List of Marcel Breuer works

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

Cesca

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

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)
• 1925 First all-tubular steel chair (the Wassily)
• 1925 Stool / Side Table of tubular steel (leading to cantilevered chair)
• 1926 Gropius, Moholy-Nagy, Kandinsky, and Muche Interiors– the Bauhaus – Dessau, Germany
• 1927 Piscator Apartment – Berlin, Germany
• 1927 Weissenhof Siedlung – Gropius and Stam Apartment Interiors – Stuttgart, Germany
• 1928 First cantilevered steel chair (the Cesca)
• 1929 Model B 55 cantilevered steel chair ^[1]

Independent practice – Berlin and Zurich

Doldertal Apartments (1935)

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

With Isokon and in partnership with FRS Yorke – London

• 1935 Isokon furniture company – Plywood Tables and Stacking Chairs– London, England
• — 1936 Isokon Furniture Company – Reclining Plywood Chairs– London, England
• 1936 Ventris Apartment in Highpoint – London, England
• 1936 Model for the "Civic Center of the Future" – with FRS Yorke
• 1936 Gane's Exhibition Pavilion – Bristol, England – with FRS Yorke
• 1936 Sea Lane House, East Preston, West Sussex
• 1938 Houses 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
• 1938 Hagerty House – Cohasset, Massachusetts – with Walter Gropius
• 1939 Breuer House – Lincoln, Massachusetts – with Walter Gropius
• 1939 Ford House – Lincoln, Massachusetts – with Walter Gropius
• 1939 Frank House – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – with Walter Gropius
• 1939 New York World's Fair – Pennsylvania State Exhibition –– with Walter Gropius
• 1940 Chamberlain Cottage – Wayland, Massachusetts – with Walter Gropius ^[2]
• 1941 Weizenblatt House – Asheville, North Carolina – with Walter Gropius
• 1941 Defense Housing for Aluminum Workers – New Kensington, Pennsylvania – with Walter Gropius

Independent practice while still at Harvard

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

1957 new building Bijenkorf store in Rotterdam in cooperation with Abraham Elzas. On the right a sculpture by Naum Gabo

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.

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

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

References

1. "Marcel Breuer - Rare armchair, model no. B55, 1928-1929". Phillips. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
2. "Chamberlain Cottage". Great Buildings. Retrieved September 11, 2016.

External links

• Media related to Buildings by Marcel Breuer at Wikimedia Commons