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Marcel Breuer
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Hungarian-American architect (1902-1981)
OverviewAI-generated
Marcel Breuer was an architect, designer, and university teacher who worked in Wiesbaden, Zurich, Paris, and New York City. Born in Pécs, he held citizenship in both Hungary and the United States. His professional career included employment at the Bauhaus, where he was also educated, and Harvard University. Breuer was associated with the brutalist architecture movement and is noted for his work on Saint John's Abbey.
He received the AIA Gold Medal and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Association of German Architects. Breuer spoke English, Hungarian, and German. Among his students was Anne Tyng. He died in New York City on July 1, 1981.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1902
- Died
- 1981
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Marcel Breuer, buildings and projects 1921-1961
- Preliminary project, 15 September, 1952 [Headquarters]
- Paris, France. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Headquarters
- Marcel Breuer and the American tradition in architecture
- Specifications of labor and materials for the residence of Mrs. Josephine Hagerty, Atlantic avenue, Cohasset, Massachusetts
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14
- Total plays
- 20
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Cutadapt removes adapter sequences from high-throughput sequencing reads
· 2011 · cited 30,576x
- SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor
· 2020 · cited 17,419x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,951x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,994x
- Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics
· 2004 · cited 10,286x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Marcel Lajos Breuer , ( 1902-05-21 ) May 21, 1902, Pécs , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- July 1, 1981 (1981-07-01) (aged 79), New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Architect
- Awards
- AIA Gold Medal (1968)
- Buildings
- World Heritage Centre 945 Madison Avenue IBM La Gaude ( full list )
- Design
- Wassily Chair , Cesca Chair
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Marcel Breuer, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Marcel Lajos Breuer (/ˈbrɔɪər/ BROY-ur; May 21, 1902 – July 1, 1981) was a Hungarian-American modernist architect and furniture designer. He moved to the United States in 1937 and became a naturalized American citizen in 1944.
At the Bauhaus he designed the Wassily Chair and the Cesca Chair, which The New York Times have called some of the most important chairs of the 20th century. Breuer extended the sculpture vocabulary he had developed in the carpentry shop at the Bauhaus into a personal architecture that made him one of the world's most popular architects at the peak of 20th-century design. His work includes art museums, libraries, college buildings, office buildings, and residences. Many are in a Brutalist architecture style, including the former IBM Research and Development facility which was the birthplace of the first personal computer. He is regarded as one of the great innovators of modern furniture design and one of the most-influential exponents of the International Style.
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