Title & Author:

Marcel Breuer : design and architecture / Vitra Design Museum ; [edited by Alexander von Vegesack, Mathias Remmele ; translations: Jeffrey Lieber, Ian Pepper, Julia Thorson].

Edition:

1. ed.

Publication:

Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Stiftung, 2003.

Description:

448 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 29 cm

Notes:
Exhibition catalog.
Touring exhibition in Bruxelles, Vienna, New York ...
Includes bibliographical references (page 446).
Marcel Breuer, design and architecture : an introduction / M. Remmele -- Marcel Breuer : "Inventor of bent tubular steel furniture" / O. Máčel -- Marcel Breuer furniture -- The furniture of Marcel Breuer in production by Gavina und Knoll / D. Cacciola -- The architect I.M. Pei about his friend Marcel Breuer -- Bambos : the young master houses by Marcel Breuer / L. Schöbe -- On houses and palaces : remarks on Marcel Breuer's residential houses / J. Driller -- Encountering America : Marcel Breuer and the discourses of the vernacular from Budapest to Boston / B. Bergdoll -- Working with Marcel Breuer / R.F. Gatje -- The Paris UNESCO complex / G.D. Grawe -- The later modernism of Marcel Breuer / I. Hyman -- Churches and monasteries.

Summary:

This catalogue includes essays by several renowned experts on Marcel Breuer, such as Joachim Driller, Isabelle Hyman, Otakar M cel and Barry Bergdoll. Texts by Marcel Breuer and personal accounts by I.M. Pei and Robert F. Gatje, a former partner of Breuer, also feature.

Resources:
Related Electronic Resource: Web site for the Vitra Design Museum
Related Electronic Resource: Web site with brief biographical information on Breuer, plus links

ISBN:

3931936422 (English edition ; cl.)
9783931936426 (English edition ; cl.)

Subject:

Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 Exhibitions.
Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981 Expositions.
Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981.
Breuer, Marcel, 1902-
Architecture, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.
Furniture design History 20th century Exhibitions.
Design, Industrial History 20th century Exhibitions.
Gebouwen.
Interieurkunst.
Architecte.
Architecture.
Mobilier.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
Quotations (texts)
Catalogues raisonnés.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogues Germany 21st century.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Breuer, Marcel, 1902-1981.
Vegesack, Alexander von.
Remmele, Mathias.
Bergdoll, Barry. Encountering America : Marcel Breuer and the discourses of the vernacular from Budapest to Boston.
Cacciola, Donatella. Furniture of Marcel Breuer in production by Gavina und Knoll.
Driller, Joachim. On houses and palaces : remarks on Marcel Breuer's residential houses.
Gatje, Robert F. Working with Marcel Breuer.
Grawe, Gabriele D. (Gabriele Diana). Paris UNESCO complex.
Hyman, Isabelle. Later modernism of Marcel Breuer.
Máčel, Otakar. Marcel Breuer : "Inventor of bent tubular steel furniture."
Schöbe, Lutz. Bambos : the young master houses by Marcel Breuer.
Vitra Design Museum.

Design and architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232024
Call No.: NA44.B846.2 M3 2003
Status: Available