945 Madison Avenue

Marcel Breuer

New York City, United States · 1966 · Museum

945 Madison Avenue
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Location
New York City, United States
Year
1966
Typology
Museum
Materials
Concrete, Stone, Timber
Context
Brutalism, Bauhaus
Map
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945 Madison Avenue, also known as the Breuer Building and formerly the Whitney Museum Building, is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Built from 1964 to 1966 as the third home of the Whitney Museum of American Art, it subsequently held a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Frick Collection before becoming the headquarters of Sotheby's auction house. Marcel Breuer and Hamilton P. Smith were the primary architects, with Michael H. Irving as the consulting architect and Paul Weidlinger as the structural engineer. 945 Madison Avenue was Breuer's most significant design in New York City and one of the most important of his career. It was also his first museum commission, and his first and only remaining work in Manhattan.

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