Projects by Name

In 1952, John Tibby sent Breuer a poem and some sketches detailing the program for the house he hoped to build in Port Washington, Long Island. The House was a 2,500-square-foot variation of the House in the Museum Garden at MoMA. The house was clad in vertical cypress-siding and featured a butterfly roof and an outside terrace covered with a sunshade. Bedrooms and a music room were located at each end of the rectangular house with the living room, dining room, kitchen and playroom in the center. The small upper story, located beneath the highest point of the roof, contained a guest room and a bedroom and bathroom to be completed at some future date. The house also featured a small basement space for the heating equipment and a separate carport, connected to the main house by a wooden fence. The project proved too expensive, and the clients were unable to build, much to Breuer's regret.