Robinson House

156  of  374

Date
1947 - 1948

Project Type
Residential

Location
Williamstown, MA USA

Languages
Dutch
English
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Portuguese
Spanish

People/Firms
A. J. Maxymillian, Inc.
A. N. Marquis Co.
Abraham and Straus, Inc.
Agostini, Alfredo
Albers, Josef
Albert, Edouard
Aldrich, Nelson
Allen, Deborah
American Architect and Architecture
American Designers Committee for French Civilian Relief
American Embassy (Bogotá, Colombia)
Amsterdamsche Bank
Andrews, Wayne
Andruss, D.
Aoyagi, Tetsu

Arango, Elizabeth
Arango, Jorge
Architectural Forum
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Architectural Record
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Armfield, Owen and Co., Ltd.
Arundell Clarke Ltd.
Ascheman, Linus
Assié, Gloria
Aufricht, Gustave
Babcock, Alice
Babson Institute
Bach, Otto
Bacon, A.
Baermann, Walter
Baker, G. H. V.
Baker, Geoffrey
Bamboo and Rattan Works
Barnes, Phoebe
Barrett, William
Bay, Eugene
Bayer, Herbert
Bayer, Joella
Beal, Jr., G.
Beaux-Arts Institute of Design
Bemis Industries, Inc.
Bennetts, David
Berger,
Berghoff, Guy
Berryman and Co.
Bittermann, Eleanor
Black Mountain College
Black, Leicia
Blake, Peter
Blears, J.
Blecker, Michael
Block, Maxine
Bogner, Walter
Boissonnas, Eric
Boldridge, C.
Booth Roofing
Boston Architectural Club
Boston Committee for Black Mountain College
Bouverie, David
Bovet, Pierre
Bradley, E.
Braun, William
Breeskin, Adelyn
Breuer, Constance
Breuer, Franciska
Breuer, Hermina
Breuer, Marcel
Breuer, Martha
Breuer-Nervi-Zehrfuss Architectes
Bridgeport Herald
Brittain, J.
Brotherhood, Stevens and Higley, Inc.
Brothers, Ronald
Brown, Richard
Brown, Robert
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Burchard, Charles
Burchard, John
Burchard, Luise
Burlingame, Anson
C., B.
C., S.
Caesar, Harry
Calabresi, Renata
Calder, Alexander
California Graduate School of Design
Calkins, Deborah
Cambridge Dinner Dance Committee
Candia, Salvador
Carter, Edward
Carter, Robert
Castellane, P.
Catalano, Eduardo
Catlin, Jean
Catlin, Jr., Ephron
Cefaratti, Anthony
Central-Wechselstuben-Aktienbesellschaft
Chamberlain, Henry
Chamberlain, Margareth
Channing Realty Co.
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chatterton Co.
Chatterton, Jr., N.
Chelio, R.
Cheney, Elizabeth
Child, Katherine
Children's Hospital
Clegg, M.
Clergue, Lucien
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Cole, William
College Art Association
Collings, Dahl
Collings, Donna
Collings, Geoffrey
Colombian Consul General
Columbia University
Committee for the Blue Book
Committee for the Organization of the French-American Club, Inc.
Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies
Conant, Marion
Cook, B.
Cooke, Mary
Coons, Earl
Cotton, Joseph
Cowie, James
Crane Co.
Crane, Jacob
Creighton, Thomas
Cross, Elizabeth
Crossland, J.
Crowther, J.
Cruzan, Hal
Custance Brothers Inc.
Custance, Howard
DESIGN
Damora, Robert
Daves, L.
Davies and Co., Inc.
Davies, William
Davis, Richard
DeCormis, Anna
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Des Moines Art Center
Detroit Steel Products Co.
Dockry, Patrick
Domus
Dorchester Construction Co, Inc.
Douglas, L.
Dreier, Henry
Dreier, Theodore
Dunne, Patricia
Dutch Legation
Dworschak, Baldwin
Dynamics International, Inc.
Eagle Star British Dominions Insurance Co. Ltd.
Editorial Contempora
Egan, Florence
Eitner, Wilhelm
Eken, Andrew
Ellis, W.
Elzas, Abraham
Europa Publications Ltd.
Földes, André
F. E. Compton and Company
Farris, Mary
Favero, Romeo
Federation Technical School
Federico, Helen
Finanzamt Wilmersdorf-Nord
Finsven, Inc.
Firmage, Margaret
Fischer, Edward
Fischer, Esther
Fischer, Joszef
Fischer, Margrit
Fischman, M.
Fiske, Jane
Fitch, Jr., James
Folklore l'embellissement de la Maison
Ford, James
Ford, Katherine
Foreign Service of the United States of America
Foreman, Clark
Fortune
Fremont Public Schools
French, Irwin
Frey, Albert
Friedman, William
Fry, Drew and Partners
Fuller, Horace
Fulmer, O.
Gábor, László
Gaitan Cortes, Jorge
Gall, Alfred
Gane, Crofton
Gardella, Ignazio
Gaubert, Helen
Gavina SPA
Gavina, Dino
Geddes, Robert
Geiger, Joan
Gemelli, Agostino
Geo. E. Mallinson Importing Co. Inc.
Gerson, Hans
Giedion, Sigfried
Gillotti, George
Glaeser, Carl
Goble, Emerson
Goldfinger, Erno
Goodchild, T.
Gordon, John
Graduate House
Granville, Ruth
Green, William
Greener, George
Gropius, Walter
Gueft, Olga
Gutheim, Frederick
H. E. Fletcher Co., Inc.
H. W. Wilson Co.
Haidekker, Sandor
Hall, Thomas
Hammond, M.
Hanrahan,
Harmon, H.
Harnischmacher, Marianne
Harnischmacher, Paul
Harris and Ewing
Harrison, Ellen
Harrison, Wallace
Hartling, J.
Harvard Club
Harvard University
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Haskell, Douglas
Hastings, H.
Hatje, Gerd
Hauf, Harold
Hausner, Djin
Heal and Son Ltd.
Hegeman, John
Hegeman-Harris Co.
Heinatz, Helen
Heller, Robert
Herrey-Zweigenthal, Hermann
Hersum, Leroy
Heter, Christian
Hicks and Sturges
Hicks, Ira
Higgins, H.
Higley, Stuart
Hill, Albert
Hitchcock, Jr., Henry-Russell
Hodgins, Eric
Hofinger Folding Kayak Co.
Hole, P.
Holland Shade Co.
Holmes, Eugene
Holtkamp Organ Co.
Holtkamp, Walter
Hope's Windows, Inc.
Hornbostel, Caleb
Hosmer, Henry
House and Garden
Howard University
Howe, George
Howie, David
Huddle, W.
Hudnut, Joseph
Hunter Douglas Corp.
Hunter, Eugene
Hunter, Walter
Hurley, Jane
Hutchhausen,
Hutchison, George
Hyman, Isabelle
I. M. Pei and Partners
Informes de la Construcción
Innungskrankenkasse der Innung vereinigter Droschkenbesitzer Gross-Berlins
Institute for Research in Biography
Institute of Design
Institutions Magazine
Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja
Intercontinentale
Interiors
International Institute of Margaret Morris Movement
Interscience Publishers, Inc.
Iriarte, Mefisto
Isaacs, Reginald
Isokon Control Co. Ltd.
Ivany, John
Jackson, C.
Jacobus, David
Janson, Joseph
Jenkinson, M.
Jennings, L.
John Lewis and Co. Ltd.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Johnson, Howard
Johnson, Joseph
Johnson, Lee
Johnson, Philip
Jones, M.
Joseph Renkel, Inc.
Kalivoda, Frantisek
Kane Manufacturing Corp.
Kaufmann Department Stores, Inc.
Kaufmann, Jr., Edgar
Kaufmann, Sr., Edgar
Kaye, S.
Kendall, Elisabeth
Kennedy, Robert
Kenzo Tange and Urtec
Knirlberger, A.
Knoll Associates Inc.
Kocher, A.
Koerfer, Christina
Koerfer, Jacques
Kokusai-Kenchiku-Kyokai
Korn, Arthur
Kornfeld, Albert
Kowalski, Piotr
Koyama, Masakazu
Krueger, Sally
Kump and Falk
Kurchan, Juan
Léger, Fernand
L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui
LEP Transport, Ltd.
Laffoley, Paul
Laird, Stewart
Lamar, E.
Landsberg, William
Larkin, III, Thomas
Lawrence, John
Legation of the Hungarian People's Republic
Leighton, Orlando
Lescaze, William
Lesznai, Anna
Levinson, Maxwell
Liebes, Dorothy
Lion, André
Lloyd, M.
Loeb, G.
Loewy, Raymond
Logie, Gordon
London Gallery Ltd.
Longman, Lester
Lopez, J.
Lovell, Hope
Luke, E.
Lundberg, E.
MacDougall, R.
Macomber, George
Magazin Aka
Magruder, Charles
Mahowald, Patrick
Main, M.
Mangold, Anne
Mangold, Frederick
Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Co.
Marbaro Books
Marcel Breuer and Associates, 201 E. 57th St.
Marcel Breuer and Associates, 635 Madison Ave. New York
Marcel Breuer, Architect, 113 E. 37th St.
Marcel Breuer, Architect, 438 E. 88th St.
Marconi Bros. Inc.
Marston, Natalie
Martin, Henry
Massachusetts Board of Registration of Architects
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts State Association of Architects, Inc.
Matthias,
Mayer, Albert
McAndrews, John
McCarthy,
McFarland, Ann
McFarland, Pat
McGill University
McGrath, Mary
McGrath, Raymond
McGuinness, Arthur
McLaughlin, Robert
Megruder, Charles
Meier, A.
Meinberg, Cloud
Mellon, Paul
Metropolitan Storage Warehouse Co.
Middledorf, Ulrich
Milburn, John
Miller, E. Jean Blanc
Miller, John
Miller, Lois
Miller, Madeline
Mindlin, Henrique
Ministerio de Obras Publicas (Colombia)
Miro, Joan
Mitchell, Edith
Modern Traders, Inc.
Moe, Henry
Moholy-Nagy, László
Molitor, Joseph
Molteda Electric Co.
Montgomery, Elizabeth
Moore, Frederick
Moore, H.
Moore, Henry
Morton, Peter
Murphy, Emerson
Museum of Modern Art
Myers, Howard
N. V. Koninklijke-Begeer
Napier, F.
National Broadcasting Co.
National Geographic Society
Navarro, Horacio
Nelson, George
Neue Frankfurter Allgemeine Verischerungs-Aktien-Gesellschaft
Neutra, Richard
New Canaan Advertiser
New Canaan Postmaster
New Canaan Water Co.
New York Times
Nichols, C.
Nidda, Elizabeth
Nieh, C.
Nolan, William
North Bennet Street Industrial School
Norton, Noël
Noyes, Eliot
O'Brien, Kathleen
Ock, A.
Olgyay, Aladár
Olivetti, Adriano
Ortega, Alvaro
Ortega, Gloria
Osborn, Bob
Ostrander and Eshleman Inc.
P. E. Gane
Pack, Isabelle
Pack, Nancy
Page, Helen
Pajor, Z.
Palmer, T.
Papadaki, Stamo
Payer, Ernst
Pearse, Martha
Pei, Eileen
Pei, I.
Peluffo, Valerio
Pencil Points
Perchet, R.
Persitz, Alexandre
Pesek, Frank
Peterson, Ivy
Petrullo, Luigi
Philip Johnson Associates
Pichard, Joseph
Pictorial Services Inc.
Pilcher, Donald
Pilotis
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
Plus
Porter, Emily
Price, Thomas
Pritchard, Jonathan
Pritchard, Molly
Pritchard, T.
Producers' Council Club of Boston
Progressive Architecture
Psychological Abstracts
Purves, Edmund
Quinn's Wallpaper and Paint Store
Quinn, George
R. H. Macy and Co.
Rachlis, M.
Raye, Clifford
Raymond, Jr., Allen
Registry of Motor Vehicles (Massachusetts)
Rego, S.
Reid, Kenneth
Reisner, Jedd
Rice, R.
Richards, J.
Rideout, Virginia
Robinson , Preston and Helen
Robinson, Helen
Robinson, Preston
Roche, Yolande
Rocker, R.
Rosenberg, E.
Ross, Allen
Rothschild, Walter
Rowe, Carolyn
Rudolf Wendel, Inc.
Russo, Joseph
S. B. Dibble Lumber Co.
S. Cherney and Son
Saeger, W.
Sammons, Wheeler
Samuel, Godfrey
Sanders and Breck
Sanders, Smith-Miller and Breck
Sanders, Walter
Sanderson, George
Santos, Jack
Sarton, May
Schawinksy, Alexander
Schenck, W.
Schikher, Vincent
Schmieg and Kotzian, Inc.
Schmieg, Karl
Schoendorff, Ellen
Schroeder, Francis
Schroeder, Hameka
Schur, Sylvia
Schuster and Geiger
Schuster, Mathias
Schweizerische Kreditanstalt
Scott, Walter
Seidler, Harry
Sekey, Suzanne
Sert, José
Sgalitzer, Gerda
Shaffer, Marshall
Shastel,
Shigon, Norman
Shine, John
Shire, A.
Sjostrom, G.
Skeggs, David
Skol Co., Inc.
Smith, Hamilton
Smith, Hegner and Moore Architects
Smith, R.
Solano, Gabriel
Southern New England Telephone Co.
Spivak, Benjamin
Sprague Electric Co.
Squire, Allan
Stölzl, Gunta
St. John's University
St. Thomas, Jean
Staehelin, Marina
Staehelin, William
Starr, Donald
Stephans Plaza Hotel
Sterling, Dorothy
Stern, Harry
Stevens, Albert
Stevenson, G.
Stillman, Leslie
Stillman, Rufus
Stillwell, Mary
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Stites, Charles
Stoller, Ezra
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Taconic Lumber Co.
Tange, Kenzo
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Taylor, Joan
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Thortel Fireproof Fabrics, Inc.
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Tibbetts, Albert
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Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer, Associated Architects
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Welles, Henry
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Robinson House

View from the Northeast

Correspondence   433  browse all »

Letter
Letter
Letter

Photographs   18  browse all »

View from the South
Entrance Court and Service Wall
View from the Northeast

Drawings   9  browse all »

Detailed Contour Map
Plan of Portion of Land Dr. Preston Robinson
Window Details

In 1946, after extensive research into modern architecture, Preston and Helen Robinson chose Breuer to design their house in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains in Williamstown, MA. The bi-nuclear residence possessed two wings, each of a different shape, connected by an entrance hall. A rectangular volume contained the garage and bedrooms. The living spaces were contained within a square volume reached by a ramp from the entrance hall. Low, fieldstone walls extended from the house into the surrounding landscape. A dramatic, triangular wooden truss lengthened the butterfly roof beyond the glass wall of the living room, shading the stone-paved east terrace. Breuer also created a sculptural, stone fireplace as a focal point for the living room. The house was clad in wooden siding and colored panels. Harry Seidler and Eliot Noyes oversaw construction during Breuer's long trip to South America in the summer of 1947. The clients were extremely happy with Breuer's design and lived in the house until 1975.