{"id":32513,"date":"2022-02-15T17:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32513"},"modified":"2022-02-15T17:00:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T17:00:17","slug":"overnight-demolition-of-early-marcel-breuer-house-described-as-the-most-significant-loss-in-recent-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32513","title":{"rendered":"Overnight demolition of early Marcel Breuer house described as \u2018the most significant loss in recent memory\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/f5\/Marcel_Breuer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-32514\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Marcel_Breuer_Architect_Commons_Wikimedia_Polygoon_Hollands_Nieuws.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a>Modernist architect Marcel Breuer&#8217;s Geller I house in Long Island, which was one of his first homes in the US, has been \u2018demolished in the dead of night\u2019 to make way for a tennis court.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Marcel Breuer by Polygoon Hollands Nieuws, CC BY-SA 3.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 reportedly demolished as the owners wanted to combine two plots and create a larger home\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Dezeen<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The home in the village of Lawrence, Long Island, which was one of Hungarian-American architect Breuer&#8217;s first buildings in the USA, was demolished on 25 January.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Marcel Breuer&#8217;s first binuclear house, Geller I in Lawrence, New York has been demolished in the dead of night,&#8221; revealed non-profit preservation society\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.docomomo-us.org\/\">Docomomo US<\/a>\u00a0in a post on its website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Most significant loss in recent memory&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Named Geller I after its clients Betram and Phyllis Geller, the house was the first building designed by Breuer after leaving the studio he ran with architect\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/walter-gropius\/\">Walter\u00a0Gropius<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The house was reportedly demolished as the owners wanted to combine two plots and create a larger home, with a tennis court expected to be built on the site&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><em>Geller I was an early house designed by Marcel Breuer<\/em> [image caption]<\/p>\n<p>Docomomo US executive director Liz Waytkus described the demolition as &#8220;a devastating loss&#8221;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.It was the first in his series of\u00a0bi-nuclear homes, where the architect separated\u00a0the sleeping areas and the living spaces into two wings divided by an entrance hall.<\/p>\n<p>Both the home and adjacent guest house were topped with butterfly-pitched roofs&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Breuer\u00a0was one of the 20th century&#8217;s most significant architects and furniture designers who was awarded the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/aia-gold-medal\/\">AIA Gold Medal<\/a> in 1968&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2022\/01\/28\/marcel-breuer-geller-house-demolished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modernist architect Marcel Breuer&#8217;s Geller I house in Long Island, which was one of his first homes in the US, has been \u2018demolished in the dead of night\u2019 to make way for a tennis court. image: Marcel Breuer by Polygoon &hellip; 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