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Breuer Building: Exterior · Formerly the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
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Breuer Building: Exterior · Met Breuer
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Breuer Building: Interior · Lobby of the MET Breuer, Madison Ave, New York
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Breuer Building: Interior · Met Breuer lobby
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Breuer Building: Interior
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Breuer Building: Detail
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Breuer Building: Plan · Breuer Building plan
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Breuer Building: Drawing · Whitney Museum drawingPhotos unavailable
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Photo 1: Exterior · Formerly the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYCPhoto 2: Exterior · Met BreuerPhoto 3: Interior · Lobby of the MET Breuer, Madison Ave, New YorkPhoto 4: Interior · Met Breuer lobbyPhoto 5: InteriorPhoto 6: DetailPhoto 7: Plan · Breuer Building planPhoto 8: Drawing · Whitney Museum drawing

Museum · Brutalism

Breuer Building

Marcel Breuer · New York, United States · 1966

Key featuresInverted stepped granite block with a trapezoid window, overhanging a sunken sculpture court.

Architect
Marcel Breuer
Place
New York, United States
Year
1966
Typology
Museum
Movement
Brutalism
Region
Americas
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