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Which traditional architecture course did Walter Gropius unsuccessfully try to remove at Harvard?
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Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius, photograph by Erich Hartmann.
While at Harvard University, Walter Gropius was unsuccessful in his attempt to abolish the history of architecture as a course.1
Although he sought to reform the curriculum by introducing the Bauhaus philosophy of design, he was unable to remove this traditional subject from the program.1