American architect and furniture designer. His family immigrated from Finland to the United States in 1923. He never attended college but worked in the Cranbrook Architecture Office during the summers of 1928 and 1929 and studied sculpture in Paris. He received a graduate degree from the School of Fine Arts at Yale University in 1934. Two years later, he entered into partnership with his father,...
Exhibitions department, Allgemeine Elekrizitäts-Gesellschaft. László Moholy-Nagy asked them to provide a small stove for use in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Donor. His contribution funded the furnishings for the Grosse Pointe Public Library, also referred to as the Ferry-Sales Library in honor of the two most important donors.
Employee, United States Bronze Sign Co., Inc. Salsberg provided an estimate for the signage of the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Professional Advisor, Bloomingdale's Architectural Competition. Breuer's design for a 3-bedroom house was not awarded a prize, but the company hoped to exhibit it at the store.
Architect. He suggested that Warren Green at the Mengel Company might be interested in producing Breuer's plywood furniture designs.
Architect and professor. Sanders acted as associated editor of American Architect and Architecture where he tried to publish Breuer's Rose House in Lee-On-Solent. He taught for many years at the University of Michigan, serving as chairman of the architecture department from 1954 to 1964. Breuer thought Sander's building was the best of the 1939 World's Fair.
Editor, Pencil Points. Pencil Points merged with Progressive Architecture in 1943.
President of Colombia. Breuer's friend Jose Weissberger provided him with a letter of introduction to Santos.
Employee of 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.
Vice-President, Lowe-Donald and Co., Inc. His firm supplied curtain fabric for the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Sales Manager, Thonet Brothers, Inc. Thonet was an early producer of Breuer's tubular steel furniture and provided furniture for the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory and the Grosse Pointe Library, among other projects.
Draftsman in the Gropius and Breuer office c. 1938-1939. Saunders worked on the Pennsylvania State Exhibition for the 1939 New York World's Fair. He also hoped to work on the Aluminum City Terrace defense housing project, but the office did not have an opening.
Employee, Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. His company supplied furniture for projects such as the entrance hall of the B. B. Chemical Co.
Curator, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy. Sawyer hoped to borrow models of Gropius and Breuer's work for use in an exhibition of modern architecture.
Employee, Saybolt, Cleland and Alexander, Inc. His firm manufactured Breuer's furniture designs for the Bryn Mawr College Dormitory.
President, Midget Louver Co. His company manufactured ventilation inserts which Breuer used in projects like the House in the Museum Garden and the Clark House.
Employee, Herman Miller Furniture Co. Herman Miller was one of the earliest suppliers of modern furniture in the United States and provided furniture for many of Breuer's projects.
Mitteldeutscher Lichtbildwerfer-Vertrieb. Schaefer supplied mirrors for the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Walter Gropius asked Schaim's advice on the construction of the bridge in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Stage designer and artist. Known as "Xanti," Schawinsky studied with Oskar Schlemmer at the Bauhaus. Josef Albers invited him to Black Mountain College to create a stage studies program. He taught at the school from 1936 to 1938. He directed "Spectodrama: Play, Life, Illusion" one of the first abstract theater performances in the United States. He was a close friend of Breuer's.
President, The G. F. S. Zimmerman Co., Inc., manufacturer of fasteners for shutters and casements.
Brown Lightning Protection. Schenck offered his services for the Robinson House.
Vice-President and General Manager, William H. Weintraub and Co., Inc. Scheuer oversaw the implementation of Breuer's 1949 designs for the interiors of his advertising agency, located on the 17th floor of a building at 488 Madison Avenue.
Engineer, Farkas and Barron. Schiffman inspected the reinforcing steel and concrete at the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Head, Industrial Design Division, Georgia School of Technology. He inquired about the possibility of a job at Harvard.
Manager, Truck Division, The Fairbanks Co. His company supplied platform trucks for the shipping of materials related to the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Employee, Schmieg and Kotzian. His firm manufactured furniture for the Frank and Robinson Houses.
Director of the Deutsche Werkstätten and founder of the garden city, Hellerau. Schmidt hoped to work with Wohnbedarf (founded by Rudolf Graber, Werner Moser, and Sigfried Giedion to promote modern furniture and design, but the store was already overextended.
President, Schmieg and Kotzian, Inc. His firm manufactured furniture for the Frank and Robinson Houses.
Employee, Greater New York Roofing Co. His firm was the roofing subcontractor for the Tompkins House.
Employee, Greater New York Roofing Co. His firm was the roofing subcontractor for the Tompkins House.
Architectural photographer. He photographed a number of Breuer's projects including Breuer's second house in New Canaan, CT., the Art Center at Sarah Lawrence College, the first Stillman House, the Thompson House, and the Wolfson Trailer House.
Employee, Harry Meyers Co. His company manufactured custom furniture designed by Breuer for the Frank House.
Editor, Interiors magazine. He asked Breuer to submit projects for various features in the magazine.
Member of the Council of Engineers. In 1935, he rejected Breuer's application for inclusion in the Hungarian registry of engineers.
Patent attorney involved in the legal dispute between Mies and Breuer’s furniture company, Standard-Möbel, regarding possible patent infringement for the cantilevered tubular steel chair.
Director, Wertheim G.m.b.H. Gropius and Breuer inquired whether the company might be willing to contribute materials for display in the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Co-owner, Schuster and Geiger and owner of The Wood Craftsman. He manufactured furniture for various Breuer projects, including the first Gagarin House, the Grosse Pointe Public Library, and the Starkey House.
Schutle graded and seeded the yard of Breuer's first house in New Canaan, CT., as well as removing and pruning trees on the property.
Schwab expressed interest in visiting Gropius and Breuer's houses in Lincoln, MA.
Architect who served as Gropius and Breuer's contact in New Kensington. Schwartz conducted research on local suppliers for the firm.
Employee of Uris Brothers, property developer for the building housing the Weintraub Agency offices.
President, The Schwarz Bros. Co. His company supplied cypress boarding for Breuer's first house in New Canaan, CT.
Secretary, The Schwarz Bros. Co. His company supplied cypress boarding for Breuer's first house in New Canaan, CT.
Lawyer with the firm, Root, Ballantine, Harlan, Bushby and Palmer. Schweitzer represented Breuer in a dispute with William H. Weintraub and Co., Inc.
German artist. E studied at the Kunstacademie in Dresden from 1909-1914 and participated in both the expressionist and Dada movements. In the 1920s, he was influenced by Constructivism and De Stijl and collaborated with both El Lissitzky and Theo van Doesburg. He is most well-known for the Merzbau, a sculptural installation in his home and studio in Hannover. In 1947 in a personal note to...
Employee, Paddock Swimming Pool Co. His company built the swimming pool for the first Gagarin House.
Client. In 1947, she and her husband, Stuart, commissioned a house in Dennis, MA. An addition was completed in 1959.
Client and lawyer. In 1947, he and his wife, Katie, commissioned a house in Dennis, MA. An addition was completed in 1959.
Editor, Nuestra Arquitectura. He published an overview of Breuer's work in 1947.
Employee, G. A. Harvey and Co. Breuer approached G. A. Harvey and Co. about manufacturing his aluminum chairs.
Draftsman in Breuer's office c. 1958. He worked on projects like St. John's Church and Campanile.
H. A. Seeley Co., agent for Newcastle Products, Inc. His company supplied a door for Breuer's house in Lincoln, MA.
Employee, Jewel Metal Cabinets, Inc. His company provided an estimate for a kitchenette unit for the Scott House.
Architect. Student of Breuer at the Graduate School of Design and of Josef Albers at Black Mountain College. He worked in Breuer's office beginning in 1946. Seidler worked on numerous projects including the Robinson House and the Thompson House. He left the office in 1948, working briefly with Oscar Niemeyer, before opening his own office in Sydney, Australia. He designed many large-scale commercial buildings...
Employee, Century Lighting, Inc. His company supplied lighting fixtures for the offices of the Weintraub Agency offices.
Employee, Simon and Schuster. She sent Breuer an advance copy of “Tomorrow’s House, ” which included some of Breuer’s projects.
Employee, The Aluminium Plant and Vessel Co., Ltd. At Gropius's request he agreed to meet Breuer regarding the manufacture of aluminum furniture.
Breuer built furniture for her in Leipzig. She contacted him in 1946 about repairing some of the tubular steel chairs with cane seats.
Senk Construction Co. Breuer invited Senk to submit an estimate for the Marshad House, but the contract eventually went to Joseph Moje.
Spanish architect. In 1929, he graduated from the Escuela Superior de Arquitectura in Barcelona. He worked in Le Corbusier’s studio in Paris before founding GATCPAC (Grupo de Arquitectos y Técnicos Catalanes para el Progreso de la Arquitecture Contemporánea), a group that aimed to introduce modern architecture to Spain. Sert was also active in CIAM (the Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne). Sert immigrated to the United States after...
Veneer Division, William L. Marshall, Ltd. His company supplied bathroom doors and cabinets for the first Breuer House in New Canaan, CT.
In 1950, Breuer explored a partnership with Sevely and David Polland in Washington, DC. Sevely's responsibility would have included the supervision of the Washington office.
He requested permission to photograph the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar for a personal photographic file of modern architecture.
Employee, Federal Security Agency, U. S. Public Health Service. Breuer contacted him for information on health centers and hospitals.
Managing Director, Publicity Features, Inc. Shane requested material for inclusion in a raveling exhibition on post-war design in the United States.
Employee, Maintain Store Engineering Service. His company supplied a quotation for porcelain enamel chimneys for Breuer's Yankee Portables demountable housing.
In 1949, he approached Breuer about building a modified version of the House in the Museum Garden.
Naval architect of vessels built for the Panama Railroad by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.
Employee, Thortel, Inc. His company supplied Fiberglas curtain material for the Robinson House.
Client. Breuer and Yorke designed the interiors for his property, Coston House. The commission ended with a dispute over fees and the completion of the work, prompted, in part, by Breuer's immigration to the United States.
Saul Shaw and Co. Shaw offered his firm's structural engineering services on the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College.
Secretary, Grosse Pointe Board of Education. The Board of Education hired Breuer to design the Grosse Point Public Library.
Architect and partner at Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott, a prominent Boston firm. They asked Breuer to design furniture for the lobby of the B. B. Chemical Co.
Executive Director, Westmoreland County Housing Authority and Housing Manager for the Aluminum City Terrace.
Manager, Studio Shop. This Boston store carried modern furniture and accessories.
Public Relations Department, William H. Weintraub and Co., Inc. In 1949, Breuer designed the interiors for the advertising agency.
Manager, America House. Her store carried modern furniture and hoped to sell Isokon furniture.
In 1949, she expressed interest in the specifications for the House in the Museum Garden.
President and General Manager, Siesel Construction Co. Siesel worked on a defense housing project at Manitowoc.
Engineer and partner at Sigman and Farkas. His firm acted as consulting engineers for projects including the first Hooper House and the Thompson House.
Employee, Litecontrol Corp. His company supplied lighting fixtures for projects like the Hagerty House and the Chamberlain Cottage.
Merchandising Department, Wetmore-Savage Division, Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. His company supplied information on space heaters for use in the Yankee Portables demountable housing.
President, National Public Housing Conference, Inc. She invited Breuer to be a member of the New England States Committee to address public housing.
Employee, Quincy Ornamental Iron Works. His company provided a quote for the glass supports for the Cambridge War Memorial.
Employee, Peter Jones. Jack Pritchard hoped that a stand designed by Walter Gropius would be displayed in stores like John Lewis and Co., Ltd. and Peter Jones.
City building official, Wiesbaden. Simon informed Breuer that the second Harnischmacher House received a prize from the local group of the Bund Deutscher Architekten.
Plastics consultant. Simonds requested detailed information on the nested chairs for use in approaching manufacturers. He also arranged a meeting with The American Houses, Inc., a large pre-fabricator of housing.
Employee, S. Simpson, Ltd. Breuer approached him about establishing a Furniture Department within his company but the expenses were too high.
District Manager, Armstrong Cork Co. Simpson supplied asphalt tile for use in the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Partner, Cuzzi Bros. and Singer, Inc., contractors. His firm bid on the House in the Museum Garden and the Lawnhurst House.
Employee, General Electric Home Bureau, General Electric Co. His company supplied kitchen equipment for the House in the Museum Garden among other projects.
Potential client. Breuer contacted her after Carl Glaeser of Rudolf Wendel, Inc. informed him that she was planning to build movie theaters.
Architect and partner of Marcel Breuer. Smith graduated from Princeton In 1947 before receiving a degree in architecture form Yale University. He worked for Eero Saarinen and Associates for three years before joining Breuer's office in 1953. He became a partner in 1964. He worked on numerous projects in the office, including the Whitney Museum of Art, St. John's Abbey and the Reception Center for...
Secretary, County Homes, Inc. Her company owned the development in which Paul Rand intended to build a home.
Employee, William L. Marshall, Ltd. They supplied bathroom doors and cabinets for the first Breuer House in New Canaan, CT.
President, Smith-Hayes Co. and Ken Smith, Inc. Both companies were specialists in radiant heating.
Employee, United States Plywood Corp. His company supplied plywood doors for projects like the Breuer Cottage and the Robinson House.
Client. In 1949, she and her husband, James, commissioned Breuer to design a house in Aspen, CO. Tensions arose between Breuer and Smith during construction resulting in arbitration that found in Breuer's favor.
Engineer. Smith was intrigued by the cantilevered construction of the Plas-2-Point House and hooped to collaborate with Breuer on designs for a window frame and heating system.
Client. In 1949, Smith and his wife, Nancy, commissioned Breuer to design a house in Aspen, CO. Tensions arose between Breuer and Smith during construction resulting in arbitration that found in Breuer's favor.
Co-editor, Atelier. Snodgrass was a student at the Sydney Technical College in Australia. He and his fellow students founded the magazine, Atelier, and requested advice and encouragement for their endeavor.
Sales Manager, Kane Manufacturing Corp. Kane manufactured screen doors for the first Gagarin House.
President and Treasurer, Atlantic Brick and Tile Co. Breuer wrote to Snyder with questions regarding cracks in cinder block construction.
Architect. Sobotka was born in Vienna and received a degree in architecture from the Technische Hochschule Wien in 1912. From 1919 to 1923, he worked for the Viennese firm of Karl Korn. After leaving Korn’s firm, Sobotka began receiving commissions for larger and more prominent residential projects, eventually designing the interiors for architect Peter Behrens’s house at the Weissenhof Siedlung (built for the German Werkbund in...
Colombian architect. In 1947, he and a fellow architect, Alvaro Ortega, invited Breuer to serve as a Consultant on Urbanism for the city of Bogotá.
Potential client. Gilbert Tompkins introduced Breuer to Sommer, who needed some design work done for a church.
Co-editor, Atelier. Southwell was a student at the Sydney Technical College in Australia. He and his fellow students founded the magazine, Atelier, and requested advice and encouragement for their endeavor.
Project Engineer, Slocum and Fuller. Spaet reviewed the heating design for the first Gagarin House.
Civil Engineer. Sparrow produced a topographical map of the property for the Scott House.
Employee, Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory. His company conducted tests of the concrete used at the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Assistant Manager, Twindow Sales, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. His company supplied plate glass for projects such as the Smith House.
Consulting engineer. He designed the heating and plumbing systems for many projects, including the first Breuer house in New Canaan, CT., the Grosse Pointe Public Library, the first Hooper House, and the Robinson House.
Employee, Barnes Wire Fence Co. Sprau provided an estimate for the gate to the parking lot of the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Employee, Federal Housing Administration. He hoped to speak to Joseph Hudnut about a new chair in city planning at Harvard University. Squire also wrote to a publisher regarding Breuer's work on regional planning.
Dr. Stödtner contributed images to the Deutsche Werkbund section of the 1930 Paris exhibition organized by the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs.
Employee, Art Metal Construction Co. His company supplied metal furnishings for projects like the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Dutch architect, furniture designer and urban planner. In the second decade of the twentieth century, he worked in the offices of J. M. van der Meij and Marius Jan Granpré Molière and joined the avant-garde architects’ association De Opbouw. He moved to Berlin in 1922 where he served as a draughtsman for architects such as Max Taut and Hans Poelzig. He met El Lissitzky there and...
Chief, Division of Derived Products, Forest Products Laboratory. The laboratory partnered with Breuer in the Museum of Modern Art's International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture.
Sales Manager, The Aluminium Plant and Vessel Co., Ltd. Breuer unsuccessfully approached them about manufacturing his aluminum furniture.
Employee, Kurt Versen Co. His company supplied lighting for the House in the Museum Garden and Breuer's second house in New Canaan, CT.
Client. June Starkey, formerly Alworth, commissioned Breuer to build a house for her in Duluth, MN. The house was featured in the October 22, 1956 issue of Time. Her father, Roy Halvorson, also commissioned Breuer to build a fishing camp on Dryberry Lake Island in Ontario, Canada.
Technical Supervisor, The Barrett Division. He worked with Breuer to develop a new method of roof coping.
Employee in the MBA office between 1968 and 1971. Stein was the project manager for the Nassau State School and the Atlanta Library. He was also the son of Richard G. Stein, who had been a draftsman in the Gropius and Breuer office around 1940.
Draftsman in the Gropius and Breuer office c. 1940. Stein worked on the New Kensington Defense Housing Project.
Lawyer. In the mid-1940s, he approached furniture manufacturers about producing Breuer's furniture but had little success.
Patent lawyer. He objecting to Breuer's patent application for a cantilevered chair on behalf of his client, Anton Lorenz.
Employee, Eastern Air Lines, Inc. Breuer designed ticket offices for the airline located in the Boston Statler Hotel.
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.
Employee, Paddock Swimming Pool Co. His company installed the swimming pool at the first Gagarin House.
Engineering Department, Sarcotherm Controls, Inc. His company provided thermostat controls for projects like the Potter House.
Client and close friend of Breuer. In 1950, she and her husband Rufus commissioned a house in Litchfield, CT. In 1965 and again in 1973, the Stillmans asked Breuer to design larger homes also in Litchfield. The couple repurchased their first house in the 1990s.
Client. In 1953, she her husband, Edgar Stillman, Jr., commissioned a cottage in Wellfleet, MA. She was related to Rufus and Leslie Stillman, important clients and friends of Breuer..
Client and close friend of Breuer. In 1950, she and her husband Rufus commissioned a house in Litchfield, CT. In 1965 and again in 1973, the Stillmans asked Breuer to design larger homes also in Litchfield. The couple repurchased their first house in the 1990s. Stillman was also the vice-president of the Torin Corporation and commissioned Breuer to create nine buildings for the company....
Client. In 1953, he and his wife, Mary, commissioned a cottage in Wellfleet, MA. Stillman was related to Rufus and Leslie Stillman, important clients and friends of Breuer.
Architectural Editor, House and Garden. He published articles on Breuer projects such as Breuer's own house in Lincoln, MA.
Employee, Geo. E. Mallinson Importing Co. Inc. His company supplied china matting for many of Breuer's residential projects.
Architectural photographer. In 1938, he graduated from New York University with a degree in industrial design. In 1940-1941, Stoller worked with the photographer Paul Strand in the Office of Emergency Management. After getting drafted in 1942, he worked as a photographer at the Army Signal Corps Photo Center. Stoller was one of the most famous photographers of modern architecture and documented many of Breuer's buildings...
German weaver. She studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich and the Bauhaus in Weimar. At the Bauhaus she produced abstract wall hangings and blankets reflecting ideas about color and form derived from the influential preliminary course taught by Johannes Itten and Paul Klee. In 1925, she was appointed craft master of the weaving workshop. She designed textiles for a number of Breuer ‘s early chairs,...
Photographer. Stone photographed the interiors of the Piscator apartment in Berlin.
Contractor who bid on the construction of the Rand House but the contract went to the Woodle Construction and Supply Co., Inc.
Architect. Storment provided Ted Prichard of the University of Idaho with information on department store design, which Prichard passed along to Breuer.
Donor. Storrow was a wealthy supporter of modern art and architecture, who financed houses for four Harvard faculty members on Woods End Road in Lincoln, MA. The faculty members included Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Walter Bogner and James Ford.
William Stothoff and Co. Subcontractor who drilled the well for the Lauck House.
Employee, I. Stout and Son, electrical contractors. His firm installed a ventilating fan in the Fischer House and Studio.
Editor, Architectural Record. He sent a questionnaire to Breuer about his work in industrial design and published projects such as the Robinson House.
Director, Whitney Straight, Ltd. Straight was interested in licensing Breuer's aluminum furniture in England but problems with Breuer's patent and objections to the requested fees ended the negotiations.
Stratemeyer advised the Harnischmachers on the use of radiant heating in their second home.
Employee, Macy's Department Store. Straus expressed interest in marketing the combination radio-phonograph-television combination unit for the House in the Museum Garden.
Employee, Moss Rose Manufacturing Co. He put Breuer in touch with Hollis Baker of the Baker Furniture Company who was interested in producing Breuer's furniture.
Co-director of the London Gallery with Lady Norton. The Gallery focused on contemporary art.
Photographer. He photographed the History of Writing Photomural at the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
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.
Manager, Home Bureau, General Electric Co. Breuer tried to interest Stuart in designs for prefabricated houses.
Employee, Wm. H. Jackson Co. Her company supplied fireplace equipment for projects like the Thompson and Herrick houses.
Lawyer and Partner, Hicks and Sturges. Sturges handled Breuer's real estate transactions, including the sale of his first house in New Canaan, CT. to Russell Roberts.
In 1949, Suchodolski approached Breuer for information about the House in the Museum Garden.
Manager, Lighting Fixture Division, Chase Brass and Copper Co. Surface supplied a lighting fixture for the Aluminum City Terrace defense housing project.
Manager, Plumbing Department, Crane Co. Surrey provided specifications for the plumbing fixtures of the Long Beach Hospital Nurses' Residence.
Employee, George J. Switzer Co. His firm was the contractor for the first Gagarin and Stillman Houses. They were also the window subcontractor for Breuer's second house in New Canaan, CT.
Employee, Time Magazine. Walter Gropius sent Svirsky material on Gropius and Breuer's designs for the Black Mountain College campus at Lake Eden, NC.
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 first Gagarin House.
Vice-President, L. H. Swenson Co., Inc. Swenson submitted an estimate for the construction of the Ferry Coopeartive Dormitory at Vassar College. The contract eventually went to G. D. Campbell Building Co.
President and Treasurer, L. H. Swenson Co., Inc. Swenson submitted an estimate for the construction of the Ferry Coopeartive Dormitory at Vassar College. The contract eventually went to G. D. Campbell Building Co.
Employee, London Aluminium Co., Ltd. His company manufactured Breuer's aluminum furniture in England.
Employee, George J. Switzer Co. His firm was the contractor for the first Gagarin and Stillman Houses. They were also the window subcontractor for Breuer's second house in New Canaan, CT.
Owner, George J. Switzer Co. His firm was the contractor for the first Gagarin and Stillman Houses. They were also the window subcontractor for Breuer's second house in New Canaan, CT.
President, County Homes, Inc. His company owned the development in which Paul Rand intended to build a home.
Employee, Furniture Department, Paine Furniture Co. Paine supplied a box spring and mattress for the Chamberlain Cottage and draperies for projects like the Breuer House in Lincoln, MA. and the first Geller House.
Engineer. In 1939, he wrote to Breuer regarding a construction method he had designed called "DIAGRID" or "Kreuzeckrost."