Architecture Without Rules: The Houses of Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard

by David Masello

Book Overview

Although Marcel Breuer's name conjures up images of his ubiquitous Breuer Chair, it is his many houses that best reveal his design philosophy. Virtually all of his houses were designed in collaboration with Herbert Beckhard, who began as a young associate and later became a partner in Breuer's firm. The houses are noted for such dynamics as interior spaces that flow into each other, a rigorous denial of extraneous detail, a keen respect for, and use...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393034917
• ISBN13: 9780393034912
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.0" x 10.3"