Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
a Gropius glass box
English answer:
Walter Gropius 'glass box' building
Added to glossary by
jerrie
Mar 22, 2004 14:24
20 yrs ago
English term
a Gropius glass box
English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
situation:
the man is staying at various houses that belong to others, he is kind of taking care of them while the owners are away.
"(Among many, his favorites were) an apartment on West End Avenue with four colossal bedrooms, an elfin clapboard house in the Village, a Gropius glass box in Litchfield."
(This takes place in the States)
the man is staying at various houses that belong to others, he is kind of taking care of them while the owners are away.
"(Among many, his favorites were) an apartment on West End Avenue with four colossal bedrooms, an elfin clapboard house in the Village, a Gropius glass box in Litchfield."
(This takes place in the States)
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Walter Gropius
architect - style of building (presumably multi-story - lots of glass / windows, literally resembling a glass box)
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Note added at 2004-03-22 14:28:42 (GMT)
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Glass Boxes
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, along with Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, is one of the twentieth century\'s most influential architects. Despite having no architectural training, his influence can be seen in cities the world over, from Anchorage to Adelaide, and the term \'Miesian\' is now used to compliment the simplest, most elegant examples of Modernist architecture
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Note added at 2004-03-22 14:28:42 (GMT)
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Glass Boxes
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, along with Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, is one of the twentieth century\'s most influential architects. Despite having no architectural training, his influence can be seen in cities the world over, from Anchorage to Adelaide, and the term \'Miesian\' is now used to compliment the simplest, most elegant examples of Modernist architecture
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