Gropius, Walter Adolf

German architect, in the USA from 1937. He was an early exponent of the international style, defined by glass curtain walls, cubic blocks, and unsupported corners. A founder director of the Bauhaus school in Weimar 1919–28, he advocated teamwork in design and artistic standards in industrial production. He was responsible for the new Bauhaus premises in Dessau 1925–26.

The model factory and office building at the 1914 Cologne Werkbund exhibition, designed with Adolph Meyer, was an early example of the international style.