Scope of Total Architecture - Paperbackby Walter Gropius (Author) Originally published in 1956, this book provides a non technical analysis of contemporary building by on the of the world's greatest architects. Published a few years after the end of WW2, it was an inspiring and constructive picture of what kind of living could lie ahead for Western industrial society. Author Biography Walter Gropius was one of the pioneers of Modernist Architecture and the founder of the Bauhaus School.