Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Walter Gropius
Born: May 18, 1883
Died: July 5, 1969 (aged 86)
Bio: Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.
Known for:
- Fagus Factory
- Gropius House
- Haus am Horn
- Großsiedlung Siemensstadt
- MetLife Building