Completed in 1971, the Marcel Breuer-designed Cleveland Museum of Art expansion adds several programmatic spaces to the museum. The expansion added the new north entrance, atrium, classrooms, classrooms, an auditorium, and additional exhibit space (Dodd, Mead, and Company 80). The Breuer wing of the museum was built in the Bauhaus architectural style. The Bauhaus according to Burton Wasserman was much more than simple modern and clean design; it was a place where the most powerful ideas and creative action were vigorously generated by vibrant and talented people (Wasserman). Breuer worked in the Bauhaus style for much of his architectural career. Marcel Breuer, born in the early 1900s in Hungary, was one of the first and youngest students to learn the Bauhaus style, taught by Walter Gropius. Breuer began his career designing furniture, using tubular or “handle-like” steel (Dodd, Mead, and Company 32). One of the most popular furniture designs was his B3 Club Chair, designed in 1922. In the 1930s, Breuer moved to the United States to teach and practice architecture. In the 1950s he received the Medal of Honor from the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Between 1960 and 1980, Breuer was awarded numerous honorary doctorates from various universities around the world. After retiring in 1976 due to ill health, Breuer received numerous other awards and his work was featured in exhibitions around the world. Breuer died on July 2, 1981, at the age of 79 (Marcel Breuer Associates 6). The 1971 expansion of the Cleveland Museum of Art was a milestone for the city and the cultural community. Marcel Breuer was in Cleveland to design the AT tower, when...... middle of paper ......ch allows the person to enter the glass atrium that connects all the wings of the building, added in 2012 Breuer was honored with the commission after demonstrating his design skills in other aspects throughout the city. The expansion of the museum was only one of the few Breuer projects still standing. Breuer's work in both furniture design and architecture has existed for many years and will continue to exist for many more to come. Works Cited “Cleveland Museum of Art: Building,” Cleveland Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013. Web. March 25, 2014. Dodd, Mead and Company, Marcel Breuer: Sun and Shadow. New York: Press.Marcel Breuer Associates, . The legacy of Marcel Breuer. 32. Tokyo, Japan: Architecture Publishing Co., 1982. Print.Wasserman, Burton. "Bauhaus 50." Art education. 22.9 (December 1969): 17-21. Network. March 25. 2014.