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Why did Walter Gropius resign as Bauhaus director in 1928?
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Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius, photograph by Erich Hartmann.
Walter Gropius resigned as director of the Bauhaus in 1928 in order to return to private architectural practice in Berlin. Following his departure, he was succeeded by the Swiss architect Hannes Meyer.12