Walter Gropius - German architect and founder of the Bauhaus movement - accepted his first US commission in 1938, which later became known as "The Hagerty House". At the time, Gropius was teaching at Harvard University, where he was approached by a student who was interested in having him design a summer home for his mother. That student's name was John Hagerty, and he was captivated by Gropius's simplistic style. The house was built a mere 20 feet from the shoreline in Cohassett, Massachusetts.
The house's metal framed windows sit flush with the white wooden siding, and granite harvested from the building site was used for the stone walls and chimney. The utilitarian design, and fusion with the local landscape, makes this a perfect example of typical Bauhaus style....
all photos by Dean Kaufman
