Marcel Breuer Furnitures

Marcel Breuer

Hungarian by birth, Breuer was defined as a rationalist since the outstanding feature of his architecture is the combination of functionality and extraordinary beauty.
He began working associated with Bauhaus and when he raised questions about its rules and found his personal solutions it quickly became evident that he would be one of the century’s great architects.
In 1924 he founded an architectural cooperative and around the same time began designing furniture.
His first tubular steel chairs were made and used to furnish the homes of the Bauhaus masters.
In 1931 he began traveling through Europe, to Spain, Italy, Switzerland and finally he emigrated to England to work as an architect.
Together with Alfred and Emil Roth he designed apartments for a “city center of the future” which soon became a manifesto of the International Style.
In 1937 he moved to the United States and began his collaboration with Walter Gropius; in 1946 he left his position as professor of architecture at Harvard to open a studio in New York.
His outstanding projects include the UNESCO building in Paris, the De Bijenkorf department store in Rotterdam, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Sport Park at Flushing Meadows, New York.