Projects by Name

In October 1945, Walter Maas, president of the Paris office of the Dorland advertising commissioned a house to be built in Lattingtown, Long Island. Breuer's friend and colleague, Herbert Bayer, had been director of art and design for Dorland in Germany and likely helped Breuer get the commission. The house was a binuclear design with a large living and dining space with a free-standing fireplace and a covered dining terrace in one wing. The kitchen and maids' rooms extended off the living spaces, which were also connected to the bedroom wing by an entrance hall and study. The garage was located at the basement level of the bedroom wing. As with the Tompkins House, Charles Burchard was listed as the official architect because Breuer was not yet licensed in New York. Wartime restrictions on construction and materials forced Breuer to redesign the house in accordance with the emergency housing program requirements, but even this reduced design was not built.