Frederick Woodbridge was the excavation architect for the Antioch excavation in 1924. His drawings of the excavation, part of his archive at the Drawings and Archives, are featured in the new publication: Building a New Rome: The Imperial Colony of Pisidian Antioch (25 BC-AD700) published by the Kelsey Museum of the University of Michigan. […]
Carolyn Yerkes appointed Curator of Avery Classics
Carolyn Yerkes joins Avery Library this week as its new Curator of Avery Classics A long-time reader in Avery Classics, Carolyn 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 history of the book will guide her […]
Happy Birthday Charles Follen McKim
Charles Follen McKim (Aug. 24, 1847-Sept. 14, 1909) was a member of the partnership McKim, Mead, and White– one of the most prominent American Beaux-Arts architects of the late 19th century. The firm designed the Boston Public Library, Pennsylvania Station (demolished), Madison Square Garden (demolished), University Club of New York, the Pierpont Morgan Library, the […]
New York Crystal Palace
Read more about Avery’s unique image of the New York Crystal Palace in the new article by Julie Mellby in the History of Photography —by Janet Parks, Curator of Drawings & Archives […]
Giorgio Cavaglieri centennial
Celebrating a Centennial: One of the leading architects of the historic preservation movement in New York, Giorgio Cavaglieri would have turned 100 years old on August 11th. New Yorkers may not know his name but he was the architect behind the preservation of the Jefferson Market Courthouse Library, the Public Theater, and the Delacorte Theater. […]
Happy Birthday Peter Eisenman!
Happy Birthday to Peter Eisenman born Aug. 11, 1932. The oldest citation on him in the Avery Index is from Architectural & Engineering News, 1967 Feb., v. 9, p.33 titled "The Other Architect". He spoke at Columbia yesterday in an open "conversation" with Dean Mark Wigley. […]
REFERENCE AT AVERY Get To Know: GEO!
You can now access Sanborn maps easily through the new ProQuest Sanborn Maps Geo Edition! Check it out: go to Library Web and select Databases. Do this simple keyword search: "sanborn proquest geo" and click on the link. Under "To Get Started" you can search by an address or simply choose a location by […]
Scanner Room Renovation & Refurbishment August 2011
The Avery Library scanner room (room 220B) will be closed from the beginning of August through late August (about Aug. 23) for the installation of new flooring–with “green” tiling–and new work stations. Three scanners will be available for use during this period. Two scanners will be re-located across the 200-level main reading room, near from […]
Avery Library New Architecture Journals
Title: An Architektur. Published: Berlin : An Architektur. Began in 2002. Subject heading: Architecture Avery location: Avery Classics AB An1 Location: EJOURNALS Title: Candide : journal for architectural knowledge. Published: Bielefeld : Transcript. Began in 2009. Subject heading: Architecture-Philosophy Avery Location: AB C1665 Title: CTBUH journal : tall buildings, design, construction […]
Happy Birthday Inigo Jones
Happy Birthday to Inigo Jones, 7/15/1573-6/21/1652! Avery has numerous books in our Classics Collection– one of which is: "The most notable antiquity of Great Britain vulgarly called Stone-heng on Salisbury plain. Restored by Inigo Jones …" Published: London, Printed by James Flesher for Daniel Pakeman and Lawrence Chapman, 1655 : 3 p.l., 109, [1]p. incl. […]