Avery is thrilled to announce the completion of our two-year collaborative project with the GSAPP Visual Resources Collection (VRC) and Artstor to present the Avery/GSAPP Architectural Plans & Sections Collection in the Artstor Digital Library. Launched to coincide with the beginning of the 2016/17 academic year, Phase 2 adds another 10,000 images to the collection, bringing the total to more than 20,000 images representing 2000 projects in 60 countries that are now available for architectural research and instruction around the world. With an overall project focus on 20th century modernism, Phase 2 is particularly notable for the addition of nearly 100 projects by the master architect Le Corbusier, 100 projects in South America, and over 125 in Japan.
The Avery/GSAPP Plans & Sections project involved the efforts of Avery librarians and staff, GSAPP VRC curators, and more than 25 GSAPP students working together across many of the GSAPP programs — including M.Arch, Historic Preservation, Urban Design and Urban Planning – and contributing their diverse language, imaging and technology skills and their deep interest in the history of architecture.
For additional background on the collaboration, please see this ACSA article from January 2016.
Avery/GSAPP Architectural Plans & Sections Collection
Credit line: Jeannert, Pierre & Le Corbusier. Villas Weissenhof-Seidlung (Stuttgart, Germany) 1927 Artstor: Avery/GSAPP Architectural Plans & Sections Collection © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / FLC
Looking for architectural drawings for ‘Casino’ bldg as part of the Bytheharbour estate of Prescott Hall Butler done by McKim Mead & White for past property owner 92 yr old retired lawyer in order to build scale model.
Started search @ public library NYC archives who referred me to your library. Hopefully you might know what happens to architectural drawings of noted homes on National Registry..
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated