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...third quarter the lead changed hands repeatedly with Mike Porder making two fouls to put Holworthy ahead with six minutes to go. On Rick Breuer's foul with less than a minute left, Matthews led at the end of the period...
...Breuer had designed the museum's demonstration house to sell for $27,475, not counting the land, the furniture (which he also had a hand in) or the architect's fee. By lopping off the garage and one of the three bedrooms, the job could be had for about $21,960, which would still seem pretty steep to the typical "middle-income family" that Breuer had in mind...
Indoor Drainage. The most startling feature of Breuer's house was the "butterfly roof" which made space for a second-story bedroom under one wing and (by substituting a single indoor drainpipe) did away with outside gutters and drains. Despite such practical advantages, traditionalists might object that the tilting roof gave the inside of the house a slightly seasick air. Like the exterior walls, the ceilings were largely finished with unpainted cypress siding, which had a warm, luxurious look. The floors were of bluestone flagging and designed for radiant heating coils. Breuer, whose knack of combining materials to bring...
...able to survey a large part of his home without -'stirring "from bed, for some walls stopped short of the ceiling, as in a bathhouse, to "suggest spaciousness." However, the top of the fireplace doubled as a stair landing, and the living room itself (mercilessly dominated by a Breuer-designed television set) was cramped...
...brilliant details and smart structural economies, Breuer's little house was probably not the answer that most home builders with $27,475 to spend were looking for. Like a lot of the paintings in the museum that loomed above it, Breuer's house was perhaps too uncompromisingly "modern...