If You Want to Build a House
Summary information
Date
Tue Jan 08 1946 until Wed Jan 30 1946
Location
- MoMA type:exhibition building spaces
- 11 West 53rd St. type:thoroughfare names
Concurrent exhibitions
Exhibitions that overlap with this exhibition, in this dataset. Double-click an item in the timeline to view the corresponding exhibition page.
Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation
# | Start | End | Title |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Museum Collection of Photographs | ||
2 | The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture | ||
3 | Stuart Davis | ||
4 | Portraits of Ondine: Dance and Theatre Design | ||
5 | Museum of Modern Art Color Reproductions |
Artists
There were 17 persons who influenced this exhibition.
Persons are ordered alphabetically by surname. Select a letter in the concertina to continue. Click on the person's name to view further information.
Walter Curt Behrendt
Biographical statement German, 1882–1945
Born 1882 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1945
Nationality German
Gender Male
External information resources for Walter Curt Behrendt
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Walter Curt Behrendt was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | If You Want to Build a House |
Marcel Breuer
Biographical statement American, born Hungary. 1902–1981
Born 1902 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1981
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Marcel Breuer
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Marcel Breuer was involved in 43 exhibitions across 9 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,2000s with 9 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cubism and Abstract Art | |||
2 | Modern Architecture in England | |||
3 | Wheaton College Competition | |||
4 | Bauhaus: 1919–1928 | |||
5 | Three Centuries of American Architecture | |||
6 | Houses and Housing: Industrial Art |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Wooden House in America | |||
2 | Design for Use | |||
3 | Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44 | |||
4 | The Lesson of War Housing | |||
5 | If You Want to Build a House | |||
6 | Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years | |||
7 | The House in the Museum Garden | |||
8 | Painting and Sculpture in Architecture | |||
9 | Modern Art in Your Life |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Prize Designs for Modern Furniture | |||
2 | Three Modern Styles | |||
3 | Architecture in the New York Area | |||
4 | Built in USA: Post-War Architecture | |||
5 | Thonet Furniture | |||
6 | 20th Century Design from the Museum Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Philip L. Goodwin Galleries of Architecture and Design | |||
2 | Architecture of Museums |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Graphic Revolution: 1915–1935 | |||
2 | Transformations in Modern Architecture | |||
3 | Recent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design | |||
4 | Art of the Twenties |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Marcel Breuer: Furniture and Interiors |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Selections from the Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Seeing Double | |||
2 | Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation | |||
3 | Architecture and Design: Rotation 2 | |||
4 | 75 Years of Architecture at MoMA | |||
5 | Architecture and Design Rotation 2008 | |||
6 | Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling | |||
7 | What was Good Design? MoMA's Message 1944–56 | |||
8 | Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity | |||
9 | Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1 |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen | |||
2 | Building Collections: Recent Acquisitions of Architecture | |||
3 | Plywood: Material, Process, Form | |||
4 | Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 2 | |||
5 | Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000 |
John Funk
Biographical statement
Born (click to view other people born in this year)Died
Nationality
Gender
External information resources for John Funk
Exhibitions
In this dataset, John Funk was involved in 4 exhibitions across 1 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 4 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 4 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Wooden House in America | |||
2 | Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44 | |||
3 | Tomorrow's Small House: Models and Plans | |||
4 | If You Want to Build a House |
Walter Gropius
Biographical statement German, 1883–1969
Born 1883 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1969
Nationality German
Gender Male
External information resources for Walter Gropius
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Walter Gropius was involved in 30 exhibitions across 8 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 9 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s,1980s,1990s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Modern Architecture: International Exhibition | |||
2 | Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition | |||
3 | Cubism and Abstract Art | |||
4 | Modern Exposition Architecture | |||
5 | Modern Architecture in England | |||
6 | Wheaton College Competition | |||
7 | Bauhaus: 1919–1928 | |||
8 | Three Centuries of American Architecture | |||
9 | Houses and Housing: Industrial Art |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Wooden House in America | |||
2 | Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44 | |||
3 | The Lesson of War Housing | |||
4 | Textile Design | |||
5 | If You Want to Build a House | |||
6 | Two Cities: Planning in North and South America | |||
7 | Painting and Sculpture in Architecture | |||
8 | Modern Art in Your Life |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Three Modern Styles | |||
2 | De Stijl | |||
3 | Built in USA: Post-War Architecture | |||
4 | Signs in the Street | |||
5 | 20th Century Design from the Museum Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Art of the Twenties |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Marcel Breuer: Furniture and Interiors |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Selections from the Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation | |||
2 | Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling | |||
3 | Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity | |||
4 | Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1 |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 2 |
Victor Hornbein
Biographical statement
Born (click to view other people born in this year)Died
Nationality
Gender
External information resources for Victor Hornbein
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Victor Hornbein was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | If You Want to Build a House |
Harwell Hamilton Harris
Biographical statement
Born 1903 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1990
Nationality
Gender Male
External information resources for Harwell Hamilton Harris
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Harwell Hamilton Harris was involved in 8 exhibitions across 2 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 6 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 2 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Wooden House in America | |||
2 | Five California Houses | |||
3 | Design for Use | |||
4 | Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44 | |||
5 | If You Want to Build a House | |||
6 | Modern Art in Your Life |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Built in USA: Post-War Architecture | |||
2 | Architecture Worth Saving |
Pierre Jeanneret
Biographical statement Swiss, 1896–1967
Born 1896 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1967
Nationality Swiss
Gender Male
External information resources for Pierre Jeanneret
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Pierre Jeanneret was involved in 9 exhibitions across 5 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 4 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1960s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Houses and Housing: Industrial Art |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | If You Want to Build a House | |||
2 | A Home for U.N.O.: Must We Repeat the Geneva Fiasco? | |||
3 | Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years | |||
4 | Painting and Sculpture in Architecture |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Three Modern Styles | |||
2 | Thonet Furniture |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Recent Acquisitions |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Civic Architecture |
Philip Johnson
Biographical statement American, 1906–2005
Born 1906 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 2005
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Philip Johnson
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Philip Johnson was involved in 16 exhibitions across 8 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1950s with 4 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1980s,1990s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Modern Housing Exhibition |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44 | |||
2 | Tomorrow's Small House: Models and Plans | |||
3 | If You Want to Build a House | |||
4 | Mies van der Rohe |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Architecture in the New York Area | |||
2 | Built in USA: Post-War Architecture | |||
3 | Buildings for Business and Government | |||
4 | 20th Century Design from the Museum Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Museum of Modern Art Builds | |||
2 | Architecture of Museums |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Work in Progress: Architecture by Philip Johnson, Kevin Roche, Paul Rudolph | |||
2 | Transformations in Modern Architecture |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Three New Skyscrapers |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Young Architects Program 1999 (MoMA PS1): Philip Johnson: Dance Pavilion |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation |
Carl Koch
Biographical statement
Born 1912 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1998
Nationality
Gender
External information resources for Carl Koch
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Carl Koch was involved in 9 exhibitions across 3 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 5 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1950s with 2 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Three Centuries of American Architecture | |||
2 | Houses and Housing: Industrial Art |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Wooden House in America | |||
2 | Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44 | |||
3 | Integrated Building: Kitchen, Bathroom, and Storage | |||
4 | Tomorrow's Small House: Models and Plans | |||
5 | If You Want to Build a House |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Prize Designs for Modern Furniture | |||
2 | Signs in the Street |
Richard Neutra
Biographical statement American, born Austria. 1892–1970
Born 1892 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1970
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Richard Neutra
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Richard Neutra was involved in 20 exhibitions across 7 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 8 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1970s,1980s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Modern Architecture: International Exhibition | |||
2 | Contemporary Architecture in California | |||
3 | Wheaton College Competition | |||
4 | Three Centuries of American Architecture | |||
5 | Williamsburg Competition | |||
6 | Houses and Housing: Industrial Art |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Modern Architecture for the Modern School | |||
2 | Five California Houses | |||
3 | Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44 | |||
4 | The Lesson of War Housing | |||
5 | Integrated Building: Kitchen, Bathroom, and Storage | |||
6 | Textile Design | |||
7 | If You Want to Build a House | |||
8 | Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Built in USA: Post-War Architecture |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Art of the Twenties |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Architecture of Richard Neutra: From International Style to California Modern |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Modern Living II | |||
2 | In Situ: Architecture and Landscape |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000 |
Robert Osborn
Biographical statement American, 1904–1994
Born 1904 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1994
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Robert Osborn
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Robert Osborn was involved in 3 exhibitions across 2 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | If You Want to Build a House | |||
2 | On Being a Cartoonist |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Developing Creativeness In Children |
Frank Lloyd Wright
Biographical statement American, 1867–1959
Born 1867 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1959
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Frank Lloyd Wright
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Frank Lloyd Wright was involved in 46 exhibitions across 8 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 10 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1990s with 2 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Modern Architecture: International Exhibition | |||
2 | Early Modern Architecture: Chicago 1870–1910 | |||
3 | A New House by Frank Lloyd Wright | |||
4 | Three Centuries of American Architecture | |||
5 | Houses and Housing: Industrial Art |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect | |||
2 | The Wooden House in America | |||
3 | Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44 | |||
4 | Tomorrow's Small House: Models and Plans | |||
5 | If You Want to Build a House | |||
6 | A New Country House by Frank Lloyd Wright: Scale Model | |||
7 | Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years | |||
8 | Taliesin and Taliesin West | |||
9 | Frank Lloyd Wright: A New Theatre | |||
10 | Painting and Sculpture in Architecture |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Three Modern Styles | |||
2 | Frank Lloyd Wright: Buildings for Johnson's Wax | |||
3 | Architecture in the New York Area | |||
4 | Built in USA: Post-War Architecture | |||
5 | Architecture Worth Saving | |||
6 | 20th Century Design from the Museum Collection | |||
7 | Frank Lloyd Wright, 1869–1959 |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Visionary Architecture | |||
2 | Roads | |||
3 | Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings | |||
4 | Fallingwater: A Frank Lloyd Wright House Revisited | |||
5 | Philip L. Goodwin Galleries of Architecture and Design | |||
6 | Architecture of Museums |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection | |||
2 | Architectural Models from the Collection | |||
3 | Furniture from the Design Collection: Thonet, Guimard, Wright, and Rietveld |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Frank Lloyd Wright: Architect | |||
2 | Modern Starts: Things |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation | |||
2 | Architecture and Design Drawings: Inaugural Installation | |||
3 | Architecture and Design Drawings: Rotation 2 | |||
4 | Architecture and Design Drawings: Rotation 3 | |||
5 | Artist's Choice: Herzog and De Meuron, Perception Restrained | |||
6 | 75 Years of Architecture at MoMA | |||
7 | Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling | |||
8 | In Situ: Architecture and Landscape | |||
9 | Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1 |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen | |||
2 | Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 2 | |||
3 | Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000 | |||
4 | Designing Modern Women 1890–1990 |
William Wilson Wurster
Biographical statement American, 1895–1973
Born 1895 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1973
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for William Wilson Wurster
Exhibitions
In this dataset, William Wilson Wurster was involved in 7 exhibitions across 2 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 6 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Contemporary Architecture in California |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Five California Houses | |||
2 | Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44 | |||
3 | Integrated Building: Kitchen, Bathroom, and Storage | |||
4 | Tomorrow's Small House: Models and Plans | |||
5 | If You Want to Build a House | |||
6 | A Home for U.N.O.: Must We Repeat the Geneva Fiasco? |
John Yeon
Biographical statement
Born 1910 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1994
Nationality
Gender
External information resources for John Yeon
Exhibitions
In this dataset, John Yeon was involved in 5 exhibitions across 3 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 3 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1950s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Houses and Housing: Industrial Art |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Wooden House in America | |||
2 | Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44 | |||
3 | If You Want to Build a House |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Built in USA: Post-War Architecture |