Marcel Breuer - Desing and Architecture

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THE DESIGNER AND ARCHITECTJTTi^:i H H ¦ H:i ^ 11 :|;902-81) IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL DESIGNERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. BORN AND RAISED IN HUNGARY, HE STUDIED AT THE BAUHAUS WHERE HE WENT ON TO HEAD THE FURNITURE WORKSHOP FROM 1925 TO 1928. DURING THIS PERIOD, HE PRODUCED NUMEROUS TUBULAR STEEL FURNITURE PIECES, INCLUDING THE LEGENDARY "WASSILY" CLUB CHAIR, WHICH BROUGHT HIM INTERNATIONAL RENOWN. WITH HIS FURNITURE IN ALUMINIUM AND MOULDED PLYWOOD IN THE 1930S, HE CONTINUED TO MAKE DESIGN HISTORY UNTIL EMIGRATING TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1937. FIRST WORKING AS A PROFESSOR AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, BREUER BEGAN A SECOND, HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS AN ARCHITECT. OWING A GREAT DEAL TO MODERNISM, HIS BUILDINGS - PRIMARILY SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, UNIVERSITY AND OFFICE BUILDINGS AS WELL AS CHURCHES AND MUSEUMS, INCLUDING SUCH WELL-KNOWN STRUCTURES AS THE UNESCO HEADQUARTERS IN PARIS AND THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART IN NEW YORK - WERE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED... Tovább

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THE DESIGNER AND ARCHITECTJTTi^:i H H ¦ H:i ^ 11 :|;902-81) IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL DESIGNERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. BORN AND RAISED IN HUNGARY, HE STUDIED AT THE BAUHAUS WHERE HE WENT ON TO HEAD THE FURNITURE WORKSHOP FROM 1925 TO 1928. DURING THIS PERIOD, HE PRODUCED NUMEROUS TUBULAR STEEL FURNITURE PIECES, INCLUDING THE LEGENDARY "WASSILY" CLUB CHAIR, WHICH BROUGHT HIM INTERNATIONAL RENOWN. WITH HIS FURNITURE IN ALUMINIUM AND MOULDED PLYWOOD IN THE 1930S, HE CONTINUED TO MAKE DESIGN HISTORY UNTIL EMIGRATING TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1937. FIRST WORKING AS A PROFESSOR AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, BREUER BEGAN A SECOND, HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS AN ARCHITECT. OWING A GREAT DEAL TO MODERNISM, HIS BUILDINGS - PRIMARILY SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, UNIVERSITY AND OFFICE BUILDINGS AS WELL AS CHURCHES AND MUSEUMS, INCLUDING SUCH WELL-KNOWN STRUCTURES AS THE UNESCO HEADQUARTERS IN PARIS AND THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART IN NEW YORK - WERE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED IN THE 1950S AND 1960S FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY CHARACTER.
WITH ATOTAL OF NINE ESSAYS BY RENOWNED AUTHORS, THIS CATALOGUE PAYS TRIBUTE TO BREUER'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO TWENTIETH-CENTURY DESIGN HISTORY. AT THE SAME TIME, THE TEXTS ALSO BRING RENEWED AHENTION TO HIS ARCHITECTURAL WORKS, WHICH HAVE FALLEN SOMEWHAT INTO OBLIVION IN RECENT DECADES. AND, IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE EDITORS, THE ARCHITECT I. M. PEI SHARES HIS PERSONAL REMEMBRANCES OF BREUER, WITH WHOM HE ENJOYED A LONGSTANDING CLOSE FRIENDSHIP. Vissza