List of Marcel Breuer works

This is a chronological list of houses, commercial buildings and other works by Marcel Breuer.

Marcel Breuer. Table, Model B19, ca. 1928 Brooklyn Museum
Cesca

At Bauhaus – Weimar and Dessau

  • 1921 The African chair with Gunta Stölzl (while still a student)
  • 1923 Furniture and built-in cabinetry for the Haus am Horn, Weimar (while still a student)
  • 1925First all-tubular steel chair (the Wassily)
  • 1925Stool / Side Table of tubular steel (leading to cantilevered chair)
  • 1926Gropius, Moholy-Nagy, Kandinsky, and Muche Interiors– the Bauhaus – Dessau, Germany
  • 1927Piscator Apartment – Berlin, Germany
  • 1927Weissenhof Siedlung – Gropius and Stam Apartment Interiors – Stuttgart, Germany
  • 1928First cantilevered steel chair (the Cesca)
  • 1929Model B 55 cantilevered steel chair[1]

Independent practice – Berlin and Zurich

Doldertal Apartments (1935)
  • 1931Berlin Building Exhibition – "Haus fur ein Sportsmann" – Berlin, Germany
  • 1932Harnischmacher House I – Wiesbaden, Germany
  • 1954 Harnischmacher House II – Wiesbaden, Germany
  • 1932Wohnbedarf Furniture Stores – Basel and Zurich, Switzerland – for Sigfried Giedion
  • 1935Doldertal Apartments – Zurich, Switzerland – with A and E Roth for Sigfried Giedion

With Isokon and in partnership with FRS Yorke – London

  • 1935Isokon furniture company – Plywood Tables and Stacking Chairs– London, England
  • 1936 Isokon Furniture Company – Reclining Plywood Chairs– London, England
  • 1936Ventris Apartment in Highpoint – London, England
  • 1936Model for the "Civic Center of the Future" – with FRS Yorke
  • 1936Gane's Exhibition PavilionBristol, England – with FRS Yorke
  • 1936Sea Lane House, East Preston, West Sussex
  • 1938Houses in Hampshire, Sussex, and Eton College, England – with FRS Yorke

At Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts with Gropius

  • 1938 Gropius House – Lincoln, Massachusetts – with Walter Gropius
  • 1938Hagerty House – Cohasset, Massachusetts – with Walter Gropius
  • 1939Breuer House – Lincoln, Massachusetts – with Walter Gropius
  • 1939Ford House – Lincoln, Massachusetts – with Walter Gropius
  • 1939Frank House – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – with Walter Gropius
  • 1939New York World's Fair – Pennsylvania State Exhibition –– with Walter Gropius
  • 1940Chamberlain Cottage – Wayland, Massachusetts – with Walter Gropius[2]
  • 1941Weizenblatt House – Asheville, North Carolina – with Walter Gropius
  • 1941Defense Housing for Aluminum Workers – New Kensington, Pennsylvania – with Walter Gropius

Independent practice while still at Harvard

  • 1945Project for Serviceman's Memorial – Cambridge, Massachusetts – with Lawrence S Anderson
  • 1945Geller House I – Lawrence, New York
  • 1969Geller House II – Lawrence, New York – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1946Tompkins House – Hewlett Harbor, New York

Independent practice in New York City with associates

Ariston Club (1948) – Mar del Plata, Argentina
Rufus Stillman House I, Litchfield, Connecticut (1950)
Dexter M. Ferry Cooperative House, Vassar College (1950)
UNESCO Headquarters – Paris, France (1958)
Van Leer's Office building, Amstelveen, The Netherlands (1958)
Seymour Krieger House, Bethesda, Maryland (1958)
Hooper House II, Baltimore County, Maryland (1959)
Mary College University of Mary (1960)
St. John's Abbey Church at the campus of Saint John's University, 1961
Colston Hall, Bronx Community College (1961) Originally a New York University campus.
  • 1947Breuer House – New Canaan I, Connecticut (cantilevered)
  • 1951 Breuer House – New Canaan II, Connecticut (rubble stone)
  • 1947Mills House – New Canaan, Connecticut
  • 1947Ariston ClubMar del Plata, Argentina – with Eduardo Catalano
  • 1947Robinson House – Williamstown, Massachusetts
  • 1948Kniffen House – New Canaan, Connecticut – with Eliot Noyes
  • 1948Scott House – Dennis, Massachusetts
  • 1948Thompson House – Ligonier, Pennsylvania
  • 1949Kepes and Breuer Cottages – Wellfleet, Massachusetts
  • 1949Hooper House I – Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1949House in the Museum Garden at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
  • 1950Tilley House – Red Bank, New Jersey – based upon the MoMA House
  • 1950Lauck House – Princeton, New Jersey – based upon the MoMA House
  • 1950Foote House – Chappaqua, New York – based upon the MoMA House
  • 1950Marshad House – Croton-on-Hudson, New York
  • 1950Wolfson Trailer House – Pleasant Valley, New York
  • 1950Clark House – Orange, Ct
  • 1950Englund House – Pleasantville, New York
  • 1950Hanson House – Huntington, New York
  • 1950Rufus Stillman House I – Litchfield, Connecticut
  • 1950Peter and Karen McComb House – Poughkeepsie, New York
  • 1950Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar College – Poughkeepsie, New York
  • 1951Pack House – Scarsdale, New York
  • 1951 Witalis House – Kings Point, New York
  • 1951Sarah Lawrence College – Arts Center – Bronxville, New York
  • 1951Grosse Pointe Public Library in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
  • 1951Abraham & Straus – Exterior Façade – Hemptead, New York
  • 1952Caesar Cottage – Lakeville, Connecticut
  • 1952Levy House – Princeton, New Jersey
  • 1953Northfield Elementary School – Litchfield, Connecticut – with O’Connor & Kilham
  • 1953Saint John's Abbey and University – Master Plan – Collegeville, Minnesota – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1953Torin Corp – Manufacturing Plant –Oakville, Ontario – Canada
  • 1953Edgar Stillman Cottage – Wellfleet, Massachusetts
  • 1954 Crall House - Gates Mills, Ohio
  • 1954Neumann House – Croton-on-Hudson
  • 1954Snower House – Kansas City, Kansas – with Robert Gatje
  • 1954Grieco House – Andover, Massachusetts
  • 1954O E McIntyre, Inc – Manufacturing Plant – Westbury, New York – with William Landsberg
  • 1954Starkey House – Duluth, Minnesota – with Herbert Beckhard and Robert Gatje
  • 1954Gagarin House – Litchfield, Connecticut – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1955Connecticut Junior Republic – Litchfield, Connecticut – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1955Saint John's Abbey – Monastery Wing – Collegeville, Minnesota – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1956Torin Corp – Manufacturing Plant– Van Nuys, California – with Craig Ellwood
  • 1956Bantam Elementary School – Bantam, Connecticut – with O’Connor & Kilham
  • 1956Litchfield High School (Litchfield, Connecticut) – with O’Connor & Kilham
  • 1956 Karsten House – Owings Mill, Maryland
  • 1957Laaff House – Andover, Massachusetts – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1957De Bijenkorf Department Store – Rotterdam, the Netherlands – with A Elzas
  • 1957Members' Housing at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey – with Robert Gatje
  • 1958UNESCO Headquarters – Paris, France – with Pier Luigi Nervi and Bernard Zehrfuss
  • 1958United States Embassy – The Hague, the Netherlands
  • 1958 Van Leer Office Building – Amstelveen, the Netherlands
  • 1958Staehelin House – Feldmeilen, Switzerland – with Herbart Beckhard
  • 1958Krieger House – Bethesda, Maryland
  • 1959Westchester Reform Temple – Scarsdale, New York – with William Landsberg
  • 1959Hooper House II – Baltimore, Maryland – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1959Saint John's University – St. Thomas Aquinas Hall – Collegeville, Minnesota – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1959Annunciation Priory – Convent – Bismarck, North Dakota – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1960Library and Administration Building at Hunter College (now Lehman College) – the Bronx, New York – with Robert Gatje
  • 1960 McMullen Beach House – Mantoloking, New Jersey – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1960Resort Town Flaine – Master Plan – Haute-Savoie, France – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1961Saint John's Abbey – Church and Bell Banner – Collegeville, Minnesota – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1961New York University – Dormitory and Student Center – the Bronx, New York – with Robert Gatje (Campus of Bronx Community College after 1974)
  • 1961 & 1970New York University – Technology Buildings (five structures including Begrisch Hall) – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1961IBM La Gaude – Research Center – La Gaude, France – with Robert Gatje
  • 1961Kacmarcik House – St Paul, Minnesota
  • 1963Wise Cottage – Wellfleet, Massachusetts
  • 1963Torin Corp – Machine Division– Torrington, Connecticut – with Robert Gatje
  • 1964Torin Corp – Manufacturing Plant in Nivelles, Belgium, with Hamilton Smith
  • 1965Rufus Stillman House II – Litchfield, Connecticut – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1966Torin Corp – Administration Building– Torrington, Connecticut – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1966Torin Corp – Manufacturing Plant – Swindon, England – with Robert Gatje
  • 1966Alcuin Library at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, with Hamilton Smith
  • 1966Saint John's University – Peter Engel Science Building – Collegeville, Minnesota – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1967Saint John's University – St. Patrick, St. Boniface, St. Bernard Halls – Collegeville, Minnesota – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1968Saint John's University – Ecumenical Institute – Collegeville, Minnesota – with Robert Gatje
  • 1968Annunciation Priory – Mary CollegeBismarck, North Dakota – with Tician Papachristou
  • 1968Torin Corp – Manufacturing Plant – Rochester, Indiana – with Robert Gatje
  • since 1968IBM France Extensions – La Gaude – with Robert Gatje and Mario Jossa
  • since 1969Resort Town Flaine – Over fifty buildings with Robert Gatje and Mario Jossa
  • 1971 Torin Corp – Technical Center – Torrington, Connecticut – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1974Rufus Stillman House III – Litchfield, Connecticut – with Tician Papachristou
St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church, Muskegon, Michigan (1966)
Armstrong Rubber Company Building (1970)
Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library in Clarksburg, West Virginia (1975)

Practice in New York, with eventual partners

Grand Coulee Dam Visitors Arrival Center (1978)
Atlanta Central Library, 1980
  • 1963Fairview Heights Apartments – Ithaca, New York – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1966Koerfer House – Moscia (Tessin), Switzerland – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1966The Whitney Museum of American Art third location – New York – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1966St. Francis de Sales Church – Muskegon, Michigan – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1966ZUP de Bayonne – Master Plan & Apartments– Bayonne, France – with Robert Gatje
  • 1967Laboratoires Sarget-Ambrine – Headquarters – Merignac, France – with Robert Gatje
  • 1968Department of HUD – Headquarters – Washington, D.C. – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1968IBM – Master Plan and Manufacturing Center – Boca Raton, Florida – with Robert Gatje
  • since 1970IBM Boca Extensions – with Robert Gatje
  • 1968Project for Grand Central Tower – New York – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1969Armstrong Rubber/Pirelli Tire Building
  • 1969Soriano House – Greenwich, Connecticut – with Tician Papachristou
  • 1970University of Massachusetts – Campus Center – Amherst, Massachusetts – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1970Yale University – Becton Laboratory Building – New Haven, Connecticut – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1970Cleveland Museum of Art – Education Wing – Cleveland, Ohio – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1970Armstrong Rubber Company – Headquarters – New Haven, Connecticut – with Robert Gatje
  • 1970Baldegg Convent – "Mother House" – Lucerne, Switzerland – with Robert Gatje
  • 1971Cleveland Trust Company – Headquarters – Cleveland, Ohio – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1971Bryn Mawr School for Girls – Lower and Elementary – Baltimore, Maryland – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1973Sayer House – Glanville, France – with Mario Jossa and Robert Gatje
  • 1974American Press Institute – Conference Center – Reston, Virginia – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1974SNET – Telephone Systems Building – Torrington, Connecticut – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1975Grand Coulee Dam – Third Power Plant – Grand Coulee, WA – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1976 Torin Corp - Manufacturing Plant - Penrith, NSW, Aust - with Harry Seidler and Bruce Rickard
  • 1978Grand Coulee Dam – Visitors Arrival Center – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1975Mundipharma – Hqs and Mfg Bldg – Limburg, Germany – with Robert Gatje
  • 1975Clarksburg Harrison Public Library – Clarksburg, West Virginia – with Hamilton Smith
  • 1976Department of HEW – Headquarters – Washington, D.C. – with Herbert Beckhard
  • 1977SUNY@ Buffalo – Furnas Hall - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences – Amherst, New York – with Robert Gatje
  • 1980 Atlanta Central Public LibraryAtlanta – with Hamilton Smith

References

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