Marcel Breuer

A modernist, architect and designer, Marcel Breuer was one of the most notable names of all time within his field. Known for his use of even lines and solid planes, Breuer’s style has become widely recognized and associated with modernist architecture and design. His early years teaching at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau introduced him to older icons such as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Walter Gropius, the later he studied with for many years. After a rise in popularity due to his trademark steel tube furniture in Europe, Breuer joined the teaching staff at Harvard University in Cambridge. In 1946 the architect relocated to New York where he worked both independently and with various partners to design some of the most recognizable buildings still around today.

 Over the course of his career Breuer designed nearly a hundred buildings internationally, including The Whitney Museum (with Hamilton Smith) and the House in the Museum Garden at Museum of Modern Art in New York, the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, St John’s Abbey and University, Collegeville, MN, and his favorite project, the IBM Laboratory in La Gaude, France. Breuer is the winner of both the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal (1968) and the Jefferson Foundation Medal (1968).