Marcel Breuer
Hungarian-American architect (1902-1981) · United States · Architects · Died at 79
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Something wrong?He bent tubular steel into chairs so essential they're still in production a century later, then scaled that same stripped-down logic into buildings - concrete, cantilevered, unapologetic - that defined what modern architecture could look like when it stopped trying to be polite.
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Anonymous photograph of Bauhaus masters on the roof of the studio building, Bauhaus Dessau
Breuer plaque Pécs
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Gedenktafel Am Großen Wannsee 58 (Wanns) Villa van der Heydt
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Hr. D. Schwartzman , Ir. G. van der Wal, Marcel Brenez , H. Elzas . Bijenkorf Ro, Bestanddeelnr 908-4042
Hr. D. Schwartzman , Ir. G. van der Wal, Marcel Breuer , Abraham Elzas . Bijenko, Bestanddeelnr 908-4043Awards
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Born in Hungary in 1902, Breuer trained at the Bauhaus, where he designed the Wassily Chair and the Cesca Chair in the 1920s - pieces The New York Times called among the most important chairs of the 20th century. He moved to the United States in 1937 and became a citizen in 1944. The carpentry vocabulary he'd honed in the Bauhaus workshop - cantilevered forms, industrial materials, sculptural economy - carried over into his architecture: art museums, libraries, college buildings, office towers, residences. Many landed in the Brutalist mode, raw concrete and bold volumes, including the former IBM Research and Development facility that birthed the first personal computer. By the peak of 20th-century design, he was among the world's most sought-after architects and one of the most influential voices of the International Style.
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