Marcel Breuer
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| Marcel Breuer | |
| Born | May 21, 1902; Pécs, Hungary |
| Died | July 1, 1981; New York, N.Y. |
| Education | Bauhaus |
| Firms | Partnered with Walter Gropius mid-1930s to 1941. |
| Notes | |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/Marcel_Breuer.html |
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[edit] Works
- Breuer House I, at Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1939. GreatBuildings page
- Breuer House II, at New Canaan, Connecticut, 1948. GreatBuildings page
- Chamberlain Cottage, at Wayland, Massachusetts, 1940. GreatBuildings page
- Frank House, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1939. GreatBuildings page
- Geller House, at Lawrence, Long Island, New York, 1945. GreatBuildings page
- J. Ford House, at Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1939. GreatBuildings page
- Robinson House, at Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1947. GreatBuildings page
- Breuer House III, at New Canaan, Connecticut, 1951.
- St Johns Abbey, at Collegeville, Minnesota, 1953 to 1961. GreatBuildings page
- Starkey House, at Duluth, Minnesota, 1955. GreatBuildings page
- UNESCO Headquarters, at Paris, France, 1952 to 1958. Photo at ArchitectureWeek
- Ski Town Flaine, at Flaine, France, 1960 to 1980. GreatBuildings page
- Whitney Museum, at New York, New York, 1966. GreatBuildings page
[edit] Works at Archiplanet
- Atlanta Public Library (central location), Atlanta , Georgia
- Breuer House I
- Breuer House II
- Chamberlain Cottage
- Frank House-Breuer
- Geller House
- IBM Research Center, La Gaude, France
- J. Ford House
- Pirelli Building
- Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, Washington, DC, District of Columbia
- Ski Town Flaine
- St Johns Abbey
- Starkey House
- UNESCO Headquarters
- Whitney Museum
[edit] Discussion
( b. Pecs, Hungary 1902; d. New York, N.Y. 1981)
Marcel Breuer was born in Pecs, Hungary in 1902. He studied at Allami Foreaiskola, at Pecs, and at the Bauhaus in Weimar where he graduated in 1924. He taught at the Walter Gropius. He operated a New York practice from 1946 until his retirement in 1976.
Breuer's early projects in the United States were largely domestic, but in 1952 he worked with Nervi and Zehrfuss as architect for the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This prestigious work carried his practice into the international field.
Breuer's buildings were always distinguished by an attention to detail and a clarity of expression. Considered one of the last true functionalist architects, Breuer helped shift the bias of the Bauhaus from "Arts & Crafts" to "Arts & Technology". Many pieces of modern, tubular steel furniture in use today, including the Cesca and Wassily chairs by Breuer himself and still in production, can trace their origins back to the Breuer experiments of the mid-20's.
Breuer died in New York in 1981.
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[edit] References
- Dennis Sharp. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture. New York: Quatro Publishing, 1991. ISBN 0-8230-2539-X. NA40.I45. p28-29.</font>
- Marcel Breuer was the AIA Gold Medal recipient in 1968.
- Robert F. Gatje, et al. Marcel Breuer : A Memoir. Foreword by I.M. Pei. Monacelli Press, October 2000. ISBN 1580930298. — Available at Amazon.com
- David Masello. Architecture Without Rules : The Houses of Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard. W.W. Norton & Company, February 1996. ISBN 0393313751. — Available at Amazon.com
[edit] External Links
- "Heavy Things Seem to Float in Air" by Katherine Gustafson, ArchitectureWeek No. 367, 2008.0206, p C1.1.
- Furniture Designs by Marcel Breuer
- Wikipedia article about Marcel Breuer
- Good Overview of Breuer (Germany Today)
- Marcel Breuer at Saint John's, by Scott Carlson, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 07, 2008. Volume 54, Issue 26, Page B9
Breuer and Noyes in New Canaan, by William D. Earls, ArchitectureWeek No. 353, 2007.1010, pC1.1. More furniture designs by Breuer
