The Geller House received very favorable press attention and was the winning design in a competition sponsored by “Progressive Architecture.” Breuer built a second house for the couple two decades later.
In November 1944, Bertram and Phyllis Geller commissioned a house in Lawrence, Long Island. Breuer characterized the house as a model prefabricated house, thereby allowing him to circumvent wartime restrictions on construction and cost. He designed a binuclear house with a butterfly roof.
