One of the major changes to the house when it was rebuilt in 1950 was the raised height of the kitchen wall. “Extending the wall up disguised the line of the butterfly ceiling,” says Altman. Here, a team of craftsmen commissioned by the RBF works on deconstructing the upper portion of a non-lode bearing wall separating the kitchen from the living room. Photo courtesy of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Photo 13 of 19 in Restoring Breuer's House in Garden

Restoring Breuer's House in Garden

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One of the major changes to the house when it was rebuilt in 1950 was the raised height of the kitchen wall. “Extending the wall up disguised the line of the butterfly ceiling,” says Altman. Here, a team of craftsmen commissioned by the RBF works on deconstructing the upper portion of a non-lode bearing wall separating the kitchen from the living room. Photo courtesy of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.