Marcel Breuer - Shaping Architecture in the Post-War Era

This book tracks development of Marcel Breuer's aesthetic clash between uniformity & singularity through examination of his seminal buildings. Each chapter examines a specific building and puts into context Breuer's work and contemporary movements of post-war era like Surrealism, Brutalism and structural expressionism.

List of contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1: Breuer and the Unity of Opposites. Chapter 2: The Shift of Le Corbusier. Chapter 3: The Starkey House: The Parts Over the Whole. Chapter 4: The UNESCO Headquarters: The Beginning. Chapter 5: IBM Le Gaude, A Precast Paestum. Chapter 6: The Convent of the Annunciation Priory: Geometry, Tension, and Anxiety. Chapter 7: The Atlanta Central Library: The End of a Long Search. Index.

About the author

John Poros is a professor at Mississippi State University’s School of Architecture and was the previous director of both the Educational Design Institute and the Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center at Mississippi State.

Summary

This book tracks development of Marcel Breuer’s aesthetic clash between uniformity & singularity through examination of his seminal buildings. Each chapter examines a specific building and puts into context Breuer’s work and contemporary movements of post-war era like Surrealism, Brutalism and structural expressionism.

Product details

• Authors: John Poros
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781032058153
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3205815-3
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Routledge Research in Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Architectural structure & design, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, The environment, History of Architecture, Civil engineering, surveying and building