Such handles were available with various types of angular and rounded plates roses and escutcheons.
Gropius famous door handles photo.
This door handle and the corresponding window handle by walter gropius were almost certainly designed 1923 but not manufactured by the berlin company s a.
Loevy in any quantities until 1923.
Walter gropius adolf meyer.
Door and window handles designed by walter gropius walter gropius was born in 1883 and to this day is regarded as one of the paragons of classic bauhaus design.
History types also when the bauhaus relocated from weimar to dessau gropius himself designed and built the school building and faculty.
Such handles were available with various types of angular and rounded plates roses and escutcheons.
Gropius was also a leading architect of the international style.
Walter adolph georg gropius 18 may 1883 5 july 1969 was a german architect and founder of the bauhaus school who along with alvar aalto ludwig mies van der rohe le corbusier and frank lloyd wright is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture he is a founder of bauhaus in weimar 1919.
My favourite modernist steel door handles and their designers including the tecnoline and lubetkin models a timeless selection from bauhaus gropius wagenfield and burchartz walter gropius a german architect industrial designer and teacher was the founder of the renowned bauhaus school in weimar.
He studied architecture at the beginning of the twentieth century before entering the design bureau of peter behrens in 1907 along with mies van der rohe and corbusier.
Gift of jo carole and ronald s.
Loevy in any quantities until 1923.