Publisher/鹿島出版会

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This book is a collection of works by Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), a Hungarian architect and furniture designer. He was a master who was active before the war and known for his modernist architecture and Bauhaus furniture design. He studied under Walter Gropius at the Bauhaus and later became a professor. Faithful to the Bauhaus philosophy of "functionality and simple beauty," he produced his early masterpiece, the Wassily Chair, in 1925 (designed for his Bauhaus colleague Wassily Kandinsky). He also had a major influence on mid-century modern design, which skillfully used steel, plywood, and wood. After 1940, he moved to the United States and worked as an architect. His most famous work is the Whitney Museum of American Art. It is one of the most representative examples of brutalist architecture. This book introduces many of the houses he designed after moving to the United States, with illustrations and text, based on the idea that "Breuer's true essence was the residential design that became the model for American modern living." Comes with a dust jacket.