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A modern building should derive its architectural significance solely from the vigour and consequence of its own organic proportions. It must be true to itself, logically transparent, and virginal of lies or trivialities.

Walter Gropius

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Walter Gropius
Age: 86 †
Born: 1883
Born: May 18
Died: 1969
Died: July 5
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Berlin
Germany
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius
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