Rendering of the winning public bathroom design, next to the existing visitor center, at the Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Site section. Design by Isabel Strauss; courtesy of Historic New ...

An addition to the Gropius House property underscores a growing challenge of historical homes: how to balance preservation with the demands of visitation. Built in 1938, Walter Gropius’s three-bedroom ...

Completed in 1938, the former family home of Modernist architect Walter Gropius in Lincoln, Massachusetts, is one of the most visited of the more than three dozen sites under the stewardship of ...

LINCOLN — For decades, architecture and design enthusiasts have made pilgrimages here to the Gropius House — a paragon of mid-century cool with its clean lines, iconic furnishings, and landscape of ...

In November 2025, nearly 300 designers began work on their submissions for the competition of a lifetime: the opportunity to design a bathroom for one of the most famous architects of all time. The ...