Project Details
- Project Name
- Marcel Breuer “House in the Garden” (Lauck House, 1950)
- Location
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NJ ,United States
- Project Types
- Custom
- Project Scope
- Preservation/Restoration
- Size
- 3,700 sq. feet
- Shared by
- Editor
- Consultants
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General Contractor: Chris Brenner,General Contractor: Brenner Painting,Jeff Tryon
- Project Status
- Built
- Room or Space
- Other
Project Description
2009 RADA
Restoration / Preservation / Merit
A few judicious moves reclaimed this vintage Marcel Breuer home, whose design was based on a house he exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art in 1949. Architects Sara Segal, LEED AP, and Rafi Segal restored the house for themselves, using archival research as a guide in stripping paint from plywood walls, rebuilding partitions, and restoring window profiles.
The Rockefeller Foundation, which owns the exhibit house, supplied a color analysis keyed to today's paint colors. “Breuer had a special blue that was a combination of blue, white, and gray,” says Rafi Segal. “The white has a bit of yellow in it, and these nuances make a huge difference.”
“This house could easily have been torn down,” a judge said of the restoration's rigor. “It's a good precedent that they kept it.”
