Breuer, The Whitney Museum of American Art (then The Met Breuer, now the Frick Madison)

[@gabrielacarvalho4793]

best channel ever guys! thanks so much! this is internet!

[@Sasha0927]

I smiled as soon as I saw the chairs, lol. Then my face went the other way when I learned that the drawbridge doesn't connect to the rest of the building. I love the little seated areas in the staircase. I could see myself appreciating the mood lighting, views, and quiet. 😌

[@thedubc]

One of my favourite buildings in New York. I always visit it when I'm there : )

[@juliandavidac]

what an amazing video, thank you

[@LessMessYes]

Мore architecture please.

[@clumsydad7158]

Very interesting, I was completely ignorant about this building. I still struggle with the coldness of brutalism and the concrete, but at times find it effective in high-end residential settings.

[@rr7firefly]

If ever there was an iconic NYC building from the 1960s it is Breuer's Whitney. Part of that quality comes from its form -- a cube cut away to create dramatic cantilevers clad in dark granite. With a few minimalist gestures Breuer succeeded in making highly original architecture. I think we should be thankful that both Koolhaas and Graves were passed over when they sought the commission to expand it. Both of those schemes look like bad jokes.

[@107Mirage]

I would love to see a video about the de Young museum's building. It reminded me of this one where the upper portion of the building protruded outward, I felt so suspenseful just looking at it!

[@aaron2709]

If there ever was an architectural statement of 'culture bunker,' this is it.

[@minnesotamonk]

I would love to see you do a video like this featuring Marcel Breuer's Abbey Church in Collegeville, MN. That building is surely a precursor to this and easily as good a masterpiece as this... Possibly the most beautiful Brutalist building ever produced in my book...

[@smarthistory-art-history]

As it happens, we are planning a trip there to record on some of the manuscripts, their projects to safeguard cultural heritage, and to do the Breuer while we are on the campus. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@minnesotamonk]

Wonderful! My friends and I used to go to evening vespers up in the choir with the monks often when I went to school there back in the day. I find that it's Brutalism evokes an honest austerity well in keeping with the Benedictine architectural tradition much like Cistercian Architecture of the 12th century did - writ large... I also lived in the Breuer dorms out on the edge of campus which have a similar sculptural effect as the Whitney... You could hardly find a better place to meet Breuer than up at St. John's. He's everywhere up there...

[@nanimami3176]

Oh, man. I'm hungarian and I feel the pain that the government disturbed him because of his Jewish origins. And America just opened it's arm and welcomed him. Yeah... Hungary just like to expels his greatest mens. And we don't even have buildings from him in Hungary. That is so sad. Because he wanted to built for Hungary also... He actually won lot's of competition but the government did not allow him to build these :(

[@allertonoff4]

sublime, subtle ; (terrible graves addition) .. acoustics.