Avery Friends gathered Monday November 2nd, 2015 for the inaugural celebration of Avery’s 125th anniversary year. A tour-de-force one-day only exhibition presented 125 treasured works from Avery’s venerable and storied collections. If you missed this event, please join Avery Friends to ensure your invitation to upcoming Avery 125th events! Selected photos from the exhibition and […]
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Celebrate Avery’s 125th Anniversary
Celebrate Avery’s 125th anniversary at this special one-day only exhibit! Here’s one of our treasures which will be in the show: Etienne Du Pérac I vestigi dell’ antichità di Roma, raccolti et ritratti in perspettiva con ogni diligentia da Stefano Dv Perac. Rome, 1575 AA320 D92 F Etienne Du Pérac was a skilled engraver, painter and […]
Celebrate Avery’s 125th Anniversary
Celebrate Avery’s 125th anniversary at this special one-day only exhibit! Here’s one of our treasures which will be in the show: Vitruvius Pollio Architectvre, ou Art de bien bastir, de Marc Vitruue Pollion. Paris, 1547 AA2515 V85 1547 The first French language edition of Vitruvius, the only comprehensive architectural treatise to survive from antiquity, did not appear […]
Avery Classics in Early Soviet Photography exhibition
The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film Jewish Museum, New York September 25, 2015 – February 7, 2016 From early vanguard constructivist works by Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky, to the modernist images of Arkady Shaikhet and Max Penson, Soviet photographers played a pivotal role in the history of photography. Covering the […]
A.J. Downing and His Legacy exhibition
A.J. Downing and His Legacy Assembled by the staff of Avery Library and Janet W. Foster, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University GSAPP September 1 – November 13, 2015 Avery Classics reading room Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm Alexander Jackson Downing, known as the “father” of the American architectural pattern book, was born 200 years ago, on October 31, […]
G. P. Schafer Architect office visits Avery
On June 24th , Avery Library welcomed the office of G. P. Schafer Architect for a viewing of materials from special collections.The evening focused on American domestic architecture, emphasizing the neoclassical and vernacular influences of interest to Mr. Schafer’s firm. Avery Classics presented a selection of books that a traced a narrative from the […]
Avery in “Saving Place” exhibit at MCNY
Saving Place: Fifty Years of New York City Landmarks Museum of the City of New York, New York April 21-September 13, 2015 Many believe New York’s pioneering Landmarks Law, enacted in April 1965, was the key factor in the rebirth of New York in the final quarter of the 20th century. It ensured that huge […]
Avery Welcomes Teri Harris, New Curator of Classics Collection
I am delighted to announce the appointment of Teresa Harris as the Curator of Avery Classics. A long-time reader in Avery Classics, Teri is well acquainted with our outstanding collection and with the worldwide community of scholars who work here throughout the year. Her substantial knowledge of architectural history and special collections will guide her […]
Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings in Legos
Here is an interesting New York Times article on Adam Reed Tucker building a model of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West with Legos: Check out the Frank Lloyd Wright Lego sets we have at Avery Library: […]
Yardley Architectural Letterheads Collection online
Comprised of commercial stationery with illustrations of buildings in lower Manhattan, the Yardley Collection provides a unique view of New York City’s evolution during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Selected for their illustrations of buildings in lower Manhattan, these pieces of stationery include rare images of the city’s commercial architecture, much of which is no […]