As early as 1938, University of Manitoba Architecture Head Milton Osborne commended Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius for introducing “greater rationalization and honesty” in architectural design (Journal of the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada, April 1936). Breuer is best remembered today for his tubular steel furniture designs, four of which are on display in Gallery 2. Also an accomplished architect, with Gropius Breuer developed a new house type in the late 30s featuring low profiles, fieldstone and wood siding. He is also a pioneer of Brutalist architecture, highly influential in Canada, but not covered in this exhibition. The type of “bi-nuclear” (“private” and “public” zones) house type that Breuer developed after moving to New York in 1946 became important to UM graduates such as Harry Seidler and James Donahue, the latter whose homes in Winnipeg and Edmonton closely reflect the influence of his professor Breuer. Breuer designed two buildings in Canada, the Torrington Manufacturing Co. Plant, Oakville, Ontario, 1953 and the Halversobn Fishing Camp in Northwestern Ontario. Bottom: three publications open to show images of the Torrington Manufacturing Co. Plant (Architectural Forum, February 1955; two copies of Marcel Breuer: Sun and Shadow: The Philosophy of an Architect, 1953). Top, left to right: correspondence between Marcel Breuer (New York) and Harry Seidler (Black Mountain College), August 6-10, 1946 (Archives of American Art, Marcel Breuer Papers); Sigfried Giedion, Walter Gropius: Work and Teamwork. London: The Architectural Press, 1954. Herbert Bayer, designer; Walter Gropius, Rebuilding our Communities, Chicago: Institute of Design, 1945, Martin Goldsholl, designer; and “Walter Gropius: Architect, Teacher,” in: Arts and Architecture (June 1953), 18-19 (Unless otherwise indicatred, items are from a private collection or from the University of Manitoba Libraries)