| Summary: | This is the first full-scale treatment of one of the architectural giants of our time. It contains the essence of Marcel Breuer's works and projects from his earliest days, when he was the youngest and one of the most precocious members of the Bauhaus, to the present day, when- the mature master builder continues to search for fresh solutions, new approaches, and original and bold answers to unprecedented problems. Probably no other architect of the twentieth century, while expressing the spirit of his time, has remained so human, so deeply and intimately concerned with the life of the individual in a practical, convenient, useful, and happy environment. This sumptuous book richly illustrated and brilliantly designed, contains many excerpts from Mr. Breuer's own articles and addresses. Cranston Jones, Architecture Editor of "Time," has written an introductory essay analyzing Breuer's approach and method and describing his constant preoccupation - amounting almost to an obsession - with clear, practical, uncluttered, truly useful solutions. Mr. Jones has also provided the captions, which are detailed, technical but clear and precise, strengthening the impression of an exceptional intelligence at work in a great artist.
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