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Geller II

Geller House, Long Island

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Site overview

Built in 1968-69, Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard designed this second home for Mr. and Mrs. Bert Geller in Lawrence, New York. A dramatic voluminous space, the interior of Geller II is an open-plan duplex offering main living quarters on the first floor and an upper-level studio. Breuer and Beckhard adapted Geller II based on the unbuilt Paepcke Vacation House from 1959 in Aspen, CO. The house has north and south elevations with the southern view sculpted by deep concrete frames providing natural shade from summer heat.

Geller II

Geller House II, Lawrence, New York. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects.

Credit

Ben Schnall. Geller House II, Lawrence, New York. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects. Ben Schnall, photographer, between 1959 and 1969. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Site overview

Built in 1968-69, Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard designed this second home for Mr. and Mrs. Bert Geller in Lawrence, New York. A dramatic voluminous space, the interior of Geller II is an open-plan duplex offering main living quarters on the first floor and an upper-level studio. Breuer and Beckhard adapted Geller II based on the unbuilt Paepcke Vacation House from 1959 in Aspen, CO. The house has north and south elevations with the southern view sculpted by deep concrete frames providing natural shade from summer heat.

Geller II

Photograph taken by Ben Schnall of the south elevation of Geller House II, Lawrence, Long Island, New York, taken between 1959 and 1969. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects.

Credit

Ben Schnall. Geller House II, Lawrence, New York. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects. Ben Schnall, photographer, between 1959 and 1969. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Site overview

Built in 1968-69, Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard designed this second home for Mr. and Mrs. Bert Geller in Lawrence, New York. A dramatic voluminous space, the interior of Geller II is an open-plan duplex offering main living quarters on the first floor and an upper-level studio. Breuer and Beckhard adapted Geller II based on the unbuilt Paepcke Vacation House from 1959 in Aspen, CO. The house has north and south elevations with the southern view sculpted by deep concrete frames providing natural shade from summer heat.

How to Visit

Private residence

Location

339 Ocean Avenue
Lawrence, NY, 11559

Country

USA

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Geller House, Long Island

Credit:

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Geller House II, Lawrence, New York. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects.

Credit:

Ben Schnall. Geller House II, Lawrence, New York. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects. Ben Schnall, photographer, between 1959 and 1969. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Photograph taken by Ben Schnall of the south elevation of Geller House II, Lawrence, Long Island, New York, taken between 1959 and 1969. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects.

Credit:

Ben Schnall. Geller House II, Lawrence, New York. Marcel Breuer and Herbert Beckhard, architects. Ben Schnall, photographer, between 1959 and 1969. Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Designer(s)

Marcel Breuer

Architect

Nationality

American, Hungarian

Other designers

Herbert Beckhard

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Related chapter

New York/Tri State

Related Sites

Commission

March 1967

Completion

1969

References

Hyman, Isabelle, 2001, Marcel Breuer, Architect, the Career and the Buildings, Harry N. Abrams, New York.

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