At the request of the architect Henry Shepley, a partner in the prominent Boston firm Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbot, Breuer furnished the entrance hall of the newly designed building for the B. B. Chemical Company.
Furniture upholsterer. They supplied cushion covers for some of the Breuer's Isokon furniture designs.
Walter Gropius requested that B. Feder supply a bed for the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Contractor who hoped to submit a bid on the construction of the Marshad House. The contract eventually went to Joseph Moje.
Bookseller and publisher. They requested permission to publish a photograph of one of Breuer's chair designs in a book entitled "The Seeing Eye."
Stair builders, panel workers and millwork. They produced exterior doors for the Lauck House.
Supplier of appliances for numerous projects, including the first Stillman House and the McComb House.
Furniture manufacturer. Baker expressed interest in producing modern furniture designed by Gropius and Breuer.
Manufacturer of sanitary equipment. Bamberger, Leroi and Co. contributed materials, including a sink basin, to be exhibited in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Fence manufacturer. Barnes Wire Fence Co. provided an estimate for the gate to the parking lot of the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Roofing subcontractor for projects like the Mills House and Breuer's first house in New Canaan, CT.
Private architectural practice of Walter Gropius during the mid to late-1920s. Gropius often employed Bauhaus students on projects such as Siedlung Törten in Dessau.
Swiss architectural periodical. Bauen und Wohnen published various Breuer projects, including Breuer's first house in New Canaan, CT.
German type foundry. Walter Gropius invited them to participate in the the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Experimental school of art and design, founded by Walter Gropius in 1919. The school was located in Weimar from its founding until 1925 when political pressures forced Gropius to move the school to Dessau. It was in Dessau that Gropius designed and built the iconic glass and reinforced-concrete building to house workshops, studios and administration functions. Gropius stepped down as director in 1928 and was succeeded...
In 1916, the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design was founded by the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects in cooperation with the National Sculpture Society and Society of Mural Painters. It was chartered by the Regents of the State of New York as an educational organization and became responsible for overseeing competitions and running ateliers in sculpture and painting. In 1940, The Institute invited Breuer to write a design program...
Distributor of building materials such as the asphalt tiles used at the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Bell Telephone featured Breuer's first house in New Canaan, CT. in an advertisement for telephone raceways.
Shipping company that handled customs and delivery of a carpet for the Starkey House.
Manufacturer of commemorative granite plaques for the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory and the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Manufacturer of metal building supplies and fireplace furnishings. Bennett-Ireland supplied fireplace screens for projects like the first Gagarin House.
Photo agency. The Berliner Bild-Bericht helped publicize the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Manufacturer of metal goods. The company contributed slides that were used to publicize the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition in French newspapers.
German manufacturer of Molliperma, modern chairs with a patented suspension system.
Black Mountain College was an experimental undergraduate institution with an emphasis on arts education. It was founded in 1933 and had strong ties to the Bauhaus through professors such as Josef and Anni Albers and Alber's former student, Xanti Schawinsky. In 1939, Theodore Dreier, one of the founders of the school, approached Gropius and Breuer about designing buildings for a new campus at Lake Eden....
Engineering firm. They served as the heating consultant for the for the Weizenblatt House.
Law firm specializing in patent and trademark law. Blair and Kilcoyne handled United States patent applications for Breuer's aluminum furniture.
Supplier of gravel and fill for the second Breuer house in New Canaan, CT.
Produced blueprints for the Aluminum City Terrace defense housing project.
Organization founded in 1796 to provide medical care to the poor. Breuer designed a window display for the dispensary as part of the Greater Boston United War Fund 1942 campaign.
The Museum of Fine arts opened to the public on July 4, 1876. As the collection expanded, the museum moved from its original location in Copley Square to its current home on Huntington Avenue. Foster and Partners designed a new wing for the museum, which opened in November of 2010. Today, the museum's collection ranges from ancient Egyptian to contemporary art. The associated school was...
The Museum of Fine arts opened to the public on July 4, 1876. As the collection expanded, the museum moved from its original location in Copley Square to its current home on Huntington Avenue. Foster and Partners designed a new wing for the museum, which opened in November of 2010. Today, the museum's collection ranges from ancient Egyptian to contemporary art.
Founded in 1848, the Boston Public Library was the first large free municipal library in the United States.
Boston chapter of the American Institute of Architects, established in 1867. Breuer served as a member of the Jury of Award in Architecture at the Society's 1938 Exhibition but did not become a member until 1941.
Supplier of silk pongee for a number of residential interiors, including the McComb House, the Wolfson Trailer House and Breuer's second house in New Canaan, CT.
Bouwkundig Weekblad (Architectural Weekly) was published from 1881-1926 jointly with the Bond van Nederlandse Architecten. The name of this periodical was changed to Bouwkundig Weekblad en Architectura in 1927. It was succeeded by the monthly journal, Plan, published beginning in 1970.
Architectural partnership formed by Breuer, Bernard Zehrfuss and Pier Luigi Nervi in the mid-1950s in order to design the UNESCO headquarters complex in Paris.
London-based law firm. Upon Breuer's decision to follow Gropius to the United States, the firm drafted a contract between Breuer and Isokon regarding rights to furniture designs and fees.
British aluminum manufacturer that expressed interest in producing Breuer's aluminum furniture designs.
Carpet importer and retailer. They provided floor coverings for a number of projects, including the Breuer House in Lincoln, MA. and the Weizenblatt House.
Located in Providence, RI and founded in 1764, Brown University is the seventh-oldest college in the United States. Brown is an independent, coeducational Ivy League institution comprising undergraduate and graduate programs, plus the Alpert Medical School and the School of Engineering.
Women's college located in Bryn Mawr, PA. and founded in 1885. Bryn Mawr was the first women's college to offer graduate education through the Ph.D. At the end of 1937 or the beginning of 1938, the asked Breuer to design furniture for a newly constructed dormitory, the neo-Gothic James E. Rhoads Residence Hall.
Organization responsible for the certification of professional engineers. They rejected Breuer's 1935 petition to be included in the registry of Budapest engineers.
The Buffalo Museum of Science was founded in 1929. It is a non-profit education institution dedicated to the study and interpretation of the natural and physical sciences.
Architectural woodwork manufacturers who did work for second Breuer house in New Canaan, CT.
Journal focusing on the real estate industry in western Pennsylvania. The publisher wanted to interview Gropius and Breuer for a special volume entitled, Defense Housing Techniques.
Professional organization for German architects, founded in 1903. Walter Gropius nominated Breuer for membership in 1931.
Swiss newspaper based in Berne. The U.S. representative of the paper hoped to write an article about Breuer's House in the Museum Garden for the paper.
Burton-Rodgers considered manufacturing aluminum and plywood furniture designed by Breuer. A rough draft of a contract between Breuer and the company was drawn up, but the relationship did not proceed beyond that point.