Completed in 1971, the Cleveland Museum of Art Addition, designed by Marcel Breuer, adds several different programmatic spaces to the museum. The expansion added the new north entrance, a lobby, classrooms, lecture halls, an auditorium, and an additional gallery (Dodd, Mead, and Company 80). The Breuer Wing of the museum was made in the Bauhaus architectural style. Bauhaus according to Burton Wasserman was much more than just clean, modern design; it was a place where more powerful ideas and creative actions were vigorously generated by talented and lively people (Wasserman). Breuer worked in the Bauhaus style for most 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 bar type” steel (Dodd, Mead, and Company 32). One of the most popular furniture designs was his Club B3 armchair, 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 received several honorary doctorates from several universities around the world. After retiring in 1976 due to ill health, Breuer received several other awards and his work was exhibited in exhibitions around the world. Breuer died on July 2, 1981, at the age of 79 (Marcel Breuer Associates 6). The expansion of the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1971 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 connecting all the wings of the building, which has was added in 2012 Breuer received this commission after demonstrating his design abilities in other areas across the city. The museum expansion was just one of Breuer's few accomplishments that still exist today. Breuer's work in furniture design and architecture has been around for many years and will continue to exist for many more years 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: Print. 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. Internet. March 25. 2014.