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. […]
Avery Library Drawing & Archives–Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery is now a National Historic Landmark! On June 30, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that Woodlawn was one of 14 new national historic landmarks! Cited for its landscape and architectural design, Woodlawn’s application was strengthened by the archival documentation of its monuments, which are now housed in Avery’s Drawings […]
Avery Lib. Drawings & Archives: Madame C.J. Walker
A’Lelia Bundles, a Columbia University Trustee, Friends of Woodlawn Trustee, author, and granddaughter of Madame C.J. Walker, posted this on her blog. (“Madam Walker Essay” from www.madamcjwalker.com by A’Lelia Bundles). –by Janet Parks, Curator of Drawings & Archives […]
Avery Library Drawings & Archives on the Road
Here are some of the current exhibitions to which Avery Library Drawings & Archives has contributed material: San Diego Museum of Art Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement. June 18-September 11, 2011 6 drawings from Avery’s Gustav Stickley collection Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA Palladio and His […]
Avery Index Expands Access to Full-Text Journals
The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals has expanded its direct online access to full-text scholarly journal articles by taking advantage of coded links provided by selected publishers. These links, identified by a DOI (digital object identifier) are “names” assigned to “entities” for use on digital networks. Information about a digital object may change over time, […]