Marcel breuer design architecture book

The same year, breuer established his own architecture office, which he moved to new york in 1946. The most comprehensive book on architect and designer marcel breuer 19021981, looking in detail at all the houses, furniture, and public buildings he designed in europe and the united statesfrom his beginning at the bauhaus through his collaboration with walter gropius, and the establishment of his own practice in the usa. Best known for his iconic chair designs, breuer developed a thriving global. Marcel breuer latitude nord mobilier moderne montreal. Building global institutions analyzes the bureaucratic genius that helped make breuer an ideal builder for clients engaged in softpower experiments like unesco and university chancellors alike. These essays draw on an abundance of newly available documents held in the breuer archive at syracuse university, which are now accessible online. Text by mathias remmele, otakar macel, donatella cacciola. Marcel breuer was a hungarian designer and architect who moved with and beyond the bauhaus school of design. In 1956, he founded the practice marcel breuer and associates, architects in new york. The international style that he represented stressed the development of new technologies and materials. Though best known today for his furniture, especially his tubular steel wassily armchair, breuer also deserves notice for architecture of 1930s and postwar era, including unesco headquarters in paris and the whitney museum of american art. Marcel lajos breuer, was a hungarianborn modernist architect, and furniture designer.

Marcel lajos breuer 22 may 1902 1 july 1981, was a hungarianborn modernist, architect and furniture designer. At the bauhaus he designed the wassily chair and the cesca chair which is among the 10 most important chairs of the 20th century. Marcel breuer architecture, bio, ideas theartstory. Breuer was a student and subsequently a master carpenter at the bauhaus in the early 1920s. The hungarianborn marcel breuer became a leading 20thcentury exponent of design and architectural forms expressive of the industrial age. He is presently working on a book about the architecture of marcel breuer.

Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The designer and architect marcel breuer 19021981 numbers among the most. Blake an architectural record book published in collaboration with the museum of modern art. To claim the prolific hungarianborn modernist, architect, and designer marcel breuer has made a lasting impact on art and architecture is, quite simply, an understatement. Marcel breuer building global institutions artbook d. Beginning as a furniture designer at the bauhaus, breuer widened his sights to include architecture in the 1920s and by midcareer, while teaching at harvards. The most comprehensive book on architect and designer marcel breuer 19021981, looking in detail at all the houses, furniture, and public buildings he designed in europe and the united statesfrom his beginning at the bauhaus through his collaboration with walter gropius, and the establishment of. Wolfson trailer house is a 1949 house designed by the pioneering modernist marcel breuer in salt point, new york, and commissioned by breuer s friend, the artist sydney wolfson. He used concrete in his design of the whitney museum of art in new york city. In a series of institutional masterworks, marcel breuer sought to reconcile vernacular. After receiving a few new books in the shop i decided to highlight one inparticular, that being a new publication by vitra design museum titled marcel breuer design and architecture. It is among the most distinctive of breuer s residential designs, as wolfson requested that breuer integrate his 37foot 1948 spartan royal mansion trailer as one wing. His steel tube furniture brought 20th century modernism to the masses, but his bold use of precast concrete enabled large, modern buildings to be built under budget.

Seven essential books about the bauhaus school citylab. Breuer extended the sculpture vocabulary he had developed in the carpentry shop at the bauhaus into a personal architecture that made him one of the worlds most popular architects at the peak of 20thcentury design. While the legacy of hungarianborn modernist architect marcel breuer is strongly tied to his brutalist constructions, with their raw concrete surfaces and ri. Text by mathias remmele, otakar macel, donatella cacciola, lutz sch be, joachim driller, barry bergdoll, robert f. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. How could an architect who had made the pursuit of lightness the essence of his. Most celebrated for his tubular steel furniture and bold imposing architecture, marcel breuer 19021981 has marked the history of design. Marcel breuer and the invention of heavy lightness places journal. Marcel breuer 190281 is celebrated as a furniture designer, teacher and architect who changed the american house after his emigration from hungary to the us in 1937. Breuer used new technologies and new materials in order to develop his international style of work. Marcel breuer architect designer abebooks passion for books. Four chairs by bauhaus studentand later professor marcel breuer encapsulate the famous design schools history and changing philosophy in a nutshell. The project was realized in collaboration with the cape cod modern house trust and was published in the book cape cod modern marcel breuer s wellfleet house. Building global institutions is a collection of essays by a group of scholars, which examine breuers approach and way of working, his strategies and his signature buildings.

It was designed by hungarianborn, bauhaustrained architect. Breuer first studied art in vienna after winning a scholarship. Design and architecture by marcel breuer goodreads. Design and architecture 20, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Laura basuki public library marcel lajos breuer b r r broy r 21 may 1902 1 july 1981 was a hungarian born modernist architect and furniture designer at the bauhaus. Architect marcel breuer date 19731974 location litchfield, connecticut lot size. The books and articles below constitute a bibliography of the sources. Architect and designer by blake, peter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Designed in 1925 by marcel breuer, this chair is an excellent example of the groundbreaking developments that bauhaus brought, such as the sleek and easily comprehensible design and the innovative use of materials. Jul 23, 20 lorenzo diaz campos rated it it was amazing. From furniture at the bauhaus, to iconic midcentury american architecture. In 1937, breuer joined walter gropius in his architectural practice and also at harvard, where he taught architecture. The breuer building whitney museum of american art.

Breuer was proud of the book and seems to have gifted it to clients. More recently historians, architects andwith the reopening in new york of the great megalith of his whitney museum as the met breuer a larger public are gaining new insights into the cities and largescale buildings. Breuer moved to new york in 1946 to found his own architectural firm, and like le corbusier, breuer chose concrete as his medium of choice. Breuer moved to new york in 1946 to establish his own architectural firm. Marcel breuer design ebook pdf jan 22, 2020 free book by. Long before i knew or cared that the marcel breuer designed whitney museum of american art in new york was an architectural masterpiece, long before the term brutalist entered my vocabulary, i loved it. The rufus stillman cottage by marcel breuer is an exceptional design and living experience. Marcel lajos breuer lajko to his friends was born on 21 may 1902 in the provincial city of pecs, hungary.

Breuer extended the sculptural vocabulary he had developed in the carpentry shop at the bauhaus into a personal architecture that made him one of the worlds most popular architects at the peak of 20thcentury design. Chamberlain cottage by marcel breuer at in 2020 walter. In his famous chair design of 1926, he embraced the use of tubular steel, which he. Ezra stolleresto the marcel breuer designed whitney musuem of american art in 1966, the year it opened. Usmodernist marcel breuer in 2020 marcel breuer, walter. Marcel breuer, born in hungary in 1902, was educated under the bauhaus manifesto of total construction. Marcel breuer students britannica kids homework help. About marcel breuer, bauhaus architect and designer. When marcel breuer built a brutalist ski resort theres a touching piece of writing in our forthcoming book on brutal architecture, this brutal world, in which author peter chadwick recalls a. Marcel breuer designed house hits the market by august king this 2,700squarefoot residence from the iconic architect in mission hills is. Marcel breuer, architect, pioneer of modern furniture. Its a book that i highly anticipated myself as a lot of marcel s architecture has gone slightly unnoticed, we all tend to talk about his furniture but never his buildings. A complete monograph on the rich design archive of bauhaus powerhouse marcel breuer.

It is a rare opportunity to own a historically significant home that espouses the simple and streamlined ideals of one of the 20th centurys most influential architects. The wassily chair is probably the most famous of all the bauhaus chairs. With internationally recognized institutions like the met breuer echoing his name and all manner of contemporary furniture designs borrowing from his iconic formal language, breuer has firmly claimed his place in 20th. The most comprehensive book on architect and designer marcel breuer 1902 1981, looking in detail at all the houses, furniture, and public buildings he. The hungarianamerican architect marcel breuer set the bar for the postworld war ii modernist movement in the u. The breuer building, located at the corner of madison avenue and 75th street, served as the whitneys third home. Marcel breuer s most recognized furniture design was the first bent tubular steel chair, known as the wassily chair. Completed in 1939 to designs by iconic architects walter gropius and marcel breuer, it has largely steered clear of precisely those books and exhibitions by. The buildings that marcel breuer 19021981 designed and built during an era of exceptional architectural activity are of a number and a diversity of structure, material, form, and purpose that he could not have imagined at the outset of his life as an architect. Marcel breuer collection knoll modern furniture design. Architectural digest posts about marcel breuer written by modern home design. An expressionist chair made when he was still a student, breuer s painted a fr ican chair exemplifies the early, expressionist phase of bauhaus design.