Date
1952
Project Type
Residential
Location
Lakeville, CT 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
In 1952, Breuer built a weekend cottage in Lakeville, CT. for Harry Caesar, the brother of Breuer's friend and client Leslie Stillman. The house was situated on a narrow site on a lakefront and was elevated on lally columns above a small stone base containing storage and heating equipment. The upper floor was a wood-frame construction, with a combination of vertical and diagonal cypress siding that provided some structural bracing. The side walls were extended beyond the entrance façade in order to provide privacy for the inhabitants. A ramp with cable handrails leading to the entrance evoked marine imagery as did the porch which projected beyond the glazed lake-side façade. The modest cottage contained a living room with a sculptural fireplace of bush-hammered concrete and cylindrical flues, a dining room, kitchen and bathroom. The living room or porch must have doubled as sleeping quarters as no bedroom is indicated on the plan.
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