Facius approached gramophone manufacturers and fur producers about the possibility of participating in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs. The manufacturers declined to participate.
In 1945, S. and Harold Fagan approached Breuer about designing offices for their watchmaking business but never proceeded with the commission.
In 1945, S. and Harold Fagan approached Breuer about designing offices for their watchmaking business but never proceeded with the commission.
Entrepreneur, inventor and head of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp. Sherman was interested in the use of laminated wood counterbalanced arches in factory construction and, in 1946, paid Charles Burchard, Breuer's former student and current employee, to conduct studies of this construction method. Burchard and Breuer created preliminary designs for Sherman for a structure utilizing the technology and housing tandem tennis courts and a club unit....
Client and Head of the Ober-Gurgl ski school. He commissioned a ski lodge in Ober-Gurgl from Breuer in 1937. The Austrian authorities rejected the plans so the lodge was never built. Falkner was forced to leave Austria for political reasons shortly thereafter, and Breuer attempted to help him find a position as a ski instructor in North America. In 1941, Falkner flirted with the idea...
Engineer who worked for the firms Sigman and Farkas and Farkas and Barron. He consulted on numerous projects including the Clark House, the Smith House, the Grosse Pointe Public Library and the first Gagarin House.
General Manager, Bradford Veneer and Panel Co., Inc. Breuer requested an estimate for plywood to be used for the House in the Museum Garden.
Director, Finmar Ltd. Finmar distributed furniture designed by Alvar Aalto. Faulkner contacted Breuer in 1936, asserting that the Breuer chairs that appeared in the March issue of the Architectural Review infringed upon a patent held by Aalto.
Employee, Emery Roth and Sons. His firm was the architect of the building that housed the offices of the Weintraub Advertising Agency, later renovated by Breuer.
Employee, Century Lighting, Inc. His company supplied lighting fixtures for the offices of the Weintraub Agency offices.
Architect and industrial designer. He was the Chief Designer of the Industrial Design Section at Selection Engineering Co., Ltd. Fejér wanted to publish the coffee table-radio set from the House in the Museum Garden in an article on 'Housing the Radio Family' for the magazine Art and Industry.
Employee, Investment Department, Alexander Summer Co. The real estate company for which Feltus worked handled the purchase options for Breuer's Duplex-Apartment Complex in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Breuer planned to build veterans' housing on the site but the project foundered due to the Federal Housing Administration's objections to features of the design and the difficulty of raising the necessary private equity.
Hungarian patent lawyer. He informed Breuer about the costs of registering furniture patents in Hungary.
Member of the Window Display Committee, Greater Boston Community Fund. The Greater Boston Community Fund and the United Service Organization (U.S.O.). organized fifty window displays for their 1942 campaign. Breuer designed the display for the Boston Dispensary, an organization founded in 1796 to provide medical care to the poor.
Employee, Modern Living Department, Life magazine. Ferriss sent Breuer an agreement regarding the use of the Thompson House pictures taken for a proposed article in Life.
Son of Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. and brother of Edith Ferry Hooper. Ferry was Breuer's student at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Later, he was a strong advocate of Breuer's work and was instrumental in helping Breuer obtain the commission for the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Ferry donated the funds for the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College and the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Wife of Dexter M. Ferry, Jr., the patron of the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College and the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Member of the Architects' Committee of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship.
Director-General, Les Lisses de France. His company supplied a Moroccan rug for the Starkey House.
German photographer and teacher. He studied architecture at the Technische Hochschule in Munich (1909-1914) and art history (1914-1918) with Heinrich Wöllflin. For a decade beginning in 1922, he served as the librarian at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Halle. He developed a technique known as "object photography" (Sachfotografie) and taught a class on the topic from 1927 to 1932. In 1932, he accepted a job as head...
Architect and employee of Olivetti, an Italian manufacturer of computers and business machines.
Breuer's longtime secretary. She ran the New York office from the mid-1940s until 1958.
Client and American graphic artist who studied at the Bauhaus. In 1939, he and his wife, Margrit, commissioned a house in New Hope, PA. from Gropius and Breuer. They added a guest cottage in 1946. They did not allow their house to be photographed or published, angering Breuer.
Hungarian national. In 1948, Breuer and Jack Pritchard helped get him to the United States to study in Chicago.
Hungarian architect and urban planner. He was active in the Hungarian branch of CIAM and was one of the most influential Hungarian Modernists. His works include the Villa Hoffmann and the Rege Hotel. In 1933, Breuer had a joint practice with Fischer and Farkas Molnár in Budapest. The three entered a competition for a Spring Trade Fair to be held in Budapest in 1935 for...
Client and sculptor who studied at the Bauhaus. In 1939, she and her husband, Edward, commissioned a house in New Hope, PA. from Gropius and Breuer. They added a guest cottage in 1946. They did not allow their house to be photographed or published, angering Breuer.
President, Kolto Art Products, Inc. Fischer was a former employee of Jack Pritchard and studied architecture in Vienna. His current company manufactured modern lamps and shades. He hoped to speak to Breuer about modern lighting after reading an article in "Retailing Daily," which reported Breuer's criticism of modern lamp design during the planning of the House in the Museum Garden.
Research Director, CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) News. He wrote an article on Aluminum City Terrace for the Aluminum Workers Edition of the CIO News.
Architecture student at M.I.T. He hoped to purchase some of Breuer's furniture and to visit Breuer's house in Lincoln, MA. Fisher eventually became a partner in Wiltshire and Fisher Architects, based in Dallas, TX.
Principal, Leigh Fisher and Associates, airport trade analysts and financial counselors. Fisher was involved with the airport terminal buildings in Alaska for which Breuer designed the interior public spaces.
Employee, Red Oaks Mills. His company manufactured wall and floor tiles for the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory.
Employee, Elmer T. Hebert, Inc. His company supplied hardware for projects such as the Marshad House and the Pack House.
Secretary to John Scheuer, Vice President and General Manager of William H. Weintraub and Co., Inc. She helped coordinate the renovation of her firm's offices.
Newark Regional Office, National Housing Administration. Breuer contacted him about the plans for the Duplex-Apartment Complex in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Breuer planned to build veterans' housing on the site but the project foundered due to the Federal Housing Administration's objections to features of the design and the difficulty of raising the necessary private equity.
Staatliche Akademie für Kunstgewerbe. Flemming contributed lamps and flatware to the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Employee, the Mosaic Tile Co. His company supplied wall and floor tiles for the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory.
Student of Breuer at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. She graduated in 1944. Breuer wrote her a recommendation for the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.
President and Treasurer, Electrical Manufacturing magazine. Fletcher confirmed that his publishing company had no copyright control over an advertisement placed in the magazine by the Monsanto Chemical Co., which featured Breuer's Plas-2-Point House.
Counsel, Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk A. G. His company undertook the execution of furniture for rooms designed by Breuer featured in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Electrical Engineer. Flynn expressed interest in working with Breuer on a defense housing project in Wethersfield, CT.
Commercial Supervisor, Wetmore Savage Division, Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. His company provided an estimate for space heaters to be used in Breuer's Yankee Portable prefabricated housing.
Chief, Photo Facilities Section, International Press and Publications Division, Department of State. The State Department kept photographs of architectural and artistic works on file and shared them with the United States Information Office for use in pro-US propaganda.
In 1950, she and her husband, Elliot, commissioned a version of the House in the Museum Garden to be located in Chappaqua, NY.
Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. He and his wife, Katherine, lived in one of the four houses on Woods End Road in Lincoln, MA. The house was funded by Helen Storrow and designed by Breuer and Gropius. With his wife, he authored "The Modern House in America," which intended to educate a general audience about modernism in America and featured the Gropius and Breuer houses...
She and her husband, James, lived in one of the four houses on Woods End Road in Lincoln, MA. The house was funded by Helen Storrow and designed by Breuer and Gropius. She was the author of many books on modern architecture, including "The Modern House in America," which she wrote with her husband. She also acted as Architectural Editor for the magazine House and...
Director of Defense Housing, Federal Works Agency. His agency oversaw projects such as the Aluminum City Terrace housing project in New Kensington, PA.
Vice-President, Campbell and Ives Co., Inc. His company manufactured products such as the "Teco Trussed Rafter."
Professor in the School of Architecture, Princeton University. In 1952, Forrest invited Breuer to participate in an owner-architect-builder seminar with Walter Rothchild and Andrew Eken.
V. Foscato, Inc. His company provided an estimate for the execution of a mosaic in the master bedroom of the first Gagarin House.
Conventional Division, National Housing Agency. Foss evaluated the economic viability of Breuer's proposal for a Duplex Apartment Complex for veterans.
Employee, New England Felt Roofing Works Division, Samuel Cabot, Inc. He assessed a leak in the roof of Breuer's residence in Lincoln, MA., finding fault with the installation of the metal flashings.
Engineer and partner, Hubbard, Rickerd and Blakeley. His firm acted as consulting engineer for the Aluminum City Terrace defense housing project.
The Lecture Agency. Jack Pritchard approached Foyle to help set up lectures for Breuer to fund his 1947 trip to Europe. Breuer ended up not making the trip due to problems getting a Hungarian visa.
Employee, B. C. McKinley Co. His company was the roofing subcontractor for the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Charles Weissmann, the legal advisor to Société Thonet Frères, wrote to a Mr. Frank regarding his patent's infringement on existing patents filed by Breuer for tubular steel chairs.
Client. In 1939, she and her husband, Robert, commissioned a luxurious house from Gropius and Breuer in Pittsburgh, PA. The Franks were close friends of the Kaufmann family, owners of Kaufmann department stores and aficionados of modern architecture who had recently commissioned Falling Water from Frank Lloyd Wright. Breuer designed most of the furniture for the house.
Vice-President, Frank and Bolton, Inc. His firm provided home insurance and surety bonds.
Client. In 1939, he and his wife, Cecelia, commissioned a luxurious house from Gropius and Breuer in Pittsburgh, PA. An engineer, Frank oversaw the construction of the house. The Franks were close friends of the Kaufmann family, owners of Kaufmann department stores and aficionados of modern architecture who had recently commissioned Falling Water from Frank Lloyd Wright. Breuer designed most of the furniture for the...
Architect. Franzen was born in Düsseldorf, but his family immigrated to the United States in 1936. He attended Williams College before earning a masters in architecture from Harvard's Graduate School of Design (1948). Franzen studied with Gropius and Breuer while at Harvard, and worked for another of their students, I. M. Pei, from 1950 to 1955. He founded his own firm, Ulrich Franzen and Associates,...
Chicago architect who inquired about the structural design of the hexagon wall of St. John's Church.
French Electric Co. His company was the lighting subcontractor for the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Engineering Section, Heating Research Laboratory, Automatic Blanket and Sunlamp Division, General Electric Co. Frere consulted on the installation of heating panels in the bathrooms of the House in the Museum Garden.
Hermann Gerson Möbelhaus. Gropius approached his firm about constructing the furniture for the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs. In the end, the Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk A. G. received the commission.
In 1951, Frey invited Breuer to appear as a guest on the television program, "Your Own Home?."
Friedmann wrote a letter of introduction to Falk, Stadelmann and Co., Ltd., a company Breuer hoped to approach regarding the production of his furniture.
Executive Secretary, Office of the General Manager and Consulting Engineer, Vassar College.
Professor in the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. In 1947, he invited Breuer to teach during the summer session.
Draftsman and assistant to Breuer, c. 1945. He worked on the first Geller House and the Tompkins House.
English architect and writer. Upon Gropius's emigration to London, the two formed a partnership which lasted from 1934 to 1937. Fry helped found the MARS group (Modern Architectural Research Group), an organization that played a prominent role in supporting British modernism. His activities with the MARS Group included the 1938 exhibition New Architecture and the Plan of London Proposal in 1942. In 1935, he invited...
Architect. He sent photographs of his work to Gropius, hoping to be included in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Chief, Technical Review Section, Division of Defense Housing, Federal Works Agency.
Draughtsman. He produced a color rendering of the Anchorage airport terminal project for which Breuer designed the interiors.