Commercial
Furniture
Interior Design
1937 - 1938
Boston, MA USA
Henry Shepley, a partner in the prominent Boston architecture firm Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbot, asked Breuer to...
Residential
1954
Baltimore, MD USA
In April 1954, Breuer created preliminary presentation drawings for a private apartment complex in Baltimore, MD. Six...
Residential
1927
Dessau Germany
In 1927, Breuer designed three variations of a prefabricated metal row house for the young masters of the...
Residential
1946
Cambridge, MA USA
In February of 1946, Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Bandler hired Breuer to remodel and furnish their house in...
Educational
1954 - 1956
Bantam, CT USA
Between 1954 and 1956, Breuer designed the Bantam Elementary School in Litchfield, CT. in association with the architectural...
Exhibition
1931
Berlin Germany
This 1931 exhibition incorporated recent advances in architecture, construction, urban planning and interior design. A section entitled...
Educational
Furniture
Interior Design
1926
Dessau Germany
In 1925, Walter Gropius designed the iconic building for the Bauhaus in Dessau. Its pinwheel structure incorporated...
Furniture
Interior Design
Residential
1926
Dessau Germany
Walter Gropius designed four houses for the Masters of the Bauhaus. Gropius's own house was a single-family...
Furniture
Interior Design
Residential
1929
Breuer produced a series of drawings for custom furniture for the Berger Apartment. Pieces included a tubular-steel...
Interior Design
1929
Only one drawing of a bedroom interior exists for a client named Bienert. The room features a fold-up...
Residential
1945
Miami, FL USA
In October of 1945, Breuer designed a binuclear house for Miami, FL. A long, rectangular wing contained...
Educational
Residential
1939 - 1940
Black Mountain, NC USA
Black Mountain College was an experimental undergraduate institution with an emphasis on arts education. It had strong...
Furniture
Interior Design
Residential
1933 - 1934
Weisbaden Germany
In 1933, Mrs. Boelcke commissioned Breuer to renovate and furnish her conservatory (Wintergarten). Breuer designed some custom...
Urban Planning
1947
Bogota Colombia
In 1947, Breuer traveled to South America at the invitation of the University of Buenos Aires and the...
Furniture
Interior Design
Residential
1930
Berlin Germany
Breuer designed this apartment for a stock broker and his wife, who was a singer. The main...
Other (non-architectural)
1955 - 1956
USA
Patrick McGinnis, President of the Boston and Maine Railroad, asked Breuer to design new trains for his company....
Exhibition
1941
Boston, MA USA
The Greater Boston United War Fund organized fifty window displays for their 1942 campaign. Breuer designed the...
Residential
1975 - 1980
New Canaan, CT USA
In 1976, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bratti purchased Breuer's second house in New Canaan, CT. Herbert Beckhard,...
Furniture
Interior Design
Residential
1928
Berlin Germany
Only one image exists of Breuer's Berlin apartment. It reveals sleek, bi-color cabinets with sliding doors and...
Interior Design
Residential
1948 - 1949
Wellfleet, MA USA
During the summer of 1948, Breuer planned a vacation cottage in Wellfleet, MA. for his friend György Kepes....
Residential
1961 - 1962
Wellfleet, MA USA
In 1961, Breuer and his associate, Herbert Beckhard, designed an addition to Breuer's vacation cottage in Wellfleet, MA....
Residential
1967
Wellfleet, MA USA
In 1967, Breuer considered expanding the addition to his vacation cottage in Wellfleet, MA. The new space...
Furniture
Interior Design
Residential
1939
Lincoln, MA USA
Helen Storrow, a wealthy Boston-based supporter of modern art and architecture, paid for Breuer's house in Lincoln, MA.,...
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Interior Design
Residential
1947 - 1948
New Canaan, CT USA
In May of 1947, Breuer purchased property in New Canaan, CT. next to land owned by his client...
Interior Design
Residential
1951
New Canaan, CT USA
In 1951, Breuer sold his first house in New Canaan, CT. and designed a new home for his...
Commercial
1968 - 1971
Syracuse, NY USA
This design for an office building with a modular, precast concrete façade was intended to be part of...
Government
1960
Upton, Long Island, NY USA
A consortium of nine universities conducted research for the United States Atomic Energy Commission at Brookhaven National Laboratory....
Educational
Furniture
Interior Design
Residential
1938 - 1939
Bryn Mawr College, PA USA
At the end of 1937 or the beginning of 1938, Bryn Mawr College asked Breuer to design furniture...
Educational
1971 - 1972
Baltimore, MD USA
Edith Ferry Hooper, a long time client of Breuer’s for whom he designed two houses, chaired the building...
Exhibition
1936
London England
Breuer and Yorke designed two temporary exhibition stands for the Building Trades Exhibition of 1936. The first was...