Breuer

ISBN-13: 9783836544733 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 96 str.

Arnt Cobbers

Opis

Modern Attitude
The brave new forms of Marcel Breuer

In 1956, TIME magazine called him one of the defining "form-givers of the 20th century." Today, Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) remains a locus classicus of modernism for architects and designers alike. As a Bauhaus pioneer, even his earliest work was marked by a material restraint; the balance of texture, color, and shape; and a symbiosis of local and global, big and small, rough and smooth.

In this essential introductory monograph, we survey Breuer's complete career through some of his most influential projects and ideas, from his landmark tubular furniture to the MoMA Research House to his innovation of "binuclear" housing, splitting living and sleeping areas into separate wings. Along the way, we follow Hungarian-born Breuer's journey to international acclaim, with featured projects from Germany, France, England, Switzerland, and across the United States contributing to his global status as a modernist maestro.

About the series:
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture series features:

• an introduction to the life and work of the architect
• the major works in chronological order
• information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions
• a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings
• approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)

O autorze

Arnt Cobbers hat Kunstgeschichte, Geschichte und Musikwissenschaft studiert, über mittelalterlichen Kirchenbau promoviert und lebt als freier Autor in Berlin. Er hat als Architekturkritiker gearbeitet und zahlreiche Bücher zur Berliner Architektur geschrieben. Bei TASCHEN sind von ihm die Monografien über Erich Mendelsohn und Marcel Breuer erschienen.

Peter Gössel betreibt eine Agentur für Museums- und Ausstellungsdesign. Für TASCHEN hat er Monografien über Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, John Lautner und Richard Neutra sowie mehrere Architekturtitel der Kleinen Reihe herausgegeben.