Otto Breuer was an Austrian architect and furniture designer. After serving in the First World War, he studied at the Technical University of Vienna from 1918 and attended Adolf Loos's private architecture school. In 1919–20, he also spent a semester in Weimar before completing his architectural studies in Vienna in 1922.
During the 1920s, Breuer collaborated with Albert Linschütz on furniture and interior design, focusing on functionality and modern domestic living. Around 1928, he became a member of the Austrian Werkbund.
His best-known architectural contribution was the Vienna Werkbund Estate (Wiener Werkbundsiedlung), which opened in 1932 under the direction of Josef Frank. Breuer designed a semi-detached house at Jagdschlossgasse 72–74, built between 1930 and 1932 as part of this experimental housing project.
Following the Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938, Breuer was persecuted because of his Jewish background. His property was confiscated, and he died at the Rekawinkel sanatorium, aged 41.
Although his architectural career was relatively short, his contribution to the Vienna Werkbund Estate remains part of the history of modern Austrian architecture.
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