Black Mountain College, Lake Eden Campus

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Date
1939 - 1940

Project Types
Educational
Residential

Location
Black Mountain, NC USA

Languages
Dutch
English
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Spanish

People/Firms
A. N. Marquis Co.
Abraham and Straus, Inc.
Agostini, Alfredo
Albers, Josef
Albert, Edouard
Aldrich, Nelson
Allen, Deborah
American Architect and Architecture
American Designers Committee for French Civilian Relief
American Embassy (Bogotá, Colombia)
Amsterdamsche Bank
Andrews, Wayne
Andruss, D.
Aoyagi, Tetsu
Arango, Elizabeth

Arango, Jorge
Architectural Forum
Architectural Press, Ltd.
Architectural Record
Architectural Review
Armfield, Owen and Co., Ltd.
Ascheman, Linus
Assié, Gloria
Aufricht, Gustave
Babcock, Alice
Babson Institute
Bach, Otto
Bacon, A.
Baermann, Walter
Baker, G. H. V.
Baker, Geoffrey
Barnes, Phoebe
Barrett, William
Bay, Eugene
Bayer, Herbert
Bayer, Joella
Beal, Jr., G.
Beaux-Arts Institute of Design
Beckley-Cardy Co.
Bemis Industries, Inc.
Bennetts, David
Berger,
Berryman and Co.
Bittermann, Eleanor
Black Mountain Association
Black Mountain College
Black, Leicia
Blake, Peter
Blecker, Michael
Block, Maxine
Bogner, Walter
Boissonnas, Eric
Boldridge, C.
Boston Architectural Club
Boston Committee for Black Mountain College
Bouverie, David
Bovet, Pierre
Bradley, E.
Breeskin, Adelyn
Breuer, Constance
Breuer, Franciska
Breuer, Hermina
Breuer, Marcel
Breuer, Martha
Breuer-Nervi-Zehrfuss Architectes
Bridgeport Herald
Brittain, J.
Brotherhood, Stevens and Higley, Inc.
Brown, Richard
Brown, Robert
Bulletin Index
Burchard, John
Burchard, Luise
Burlingame, Anson
C., B.
C., S.
Caesar, Harry
Calabresi, Renata
Calder, Alexander
California Graduate School of Design
Calkins, Deborah
Cambridge Dinner Dance Committee
Carolina Power and Light Co.
Carson, Alice
Carter, Edward
Carter, Robert
Castellane, P.
Catalano, Eduardo
Catlin, Jean
Cefaratti, Anthony
Central-Wechselstuben-Aktienbesellschaft
Chamberlain, Henry
Chamberlain, Margareth
Channing Realty Co.
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chatterton Co.
Chatterton, Jr., N.
Chelio, R.
Cheney, Elizabeth
Child, Katherine
Children's Hospital
Clegg, M.
Clergue, Lucien
Click
Cole, William
College Art Association
Collings, Dahl
Collings, Donna
Collings, Geoffrey
Colombian Consul General
Columbia University
Committee for the Blue Book
Committee for the Organization of the French-American Club, Inc.
Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies
Conant, Marion
Construction Supply Co.
Cooke, Mary
Coombs, L.
Cotton, Joseph
Cowie, James
Crane, Jacob
Creighton, Thomas
Cross, Elizabeth
Crossland, J.
Crowther, J.
Cruzan, Hal
Custance Brothers Inc.
Custance, Howard
DESIGN
Damora, Robert
Daves, L.
Davies and Co., Inc.
Davies, William
Davis, Richard
DeCormis, Anna
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Des Moines Art Center
Detroit Steel Products Co.
Dockry, Patrick
Dorchester Construction Co, Inc.
Douglas, L.
Dreier, Ethel
Dreier, Henry
Dreier, Theodore
Dutch Legation
Dworschak, Baldwin
Dynamics International, Inc.
Eagle Star British Dominions Insurance Co. Ltd.
Editorial Contempora
Egan, Florence
Eitner, Wilhelm
Eken, Andrew
Ellis, W.
Elzas, Abraham
Europa Publications Ltd.
Evarts, John
Földes, André
F. E. Compton and Company
Farris, Mary
Favero, Romeo
Federation Technical School
Federico, Helen
Finanzamt Wilmersdorf-Nord
Firmage, Margaret
Fischer, Edward
Fischer, Esther
Fischer, Joszef
Fischer, Margrit
Fischman, M.
Fiske, Jane
Fitch, Jr., James
Folklore l'embellissement de la Maison
Ford, James
Ford, Katherine
Foreign Service of the United States of America
Foreman, Clark
Fortune
Fred Medart Manufacturing Co.
Fremont Public Schools
French, Irwin
Frey, Albert
Friedman, William
Fry, Drew and Partners
Fuller, Horace
Fulmer, O.
Gábor, László
Gaitan Cortes, Jorge
Gall, Alfred
Gane, Crofton
Gaubert, Helen
Gavina SPA
Gavina, Dino
Geary, John
Geddes, Robert
Gemelli, Agostino
General Electric Co.
Gerson, Hans
Giedion, Sigfried
Goble, Emerson
Goldfinger, Erno
Gordon, John
Graduate House
Granville, Ruth
Green, William
Greener, George
Gropius, Walter
Gueft, Olga
Gutheim, Frederick
H. B. Fred Kuhls
H. W. Wilson Co.
Haidekker, Sandor
Hall, Thomas
Hammond, M.
Hanrahan,
Harmon, H.
Harnischmacher, Marianne
Harnischmacher, Paul
Harris and Ewing
Harrison, Ellen
Harrison, Wallace
Harvard Club
Harvard University
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Haskell, Douglas
Hastings, H.
Hatje, Gerd
Hauf, Harold
Hausner, Djin
Heal and Son Ltd.
Hegeman, John
Hegeman-Harris Co.
Heinatz, Helen
Heller, Robert
Henry Weis Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Herman, G.
Herman-Sipe and Company, Inc.
Herrey-Zweigenthal, Hermann
Hersum, Leroy
Heter, Christian
Hicks and Sturges
Hicks, Ira
Higley, Stuart
Hill, Albert
Hitchcock, Jr., Henry-Russell
Hodgins, Eric
Hofinger Folding Kayak Co.
Hole, P.
Holmes, Eugene
Holtkamp Organ Co.
Holtkamp, Walter
Hornbostel, Caleb
Hosmer, Henry
House and Garden
Howard University
Howe, George
Howie, David
Huddle, W.
Hudnut, Joseph
Hunter Douglas Corp.
Hunter, Eugene
Hunter, Walter
Hurley, Jane
Hutchhausen,
Hutchison, George
Hyman, Isabelle
I. M. Pei and Partners
Imperial Brass Manufacturing Co.
Ingalls Iron Works Co.
Ingalls, Jr., R.
Innungskrankenkasse der Innung vereinigter Droschkenbesitzer Gross-Berlins
Institute for Research in Biography
Institute of Design
Institutions Magazine
Intercontinentale
Interiors
International Institute of Margaret Morris Movement
Interscience Publishers, Inc.
Iriarte, Mefisto
Isaacs, Reginald
Isokon Control Co. Ltd.
Ivany, John
Jackson, C.
Jacobus, David
Janson, Joseph
Jenkinson, M.
Jennings, L.
John Lewis and Co. Ltd.
John M. Geary Co.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Johnson, Howard
Johnson, Joseph
Johnson, Lee
Johnson, Philip
Jones, M.
Josam Manufacturing Co.
Kalivoda, Frantisek
Kaufmann Department Stores, Inc.
Kaufmann, Jr., Edgar
Kaufmann, Sr., Edgar
Kaye, S.
Kendall, Elisabeth
Kennedy, Robert
Kenzo Tange and Urtec
Knirlberger, A.
Knox, A.
Kocher, A.
Koerfer, Christina
Koerfer, Jacques
Kokusai-Kenchiku-Kyokai
Korn, Arthur
Kornfeld, Albert
Kowalski, Piotr
Koyama, Masakazu
Krueger, Sally
Kump and Falk
Kurchan, Juan
Léger, Fernand
L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui
LEP Transport, Ltd.
Laffoley, Paul
Laird, Stewart
Lamar, E.
Lang, George
Larkin, III, Thomas
Lawrence, John
Legation of the Hungarian People's Republic
Leighton, Orlando
Lescaze, William
Lesznai, Anna
Levinson, Maxwell
Liebes, Dorothy
Lion, André
Lloyd, M.
Loeb, G.
Loewy, Raymond
Logie, Gordon
London Gallery Ltd.
Longman, Lester
Lovell, Hope
Luke, E.
Lundberg, E.
MacDougall, R.
Macomber, George
Magazin Aka
Magruder, Charles
Mahowald, Patrick
Main, M.
Mangold, Anne
Mangold, Frederick
Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Co.
Marbaro Books
Marcel Breuer and Associates, 201 E. 57th St.
Marcel Breuer and Associates, 635 Madison Ave. New York
Marcel Breuer, Architect, 113 E. 37th St.
Marconi Bros. Inc.
Marston, Natalie
Martin, Henry
Massachusetts Board of Registration of Architects
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts State Association of Architects, Inc.
Matthias,
Mayer, Albert
McAndrews, John
McFarland, Ann
McFarland, Pat
McGill University
McGrath, Mary
McGrath, Raymond
McGraw, Clara
McLaughlin, Robert
Megruder, Charles
Meier, A.
Meinberg, Cloud
Mellon, Paul
Merchant Construction Co.
Merchant, L.
Metropolitan Storage Warehouse Co.
Michelson, Justin
Middledorf, Ulrich
Milburn, John
Miller, E. Jean Blanc
Miller, John
Miller, Lois
Miller, Madeline
Mindlin, Henrique
Ministerio de Obras Publicas (Colombia)
Miro, Joan
Mitchell, Edith
Modern Traders, Inc.
Moe, Henry
Moholy-Nagy, László
Molitor, Joseph
Montgomery, Elizabeth
Moore, Henry
Morton, Peter
Murphy, Emerson
Museum of Modern Art
Myers, Howard
N. V. Koninklijke-Begeer
Napier, F.
National Broadcasting Co.
National Geographic Society
Navarro, Horacio
Nelson, George
Neue Frankfurter Allgemeine Verischerungs-Aktien-Gesellschaft
Neutra, Richard
New Canaan Advertiser
New Canaan Postmaster
New Canaan Water Co.
New York Times
Nichols, C.
Nidda, Elizabeth
Nieh, C.
North Bennet Street Industrial School
Norton, Noël
Noyes, Eliot
O'Brien, Kathleen
Ock, A.
Olgyay, Aladár
Olivetti, Adriano
Ortega, Alvaro
Ortega, Gloria
Osborn, Bob
P. E. Gane
Pack, Isabelle
Pack, Nancy
Page, Helen
Pajor, Z.
Palmer, T.
Papadaki, Stamo
Payer, Ernst
Pearse, Martha
Pei, Eileen
Pei, I.
Peluffo, Valerio
Pencil Points
Perchet, R.
Persitz, Alexandre
Pesek, Frank
Peterson, Ivy
Petrullo, Luigi
Philip Johnson Associates
Pichard, Joseph
Pictorial Services Inc.
Pilcher, Donald
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
Plus
Ponzer, Jonathan
Porter, Emily
Price, Thomas
Pritchard, Jonathan
Pritchard, Molly
Pritchard, T.
Producers' Council Club of Boston
Progressive Architecture
Psychological Abstracts
Purves, Edmund
R. H. Macy and Co.
Rachlis, M.
Randall, George
Raye, Clifford
Raymond, Jr., Allen
Registry of Motor Vehicles (Massachusetts)
Rego, S.
Reid, Kenneth
Reisner, Jedd
Revere Copper and Brass Inc.
Rice, R.
Richards, J.
Rideout, Virginia
Roche, Yolande
Rocker, R.
Rosenberg, E.
Ross, Allen
Rothschild, Walter
Rowe, Carolyn
Russo, Joseph
S. Cherney and Son
Saeger, W.
Salem Foundry and Machine Works, Inc.
Sammons, Wheeler
Samuel, Godfrey
Sanders and Breck
Sanders, Smith-Miller and Breck
Sanders, Walter
Sanderson, George
Sarton, May
Schawinksy, Alexander
Schikher, Vincent
Schnoebelen, C.
Schoendorff, Ellen
Schroeder, Francis
Schroeder, Hameka
Schur, Sylvia
Schweizerische Kreditanstalt
Scott, Walter
Seidler, Harry
Sekey, Suzanne
Sert, José
Sgalitzer, Gerda
Shaffer, Marshall
Shank, J.
Shigon, Norman
Shine, John
Shire, A.
Sjostrom, G.
Skeggs, David
Skol Co., Inc.
Smith, Hamilton
Smith, Hegner and Moore Architects
Smith, R.
Solano, Gabriel
Southern New England Telephone Co.
Sprenger, W.
Squire, Allan
Stölzl, Gunta
St. John's University
St. Thomas, Jean
Staehelin, Marina
Staehelin, William
Starr, Donald
Steinau, Morton
Stephans Plaza Hotel
Sterling, Dorothy
Stern, Harry
Stevenson, G.
Stillman, Leslie
Stillman, Rufus
Stillwell, Mary
Stires, Arthur
Stoller, Ezra
Storrow, Helen
Storrs, Mary
Stowell, Kenneth
Straus, Nathan
Stretell, Marguerita
Strock, M.
Studio
Sturges, John
Svirsky, Leon
Szegö, Stephen
Tange, Kenzo
Task
Taylor, Ann
Taylor, Joan
Telehor
Telesis
Teller, Hugh
Temple, Rosamund
Terry Terrace
Thiel, Philip
Thost, Eberhard
Tibbetts, Albert
Timber Development Association Ltd.
Time Magazine
Time, Inc.
Tobito, Augusto
Tompkins, Gilbert
Trager, Kathleen
Trend
Troughton and Young Ltd.
Tunnard, C.
Uchõa, Helio
United Nations
United States Army
United States Department of Labor, Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States Housing Authority
United States Public Health Service
University of Pennsylvania
Université de Genève
Van Deusen, Robert
Van Meter, I.
Van der Wal, G.
Van der Wal, Janna
Verlag Gerd Hatje
Viereck, Hans
Villa, I.
Viteles, Morris
W. K. Harrison and J. A. Fouilhoux
Wadsworth, R.
Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer, Associated Architects
Webber, Elroy
Weil, Constance
Weinzettel, R.
Welles, Henry
Wesleyan University
West Dodd Lightning Conductor Corp.
Whitmore, John
Who's Who in the Western Hemisphere
Wiley, Sumner
Wiley, W.
Wilkie, David
Willard Gallery
Willard, Marian
William Intner Co., Inc.
Williams, Mary
Winship, Richard
Wiseman, Mark
Wright, Henry
Wylie, Minerva
Yale University
Yorke, Frances
Zehrfuss, Bernard
Zucker, Willard
d'Agostini, Alfredo
de BruynKops, John
van Waveren, Erlo
Black Mountain College, Lake Eden Campus

Perspective from the Lake

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Black Mountain College Cubage Tabulation
Cubage
Proposed Arrangement of Kitchen

Black Mountain College was an experimental undergraduate institution with an emphasis on arts education. It 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. Gropius and Breuer envisioned a series of buildings - including a "study" building, an auditorium, laboratories and dormitories - scattered around the edge of the lake. The buildings would have steel-frame structures with walls of painted brick or fieldstone. The main study building was a long, thin, four-story construction bent in the middle and supported by two rows of pilotis, one of which stood in the lake. The roof functioned as a sun terrace with a parabolic wall for protection from the wind, possibly inspired by Le Corbusier's roof gardens. Professors' studies were interspersed among those for the students. The professors had their own apartments, but the students shared sleeping quarters. The Museum of Modern Art exhibited Gropius and Breuer's plans in order to raise money for the construction, but the outbreak of war caused the college to abandon their plans. Instead, they constructed simpler buildings designed by A. Lawrence Kocher.