PHAIDON Breuer Robert McCarter 馬塞爾·布魯爾 現代主義先驅

“The most complete monograph on the pioneering modernist.” — Fast Company

 

This acclaimed book is the most comprehensive published on architect and designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), looking in detail at all the houses, furniture, and public buildings he designed in Europe and the United States – from his beginning at the Bauhaus through his collaboration with Walter Gropius, and the establishment of his own practice in the USA. Written by acclaimed architect and writer Robert McCarter, the first edition of this book was described as a ‘serious study’ (Financial Times) that would help in ‘realigning Breuer’s position in the canon of modern masters’ (TLS).

 

Brutalism was always a beleaguered movement, in part because of its use in public housing, civic buildings, and university campuses – in other words, its connection with the state. However, Marcel Breuer’s brutalist icon changed how we see art. When the Bauhaus architect pitched his design for a museum in 1963, he wanted to challenge how an American institution looks. More than 60 years later, his radical building still encourages a spiritual belief in the transformative power of art.

 

Jacqueline Kennedy and architect Marcel Breuer were connected through their roles in the New York City art and architectural landscape in the 1960s and 70s. When the Bauhaus-trained architect Marcel Breuer presented his Brutalist masterpiece as the new Whitney Museum of American Art in 1966, it was met in equal measure with applause and skepticism – a reputation it has carried with it ever since. Notably, Kennedy toured the construction site of Breuer’s controversial Whitney Museum of American Art in 1965 and later joined efforts to fight a development project designed by Breuer for Grand Central Terminal.

 

The complete monograph on the last of the first generation of Modernist architects, Breuer is the only book that examines both his design as well as his architecture, with detailed descriptions of his work – including commercial, residential, furniture, and unrealized projects, including all of his iconic furniture (such as the Wassily and Cesca chairs) and buildings (including the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and the Whitney Museum in New York). Back in print due to popular demand, this new edition has a beautiful new cover featuring the global headquarters of Sotheby’s in New York.

 

Features

• Edition : -
• Binding : Hardback
• ISBN : 9781838668167
• Publication Date : 2024/10/8

 

Materials & Care

• Imported