Marcel Breuer and Associates
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Marcel Breuer and Associates was a prominent modernist architectural firm founded by Bauhaus-trained architect Marcel Breuer, known for its influential mid-20th-century buildings and furniture designs.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural firm
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modernist architectural firm ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
Bauhaus
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International Style NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Hamilton Smith
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Herbert Beckhard NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Gatje NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfHeadquarters |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designed |
Armstrong Rubber Company Building (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Atlanta Central Library NERFINISHED ⓘ Bijenkorf Department Store (Rotterdam, Breuer involvement) NERFINISHED ⓘ Breuer House (New Canaan, Connecticut) NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971 addition NERFINISHED ⓘ Department of Health, Education and Welfare Building (Washington, D.C., design involvement) NERFINISHED ⓘ Geller House II (Lawrence, New York) NERFINISHED ⓘ HUD Headquarters (Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, Washington, D.C.) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hooper House II (Baltimore County, Maryland) NERFINISHED ⓘ IBM Research Center (La Gaude, France) NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Museum of Art, Breuer building adaptation (design influence) ⓘ Saint John’s Abbey Church (Collegeville, Minnesota) NERFINISHED ⓘ Torin Corporation Headquarters (Orange, Connecticut) NERFINISHED ⓘ UNESCO Headquarters (contribution to design team) NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art (Madison Avenue building) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employed | Bauhaus-trained architects (various) ⓘ |
| field |
architecture
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industrial design ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Marcel Breuer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Brutalism
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Modernism ⓘ |
| hasDesignApproach |
emphasis on structural expression
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functionalism ⓘ integration of architecture and furniture design ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson | Marcel Breuer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Brutalist civic architecture
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postwar institutional architecture in the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Bauhaus principles ⓘ |
| knownForDesignFeature |
bold sculptural massing
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cantilevered forms ⓘ exposed concrete surfaces ⓘ |
| notableFor |
furniture design
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mid-20th-century modernist buildings ⓘ |
| usedMaterialExtensively |
glass
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reinforced concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ |
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