Client. In 1945, she and her husband, Walter, commissioned a house on Long Island from Breuer. Despite the fact that they approved the design, postwar construction and material restrictions meant that the house was never built.
Client. In 1945, he and his wife, Sybil, commissioned a house on Long Island from Breuer. Despite the fact that they approved the design, postwar construction and material restrictions meant that the house was never built.
Employee, Cambridge Screen Mfg. Co. His company manufactured screens for projects like the Hagerty House and the Chamberlain Cottage.
Client. MacAusland considered having Breuer design a vestibule, lobby and reception room for his offices. The estimates came in too high and MacAusland canceled the commission. A dispute over fees ensued.
Employee, B. T. Batsford, Ltd., publisher. MacKenzie requested permission to publish a photograph of one of Breuer's chair designs in a book entitled "The Seeing Eye."
Treasurer, Vermont Tubbs, Inc. His company collaborated with Breuer to produce furniture for the Museum of Modern Art's International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture.
Swiss engineer famous for his bridge designs and pioneering work in reinforced concrete.
Bookkeeper, Barrett-Nonpareil, Inc. His company was the roofing subcontractor for projects like the Mills House and Breuer's first house in New Canaan, CT.
Executive Superintendent, B. S. Martins Corp. Mancinelli hoped to submit a bid on the construction of the Marshad House, but the contract went to Joseph Moje.
Engineer, Nevada-California Electric Corp. Mangel designed the heating system for the Margolius House.
Registrar, Black Mountain College and wife of Frederick Mangold, a professor at the college.
Professor at Black Mountain College. He did a lot of promotional work and fundraising on behalf of the college and held a variety of administrative positions including secretary and registrar. He was married to Anne Magold, who also served as the registrar of the college.
Engineer, Jaros, Baum and Bolles. Mann consulted on the heating system for the addition to the Scott House.
Designer who worked for Isokon and helped fabricate Breuer's designs for the company.
Employee, A. Ward Hendrickson and Co. His company supplied lighting fixtures for the Eastern Air Lines ticket office in the Boston Statler Hotel.
Secretary of the Committee of Artistic Advisors for the UNESCO Headquarters buildings.
In 1938, he and his wife, Hilde, asked Breuer to design a house in Palm Springs, CA. According to the by-laws of the neighborhood, the house had to possess a modern, Spanish exterior. Breuer felt that a well-designed modern house would fit in well with the surrounding Spanish houses and the design was approved. The house was never built, due to the couple's divorce a year...
In 1938, she and her husband, David, asked Breuer to design a house in Palm Springs, CA. According to the by-laws of the neighborhood, the house had to possess a modern, Spanish exterior. Breuer felt that a well-designed modern house would fit in well with the surrounding Spanish houses and the design was approved. The house was never built, due to the couple's divorce a year...
Swedish architect. He attended the Royal Institute of Technology and the Academy of Arts in Stockholm from 1910 to 1915. He was very interested in the problems of housing and urban planning, leading him to become one of the founding members of CIAM (Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne). As City Planning Director in Stockholm from to 1944 to 1954 he oversaw the creation of new suburbs...
Director of Research, Richmond Radiator Co. Marks brought Breuer's designs to the attention of his company's president and forwarded material on Breuer's aluminum furniture to the Reynolds Metals Co.
Employee, Comb and Groves. Marks submitted a proposal for the heating equipment for the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Assistant Director, Forest Products Laboratory (Forest Service). They partnered with Breuer in the Museum of Modern Art's International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture.
Professor of Sociology, Smith College. She hoped to take her students to see the UNESCO building.
Client. In 1949, Marshad and his wife, Ruth, commissioned a house in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.
Client. In 1949, she and her husband, Jacob, commissioned a house in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.
Employee, Overhead Door Co., Inc. His company supplied the garage door for the first Gagarin House.
Editor of Circle, which published some of Breuer's early projects. Martin also asked Breuer to provide an article on furniture construction for the first issue.
Employee, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. His company supplied the glass for many of Breuer's residential projects, including the second Breuer house in New Canaan, CT. and the Robinson House.
Engineer and President of The Martin Contracting Co. They were the road subcontractor for the Fischer House and Studio.
Client. In 1946, Jean and her husband, Layng, commissioned a house in Stamford, CT. from Breuer. The Martines were not happy with the initial designs and the house was never built.
Client. In 1946, Martine and his wife, Jean, commissioned a house in Stamford, CT. from Breuer. Martine was not happy with the initial designs and the house was never built.
Managing Director of R. H. Macy and Co., Ltd. Martinuzzi expressed interest in distributing the Isokon Long Chair in the United States.
Employee, The Concord Herald. Mason requested permission to reprint an article on Breuer's houses that had originally appeared in the Christian Science Monitor.
Employee, Kendal Milne and Co., furnishers and decorators. Kendal Milne was a Manchester department store that carried the Isokon Long Chair.
Employee, John E. Sjöström Co. His company supplied furnishings for the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
John J. Matheson and Co., Inc. Matheson was a metal furring and lathing subcontractor for the Weintraub Agency offices.
Senior Engineer, Federal Works Agency. McAllister was involved with the construction of the Aluminum City Terrace housing project in New Kensington, PA.
Employee, The Museum of Modern Art. McAndrews had planned to travel to Mexico with Breuer in the summer of 1938 but had to withdraw from the trip.
President, Litecontrol Corp. His company supplied lighting fixtures for projects like the Hagerty House and the Chamberlain Cottage.
Employee, Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn, Inc. McCabe used photographs of the Frank House in advertisements for one of their clients, the Pittsburgh Corning Corp.
Secretary, Dexter Brothers Co. McCafferty advised Breuer on suitable finishes for the exterior shingles of the Aluminum City Terrace defense housing project.
Employee, Century Lighting Co. His company supplied lighting fixtures for the offices of the Weintraub Agency offices.
Employee, Bamboo and Rattan Works. His company supplied bamboo shades for the McComb and Robinson Houses.
Manager of New Furniture Incorporated, a company that briefly attempted to import Breuer's furniture to America.
Client. In 1950, she and her husband, Peter, commissioned a house in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Client. In 1950, McComb and his wife, Karen, commissioned a house in Poughkeepsie, NY. He wanted to do much of the work himself, which caused some tension with the contractor.
Employee, L. L. McConachie Co. His company was the heating, plumbing and air conditioning subcontractor for the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs for the Guatemala National Fair. McCray requested photographs of Breuer's work for display in the fair.
Employee, Harry Dougherty and Son, heating subcontractor for the Aluminum City Terrace defense housing project.
Employee, J. C. Turner Co. Breuer's office sent him a detail of the cypress siding used in the House in the Museum Garden.
Employee of Murphy-Brinkworth Construction Corporation, which served as the contractor for The House in the Museum Garden, the Rand House, the Tilley House and the Weintraub Agency.
General Sales Manager, Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. His company supplied furniture for projects such as the entrance hall of the B. B. Chemical Co. and the first Geller House.
Black Mountain College. McGraw helped plan a fundraising event for the college at the Museum of Modern Art. Gropius and Breuer's designs for a new campus as Lake Eden, NC. were displayed at this event.
Assistant Treasurer, Geo. E. Mallinson Importing Co., Inc. His company supplied china matting for many of Breuer's residential projects.
Engineer, The Austin Co. His company was the consulting engineer for Breuer's design of the exterior of the Abraham and Straus department store in Hempstead, NY.
Comptroller, Paddock Swimming Pool Co. His company installed the swimming pool at the first Gagarin House.
Inspection Manager, Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory. His company conducted tests of the concrete to be used at the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Student at Harvard's Graduate School of Design who unsuccessfully requested admittance to Breuer's studio.
Employee in Breuer's office c. 1945. McMullen worked on projects like the offices of the Commission on Community Interrelations (CCI) of the American-Jewish Congress, the first Geller House, and the Cambridge War Memorial.
In 1938, McVitty approached Breuer about designing a house for his parents and sister. His parents chose another architect before Breuer executed any designs.
Employee of Pease Company, the subcontractor that drilled the well for the Kniffin House.
Head Accountant, Federal Works Agency. Mehner oversaw the finances of the Aluminum City Terrace defense housing project.
City planning official, Cologne. Mehrtens contributed photographs to the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
American architect. Meier received a bachelor of architecture from Cornell University in 1957. After graduation, he worked at a number of New York offices including Skidmore, Owings and Merrille (1959-60) and Marcel Breuer and Associates (1960-1963). In 1963, he formed his own office and began to garner a reputation for modernist residences, such as the Saltzman House. Meier was a member of the New York...
Tribunal Clerk, American Arbitration Association. Mellor organized the arbitration procedures for the dispute between Breuer and his client, James Smith.
Lawyer with the firm Cressy, Bartram, Melvin and Sherwood. Melvin represented Breuer in his dispute with Irving Wood, the contractor for the first Breuer House in New Canaan.
Merchant Construction Co. Merchant hoped to submit a bid for the construction of the Lake Eden campus for Black Mountain College, but Gropius and Breuer's scheme was never built.
Project Manager, Federal Works Agency. Meredith oversaw the construction of the Aluminum City Terrace defense housing project.
School of Architecture, McGill University. Merrett sought Breuer's advice about finding someone to lead the school.
Employee, Westchester Heating Engineering. Merrick hoped to submit a bid on the installation of the heating system for the Marshad House.
Employee, Almy, Bigelow and Washburn, Inc. Merrill provided information on the needs of various departments within the store and comments on Breuer's plans for the new department store to replace their existing store in Salem, MA.
President, Lattingtown Harbor Estates, Inc. Breuer's client, Walter Maas hoped to build a house in the development.
Sales Manager, Merriman Bros., Inc., manufacturers of yacht blocks, fittings and riggings. Breuer occasionally used yacht rigging to support cantilevered porches or sunshades.
Intern in Breuer's office c. 1957-1958. Meunier worked on the campanile at St. John's Abbey, among other projects. He was a student at the University of Liverpool, at the time. He would go on to receive a graduate degree in architecture from Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Meunier has had a distinguished teaching career. He began at Cambridge University, before heading to the University...
Employee of Geo. E. Mallinson Importing Co., Inc., the company that supplied china matting for many of Breuer's residential projects.
Editor, Das Werk. Meyer published an article on the Doldertal apartments. Breuer was upset because his name was omitted from the photo captions throughout the article.
Employee, Harry Meyers Co. Her company manufactured furniture for the Frank House.
President, Marcello Mezzullo, Inc. Mezzullo was a contractor who prepared an estimate for the Lawnhurst House.
Director, Office of Public Relations, Vassar College. Her office wrote the press materials for the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory.
Furniture manufacturer who acquired the manufacturing rights to some of Breuer's designs.
Architect in Breuer's office. Michelson was born in Estonia and educated in St. Petersburg. After immigrating to the United States, he received an architecture degree from Columbia University. He had worked in Percival Goodman's office with Robert Gatje before joining Breuer's firm. Michelson oversaw the construction of St. John's Church and was in charge of the working-drawing team for the project.
Employee, Bemo Shipping Co. His firm handled customs and shipping for a carpet for the Starkey House.
Fastenings Sales Department, Whitehead Metal Products Co., Inc. His company supplied nails for the Breuer and Kepes Cottages and the Scott House.
General Manager, A. W. and W. M. Watson Co. His company was the millwork subcontractor fro the guest cottage at the Fischer House.
Miller requested photographs of Breuer's work, including the New Kensington Defense Housing Project, for a book about "good design in objects and structures of today."
Contractor who hoped to bid on the Marshad House. The contract eventually went to Joseph Moje.
Director, Duncan Miller Ltd. His company was interested in Breuer's designs for aluminum airplane chairs.
Employee of Schuster and Geiger, a company that made many of Breuer's custom furniture designs.
Managing Editor, The Modern Hospital Publishing Co., Inc. Her company organized The Modern Hospital Architectural competitions. Breuer registered as a contestant for this competition, although no record of his entry exists.
Client. In 1947, Mills and his wife, Julie, commissioned a house located next door to Breuer's first house in New Canaan, CT. Mills worked for the publisher Longmans, Green.
Client. In 1947, Julie and her husband, Edward, commissioned a house located next door to Breuer's first house in New Canaan, CT.
Engineer, Fred S. Dubin Associates. Mindell was the consulting engineer on the first Gagarin House. He worked on the electrical and drainage systems.
Breuer planned to visit Mindlin in Rio de Janeiro as part of his 1947 trip to South America.
Spanish painter, sculptor and printmaker. He is particularly known for his abstract and surrealist works. Miró produced murals entitled "Wall of the Sun" and "Wall of the Moon" for the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
Manager at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, the company that supplied the glass for many of Breuer's residential projects.
Curator of Architecture at the Museum of Modern Art. She included models of Breuer’s work in the 1945 exhibition” Tomorrow’s Small House” and the traveling exhibition she prepared for the Office of War Information, “The New Architecture in the United States.” She wrote numerous books, among them “Built in USA 1932-1944”, which featured Breuer’s Chamberlain House, and “The Architecture of Bridges.”
Photographer, writer and teacher. In 1921, she married László Moholy-Nagy, who was soon hired as a master at the Bauhaus, and assisted him with his writing and his photographic experiments. Her own photographs of the Bauhaus buildings and her colleagues at the school are a vital record of that time. She and her husband eventually separated and independently emigrated to London in the 1930s.
Hungarian painter, sculptor, photographer and teacher. He moved to Berlin in 1920 where he met Walter Gropius at an exhibition of his work at Der Sturm gallery. Shortly thereafter, Gropius invited Moholy-Nagy to teach at the Bauhaus. Moholy-Nagy took over the preliminary course from Johannes Itten and explored the relationship between space, time, mass and light in a series of paintings and kinetic sculptures, such as...
Art historian, critic and teacher. She was the second wife of László Moholy-Nagy.
Associate Director, Detroit Public Library. He acted as a consultant for the Grosse Pointe Public Library, helping define space and service requirements.
Contractor for the Englund and Marshad Houses and millwork subcontractor on the first Breuer House in New Canaan, CT.
Employee, Whitehead Metal Products Co., Inc. His company supplied nails for the Breuer and Kepes Cottages and the Scott House.
Architectural photographer. He photographed the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College.
Hungarian architect. He was a student at the Bauhaus from 1921 to 1925. His house design, Der rote Würfel, was included in the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition at Haus-am-Horn. He also worked in the office of Walter Gropius at this time. He returned to Budapest in 1925 and three years later became the Hungarian delegate to CIAM (Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne). He headed the Hungarian...
Employee in the Office of C. R. Curtis, Eastern Sales Manager for The Mengel Co. The Mengel Co. produced plywood doors that Monk hoped would be specified for the Aluminum City Terrace defense housing project.
Employee, Knoll Associates, Inc. Monroe worked in the office of the founder, Hans G. Knoll.
Photographer. Monshouwer photographed the construction of the De Bijenkorf Department Store.
Costume designer. She was associated with Motley's Fashion Studio in London for whom Breuer and Yorke designed a boutique in 1936.
Employee of Elmer T. Hebert, Inc., a supplier of hardware with whom Breuer frequently worked.
Uskon Project Engineer, Wire and Cable Department, United States Rubber Co. Breuer hoped that the Uskon heating system would be used for the House in the Museum Garden, but United States Rubber Co. pulled out because they did not feel the house would showcase their product well enough.
President, The Torrington Building Co. Torrington submitted an estimate for the construction of the first Gagarin House but the job went to the George J. Switzer Co.
Employee, Patterson Fabrics, Inc. Moore's company supplied fabric for the first Gagarin House.
His firm, Taconic Lumber Co., provided cypress boards for the Robinson House in Williamstown, MA.
Moore was a dealer in mason's supplies, gravel and iron and a subcontractor for the Robinson House.
English sculptor. He worked predominantly in stone and wood and often radically simplified the human form. His sculpture entitled “Reclining Figure” was placed in front of the interior façade of the Secretariat Building of the UNESCO Headquarters.
Kenneth L. Moore Co., real estate. Moore acted as an intermediary between Breuer and the Grosse Pointe Board of Education and the donor, Dexter Ferry, Jr.
Assignment Editor for Overseas News and Features, Office of War Information. Requested material from Breuer for a program for the exhibition “America Builds,” which featured some of Breuer’s work.
Contractor. Breuer invited Moran to bid on the Englund House, but the job eventually went to Joseph Moje.
Assistant Editor, Progressive Architecture. She published the Stillman House in their 1951 Design Preview.
School of Architecture, Princeton University. He invited Breuer to participate in a symposium regarding symposium about cooperation with the building industry.
Prepared estimates for L. H. Swenson Co., Inc., the contractor for the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College.
Morris was a former student of Breuer's at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Morris was the chief architect for the Anchorage and Fairbanks airport terminals. He asked Breuer to serve as a consultant for the design of the interior public spaces of the terminals.
Department of History, Cornell University. He hoped to purchase plywood dining room chairs.
Architect and son of Karl Moser. He studied architecture under his father in Zurich and Paul Bonatz in Stuttgart. After graduating in 1919, he worked with Marinus Jan Granpré Molière in Holland and Frank Lloyd Wright in the United States. With Rudolf Graber and Sigfried Giedion, he founded Wohnbedarf to promote modern furniture and design, including Breuer’s aluminum chairs. Moser was a founding...
Lawyer who provided Breuer with the land survey of the property for the first Geller House.
President, Moss Atlas Corp., manufacturer of kitchen appliances and efficiency kitchenettes.
Employee, Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk. Moufang sent photographs of dining and sleeping cars for the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Surgeon General, Federal Security Agency, United States Public Health Service. Breuer requested hospital plans for use in lectures at Harvard.
German painter and teacher. He exhibited his abstract paintings at Der Sturm gallery in the second decade of the twentieth century. In 1920, he joined the staff of the Bauhaus, where he helped Johannes Itten teach the preliminary course and led the weaving workshop. He designed the Haus am Horn, the house constructed as part of the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition, despite the fact that he was...
Vice-President, Oenoke Properties, Inc. He approved the plan and location of Breuer's second house in New Canaan, CT.
American critic and theorist. “He advocated an architecture that would integrate work and play, art and labor, rural and urban life in a new culture fostering a democratic community.” He helped curate the Museum of Modern Art’s influential International Style exhibition but later became a vocal critic of that style. Mumford wrote highly critical articles about the UNESCO headquarters but praised the curtain wall for the De...
Employee, Grand Rapids Store Equipment Co. His company advised Breuer on the layout of the Almy, Bigelow and Washburn department store.
Employee, Lumex, Inc. Breuer approached Murcott about producing his designs for aluminum furniture.
Employee, Boston Blue Print Co. His company provided blueprints for the Aluminum City Terrace defense housing project.
President, Murphy-Brinkworth Construction Corp., the contractor for The House in the Museum Garden, the Rand House, the Tilley House and the Weintraub Agency.
Employee, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. His company supplied the glass for many of Breuer's residential projects.
Employee, Topper and Griggs, Inc., engineers and steel contractors. His firm consulted on the structural steel framing for the first Gagarin House.
Employee, United States Plywood Corp. He requested photographs of the Breuer House in Lincoln, MA. for publicity purposes, as Breuer utilized plywood in the design.
Employee, Knoll Associates, Inc. Knoll was one of the earliest suppliers of modern furniture in the United States and provided furniture for many of Breuer's projects, including the Pack House.
Employee, United States Housing Authority. Myers requested prints of the units at Aluminum City Terrace in which the utility rooms were located below the first floor level. He wanted to show the plans to other members of his organization.
Editor, The Architectural Forum. Breuer sent him information on Yankee Portables after Myers expressed interest in publishing the project. It is unclear if the project was ever published.
Assistant Controller, Knoll Associates, Inc. Knoll was one of the earliest suppliers of modern furniture in the United States and provided furniture for many of Breuer's projects.
Contractor. Breuer invited him to submit a bid on the construction of the first Hooper House. The contract eventually went to the Harry A. Hudgins Co.
Contractor. Myers expressed interest in bidding on the construction of the Fischer House and Studio, but Roy Large received the contract.