Well timed for the Bauhaus centenary, this is the first biography of Walter Gropius (1883–1969) since Reginald Isaacs’s was translated from German and abbreviated in 1991.
Well before her marriage to Eero Saarinen in 1954, Aline was a cultural force and vigorous defender of modern architecture, at a time when much of America was dubious about contemporary design.
This leading 20th-century reformer and activist helped introduce the socially minded goals of European architects to America through her seminal 1934 book, Modern Housing.
The architectural historian and critic's intelligence, style, commitment, and courage made architects and the general public pay attention to her words.
