching at University College Dublin while also serving as the Executive Editor of Architectural History, the journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain.

Product details

• Authors: Alborz Dianat
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032586878
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3258687-8
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Routledge Research in Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; The arts: general issues, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ARCHITECTURE / Reference, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, History of Architecture, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Theory of architecture, Civil engineering, surveying and building, The arts: general topics