Marcel Breuer House at Pocantico

Transitional Moments: Marcel Breuer, W. C. Vaughan and Co. , and the Bauhaus in America

Robert Wiesenberger, H. Reynolds Butler

Architect Marcel Breuer's House in the Museum Garden, now considered one of the most influential architecture exhibitions of the 20th century, was commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art and built in their garden in 1949. Exhibited to record attendance, the house featured the updated Bauhaus prescriptions for modern living—an airy, informal combination living room/dining room and a pass-through kitchen—and was intended to inspire the future of American housing.

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