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The Roberto Burle Marx Collection

Collection Identifier: DES-1999-0002-008949519
Scope and Contents: The collection contains research files and correspondence exchanged between Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994), William Howard Adams, and the Museum of Modern Art during 1990-1991.The research files and correspondence included in the collection are related to the preparation of the exhibition Roberto Burle Marx: The Unnatural Art of the Garden, held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1991 and curated by William...

The Architecture of Ulrich Franzen

Collection Identifier: DES-2000-0001-008649663
Scope and Contents: Ulrich Franzen’s collection is comprised of over sixty projects, including private residences, educational structures (notably projects at Cornell University: MVR Hall, the Growth Chamber Laboratories and the Agronomy Building), commercial and industrial commissions (The Philip Morris Research Center and Headquarters at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in New York), and cultural sites ranging from Houston's Alley Theater to the Harlem School of Arts.The collection includes...

The GSD History Collection, Academic Affairs

Collection Identifier: DES-2009-0001-011762445
Scope and Contents: This collection includes documents relating to the organization and administration of academic courses and programs at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, mainly between 1936 and 1993. Materials include curriculum development papers, departmental papers related to seminars, exhibitions and lectures, information on scholarships, fellowships and awards. It also includes some faculty papers, course materials, and materials related to professional development courses offered through...

The Edward Larrabee Barnes Collection

Collection Identifier: DES-1993-0001-004165878
Scope and Contents: The Edward Larrabee Barnes Collection includes architectural drawings, photographs, clippings, lectures, and publications related to Barnes’ architectural practice that spans over five decades of work during the 20th century.His early works consisted of small commissions: private houses, camps and university projects. Later works were larger in scale and range from museums and galleries such as the Walker Art Center (1966-1971, 1984) and the Dallas Museum of Art (1983-1984, 1993),...

The GSD History Collection, Administrative Affairs

Collection Identifier: DES-2009-0002-011762440
Scope and Contents: This collection includes documents relating to the organization and administration of Harvard's Graduate School of Design, mainly between 1936 and 1993.Materials include official registers, directories, news and press releases, and materials related to publications, exhibitions, conferences, lectures, and special events. It also includes some alumni association materials, library and building facilities, and GSD life photographs. The vast majority of the materials span the years...

The Josep Lluis Sert Collection

Collection Identifier: DES-1982-0003-000603276
Scope and Contents: The Sert Collection includes thousands of drawings and plans related to his work as an architect and urban designer, as well as substantial files of correspondence, manuscript material, photographs and slides. The collection’s contents also document his activities as a writer and lecturer and his involvement in professional and civic organizations.The drawings, plans, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, slides and ephemera are drawn from the personal and professional files...

The Alison and Peter Smithson Archive

Collection Identifier: DES-2003-0001-009455761
Scope and Contents: The Alison and Peter Smithson Archive includes project files, architectural drawings, sketches, photographs aperture cards, clippings, correspondence, published and unpublished texts drawn from the professional files of architects Alison and Peter Smithson. The collection is comprised of material assembled and maintained by Alison and Peter Smithson, and documents more than fifty years of practice through their architectural work and writings. Projects, both built and unbuilt,...