4/ Konstantin Melnikov’s House, 1927–1929
Living room © All photos by Igor Palmin
But, for Russians, it is important not so much as an architectural wonder but as a cultural anomaly: a single-family home built during the era of the accursed “apartment question” with the inscription, “Konstantin Melnikov architect”, proudly displayed over the entrance and with an enormous, bright, cathedral-like studio on the third floor, all of it bespeaking Melnikov’s pride in a profession little recognized in the USSR, whose members were treated as anonymous functionaries of design institutes and slaves of the building industry.
4/ Konstantin Melnikov’s House, 1927–1929
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Hallway © All photos by Igor Palmin
5/ WALTER GROPIUS’s HOUSE
1938
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5/ Walter Gropius’s House, 1938
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Thereafter, the United States, not Europe, would lead the way in innovative architecture. In the US, Gropius taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He used his home as instructional material.
Walter Gropius was one of the principal modernist architects. His move to the United States in the 1930s was an event of historic significance.
5/ Walter Gropius’s House, 1938
Living room © All photos by Library of Congress
It became a symbol of the new international style that had come to America from the old world and that drew fire from many quarters — ranging from Frank Lloyd Wright to Gropius’ angry neighbors.
5/ Walter Gropius’s House — Gallery
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