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...Breuer's own home in Lincoln, Mass., which he designed soon after his arrival in America, was particularly influential, McCue said...
...Among Breuer's many works in the Boston area were Roxbury High School, the University of Massachusetts Boston campus, and the headquarters of the New England Merchants Bank...
...Breuer received an honorary degree in design from Harvard...
...modern movement, which McCue said Breuer helped found, "believed that architecture derived from needs which were both social and inspirational and that a new architecture, which did not emulate historic periods, would emerge," McCue said...
...When Breuer left Harvard in 1946, he established his practice in New York City, where he made important innovations in the design of contemporary furniture as well as buildings. The Breuer chair, made of tubular steel, is now a widely imitated piece of furniture and his designs of kitches--with built-in fixtures and suspended fixtures--have been widely adopted...