Barry Bergdoll: Marcel Breuer and the Invention of Heavy Lightness

What makes the life and work of the best-known Hungarian architect, Marcel Breuer, special? Why do Breuer’s buildings enjoy a global reputation?  Professor Barry Bergdoll will answer these questions in his open lecture.
Barry Bergdoll is the leading scholar of Marcel Breuer. He is a Professor of Art History at Columbia University and a jury member for the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Previously, he was the Chief Curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
Barry Bergdoll arrives to Budapest at the invitation of the Hungarian Museum of Architecture and Monuments Protection Documentation Center, and he will give his university lecture at the invitation of the BME Department of Public Building Design.

The lecture is open to the public, admission is free.

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