Gropius House
In 1937, Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, arrived in Lincoln to lead Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Finding no local architecture that spoke to his ideals, he built his own family home on land provided by philanthropist Helen Storrow, and lived there until his death in 1969. The house is now a museum, managed by Historic New England.
Inside, Mid-Century masterpieces inhabit a living space rather than a gallery: Sori Yanagi’s Butterfly Stools, Marcel Breuer’s Nesting Tables, and works by Henry Moore and Joan Miró. Outside, Bauhaus geometry meets white-painted clapboard, blending regional elements like the open fireplace with industrial glass block.
These photographs were captured on a warm November afternoon, the light low and golden, one could almost imagine Ise Gropius in her Isokon Long Chair, Gropius nearby with a cigarette and a friend, and their daughter Ati slipping out through the external private spiral staircase into the welcoming winter sun.
All images are for portfolio demonstration only.