Walter Gropius at about the age of 15 months, with his father, 1884
“Born to an affluent Berlin family on May 18, 1883, “Walty” was christened in a Gothic-Style church because his father deified the famous neoclassical architect Schinkel, who was buried in the church cemetery. Walter Gropius Sr. was a mid rank building official for the government; he dreamed that his newborn son would become an architect of Schinkel’s skill and renown.” Nicholas Fox Weber, The Bauhaus Group.
Design is fine. History is mine. 