Avery Library has a lot of material on the Olympic Games in the modern era. From books to magazine articles– sports and architecture fans will find some interesting items. Das Olympische Dorf : XI. Olympiade Berlin, 1936. Published: Berlin : Deutscher Kunstverlag, [1936?]. Bauten der Olympischen Spiele 1972 München. Buildings for the 1972 Olympic Games […]
Month: July 2012
MoMA Century of the Child exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art exhibition Century of the Child, has 5 drawings from the Avery Library Drawings and Archives department. 3 drawings from the Spanish Children's Drawings and 2 drawings by Otto Wagner, probably never exhibited before for a Haus des Kindes of 1917. Wagner died in 1918 and the project was never built. […]
Urban Fabric exhibition
GSAPP Professor Andrew Dolkart's exhibition on the Garment District will open at the Skyscraper Museum in Battery Park on Tuesday, July 24th, from 6-9 pm. Avery Library Drawings & Archives is lending 5 drawings to the exhibition: 4 drawings by Buchman and Kahn and 1 drawing by Emery Roth of buildings in the garment district […]
Swimming Pool Library
If the recent heat waves have you thinking of swimming pools, head to Avery for a quick refresher course. Books on the architecture and design of pools include: The springboard in the pond: an intimate history of the swimming pool, by Thomas A.P. van Leeuwen (1998) The new American swimming pool: […]
Happy Birthday Robert Adam
Robert Adam (3 July 1728 – 3 March 1792) was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. Avery Classics Collection has his "Ruins of the Palace of Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia" of 1764. Portrait attributed to George Willison, c.1770-1775 […]