Main entry:

Hyman, Isabelle.

Title & Author:

Marcel Breuer, architect : the career and the buildings / Isabelle Hyman.

Publication:

New York : H.N. Abrams, ©2001.

Description:

395 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I.A professional life -- 1. Weimar and Dessau : The Bauhaus Years, 1920-28 -- 2. Berlin, Zürich, and Budapest : The Nomadic years, 1928-35 -- 3. London : The Emigré years, 1935-37 -- 4. Cambridge : The Harvard years, 1937-46 -- 5. New York : the early postwar yearas and the decisive decade, 1946-60 -- 6. New York : the later work, 1960-76 -- Part II. Works (built and not built) -- [1] Institutional: -- Museums -- Libraries -- Schools -- Hospitals and sanatoriums -- Religious institutions -- Conference center -- [2] Governmental and civic -- [3] Commercial and industrial: -- Office buildings -- Factories -- Laboratories and research facilities -- Stores -- Railroad station -- [4] Recreational: -- Resorts, clubs, and hotels -- Theaters -- Sports facilities -- [5] Exhibition structures -- [6] Urbanism and urban planning -- [7] Residential: -- Multiple-family Housing -- Single-family Houses.

Summary:

During the course of an illustrious 50-year career that took him from the Bauhaus to London, Harvard University, and then New York, architect Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) generated a huge, influential, and remarkably varied body of work. Among his hundreds of buildings are such architectural triumphs as the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This is the first comprehensive study of Breuer's architectural oeuvre. To write it, architectural historian Isabelle Hyman utilized for the first time extensive unpublished archival material and collected hundreds of photographs, plans, and sketches. While Breuer has been best known for his tubular steel chairs and other furniture designs, this book makes clear why he received dozens of architectural honors and awards and was called "a monumental figure among modern architects."

ISBN:

0810942658
9780810942653

Subject:

Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981.
Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 Criticism and interpretation.
Breuer, Marcel.
Architects United States Biography.
Modern movement (Architecture) United States.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) États-Unis.
Architects Biography
Architects
Modern movement (Architecture)
Architektur
Gebouwen.
Arquitetura moderna (século 20) Estados unidos.
Architects United States 20th century.
United States

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.
Catalogues raisonnés.
Quotations (texts)

Added entries:

Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 218982
Call No.: NA44.B846.2 H9 2001
Status: Available