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The Marcel Breuer House II is located north of the town center of New Canaan, in a residential setting on the west side of Sunset Hill Road. It is set back about 200 feet (61 m) from the street, with a long sloping meadow in between. The house is built using typical balloon framing techniques,
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in 1946, and chose New Canaan due to its proximity to the city and its leafy suburban character. The house is an early example of Breuer's "long box" designs, in which the main volume of the house appears as a floating box, and also exemplifies the architect's interest in cantilevered designs. In
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