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Architects and community

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Diane Elliott Gayer Architectural Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-045
Abstract

The Diane Elliott Gayer Architectural Papers contain teaching materials, students’ work, writings, correspondence, project documentation in the form of files, photographs, and rolled drawings, conference programs and other ephemera related to Gayer’s professional engagement, charrette materials and reports, portfolios, and some office records.

Dates: 1974-2016, undated

Abbye A. Gorin Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-009
Abstract Abbye A. Gorin is an architectural researcher and writer of Metairie, Louisiana. Her collection contains a six-minute film entitled "The Rivergate, 1968-1995," produced by Barbara Coleman and written by Gorin and Betty Moss. The film was created as a tribute to the building and as a protest to its demolition. Also present are a 42-page "Catalog of Work," various magazines with articles about or written by Gorin, an audiocassette interview with the sculptor Angela Gregory, and a DVD...
Dates: 1940 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1995 - 2006

Lilia Gramatikova Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-023
Abstract Lilia Gramatikova is an Bulgarian architect who practiced in Bulgaria, Mongolia, and East Germany from 1953-1985. The collection consists of 72 hand-drawn architectural drawings of two projects: Music High School for Folk Instruments and Folk Singing in Shiroka Lukka, Bulgaria (1974) and Territorial Information and Computing Center in Vrasta, Bulgaria (1981). Also present is a drawing (photocopy) of Gramatikova's personal residence in Sofia (1965) and a folder containing biographical...
Dates: 1960 - 2007; Majority of material found within dates 1965-1981

IAWA: International Archive of Women in Architecture Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-021
Abstract

The records of the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) consist of files created by IAWA founder Milka Bliznakov, various IAWA officers, and Special Collections archivists. Materials include founding documents, meeting minutes, newsletter information, correspondence with supporters and donors, and internal correspondence.

Dates: 1967 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1985 - 2008

IAWA Small Collections,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-054
Abstract

The IAWA Small Collections was compiled from a variety of sources by Special Collections staff for use in reference and research. The collection consists primarily of biographical materials for women architects, architectural historians, and designers including curriculum vitas, firm brochures, exhibit notices, photographs, and publications. Drawings, sketches, course notes, correspondence, and other materials pertaining to architectural collections are also present.

Dates: 1907 - 2013

Kristine Fallon Prize Records, 2022 -

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-028
Abstract

Materials in this collection are a mixture of hardcopy and electronic submissions, including .pdf files created by selected applicants and award recipients. The files in this collection consist of winning first-round proposals, final submissions for selected proposals, and final award winning pieces.

Dates: 2022-

Diana Lee-Smith Architectural Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-005
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Diana Lee-Smith, British architect and planner living in Nairobi, Kenya. Projects focus on housing and shelter concerns in Africa. This collection consists of a number of papers, publications, books and magazines that were written or edited by Lee-Smith.

Dates: 1966 - 1991

Myriam Waisberg Architectural Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-055
Abstract

Myriam Waisberg was a Chilean architectural historian. This collection contains a number of publications, research papers, books and articles written by Waisberg during her career in Chile. Most of her work is dedicated to religious architecture in the cities of Santiago and Valparaiso in Chile and her work with the University of Chile.

Dates: 1962 - 1993

Beverly Willis Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-019
Scope and Contents The Beverly Willis Architectural Collection span the years 1954 to 1999 and are comprised primarily of records documenting Willis' work as an architect in San Francisco between 1960 and 1990. The collection documents the application of computers to architectural design and land analysis, the development of CARLA (Computerized Approach to Residential Land Analysis) in the 1970s, the history of twentieth-century urban planning, particularly in San Francisco; and the contribution of women to...
Dates: 1954 - 1999

Czeslawa Zielinska Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-017
Abstract

Czeslawa Zielinska is a Polish-born Canadian architect and the inventor the GETSET Building System and, with her husband Zenon, of the UCOPAN, a pre-cast concrete building system. The collection includes promotional material, published articles, and booklets about UCOPAN as well as copies of landscape and building sketches drawn during her travels.

Dates: 1964 - 2005; Majority of material found within ( 1966-1979)