For 20 years, the 1970s Breuer-designed building sat empty beside the busy I-95 highway, unused by its owner, IKEA, except as a way to advertise the store that shared its parking lot. Photo 2 of 7 in How a Landmark Marcel Breuer Building Became a Groundbreaking, Energy-Conscious Hotel

How a Landmark Marcel Breuer Building Became a Groundbreaking, Energy-Conscious Hotel

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For roughly 20 years, Marcel Breuer’s 1970 Pirelli Building (also known as the Armstrong Rubber Building) sat largely empty beside the busy Interstate 95 in New Haven Connecticut, unused by its then-owner, Ikea, except as a way to advertise the store that shared its parking lot. Architect and developer Bruce Redman Becker of Connecticut firm Becker + Becker bought the site in early 2020 and converted the structure into a 165-room hotel.