Avery Library and the Olympics

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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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