GropiusWalter Gropius (18831969) set out to build for the future. As the founding director of the Bauhaus, the Berlin born architect had an inestimable influence on our aesthetic environment, championing a bold new hybrid of light, geometry, and industrial design, as dazzling today as it was a century ago. In this essential architect introduction, we survey Gropius evolution and influence with 20 of his most significant projects, from the Bauhaus Building in