Thanks for the post!
I have only seen it in black and white, really makes a difference!
Thanks for the post!
I have only seen it in black and white, really makes a difference!
"Life is right, and the Architect is wrong."
Le Corbusier, towards the end of his life.
Thanks AndrewB for the thread. I only knew about Gropius House as a possible travel destination because of this thread.
I have emailed ahead and told them about this thread and the lack of interior photos for this Architectural Travel forum. They were very accommodating.
The house is practically a museum of Gropius's family life at the house as they just left everything to the houses trust.
I have to say this was a pleasant surprise. I haven't been a huge fan of the large scale Gropius buildings I have seen but to see a small scale building that's been 'lived in' by Gropius himself, that's quite amazing and I loved the spaces.
I was lucky to be driven there by InArch from Providence, RI that morning.
More exterior shots. The garage has been converted into a visitor centre/office.
Entrance elevations. To the right under the angled awning is the main entrance, the left side is the service entrance.
Let's go in!
1. entry porch
2. view from vestibule into house
3. main stair to the left as you enter
Looking back to the vestibule, cloak to one side and door to the downstairs toilet.
Entrance hall again. Right door leads to Walter's study.
In the study looking back towards the entrance hall.
Details in the study.
From the study it leads on through to the living room
Living room details: built in speaker, fireplace
Looking from the living room to the dining room. You can also see the 'outdoor room' that can be accessed from the dining room. Behind that glass block wall is the study.
Details in the dining room.
Back out from the dining room to the entrance hall and main stair, at the bottom of the stair is the kitchen and preparation space.
More kitchen. They were meticulous in setting out all their pots and pans and even their cookbooks and diet as part of the display of the house.
More, then looking back towards entrance hall (featuring InArch in comfortable shoes). In the second shot you can see the service entrance in the background.
The first room you see at the top of the stairs, more of a guest room.
The room to the right as you get to the top of the stairs is the Gropius's adopted daughter, Ati's room.
The desk you see in Ati's room was the desk Walter Gropius had at the Bauhaus and had it shipped over from Germany. In the room, it has parts of it dismantled to fit the use in the room. InArch made a comment about wanting to take that desk and got our guide very nervous.
Also note the beautiful timber slats on the wall that continues the line of the horizontal window.
Ati's room has its own deck and access from the outside of the house via a spiral staircase that runs right in front of Walter Gropius's study.
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