Frank House-Breuer
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 | Frank House |
| Designer | Marcel Breuer |
| Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Date | 1939 to 1940 |
| Building Type | large house |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Street Address | near or at 96 E Woodland Rd Walk Score |
| Notes | with Walter Gropius. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Frank_House-Breuer.html |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | Robert J. and Cecilia Frank |
| Area | 12,000 square feet (1110 sq m) |
| Stories | 3 |
| Program | Program includes a dining room that seats 24 people, massive travertine marble fireplaces and a glass-enclosed swimming pool that is 40 feet long and 20 feet wide. |
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William S. Saunders. Modern Architecture—Photographs by Ezra Stoller. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3816-2. exterior photo, p77.— A wonderful & inspiring book of beautiful photographs by a master of architectural photography. Available at Amazon.com
Peter Blake. Marcel Breuer, Architect and Designer. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1949. exterior photo of rear entrance, p75, plate 136.
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- Owner wants to make architecturally significant Frank House a museum - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2006.0826
