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This article presents information related to the book "The Bauhaus of Nature," by Peder Anker. In 1937 the biologist and ecologist Julian Huxley hosted a sumptuous farewell dinner party for Walter Gropius upon the occasion of his departure from London to become Chair of the Harvard School of Design. This major event took place at the fashionable Trocadero, Oxford Street. Strangely, among the guests one also finds-besides Huxley-prominent ecological scientists and environmentalists, which raises the question of why they were invited to the festivity. After all, ecologists seem to be odd guests at a party in honor of a Bauhaus architect. The arrival of former Bauhaus faculty members in London energized the city's designers and intellectuals. After fleeing from Nazi harassment, Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer were able to meet regularly again as a group. They set forth to reestablish the Bauhaus school in London. The guest list at Gropius' farewell dinner indicates who responded favorably to their ambition. |
