- Creator
- Shawcroft, Brian, 1929-2017
- Size
- 33.2 linear feet (93 flat folders, 6 boxes, 1 flatbox, 1 oversized box, 1 tube)
- Call number
- MC 00370
- Access to materials
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request.
The Brian Shawcroft Papers, 1958-2017, contain drawings and other materials documenting the professional activities of modernist architect Brian Shawcroft and associated architecture firms Holloway-Reeves; MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Thames; Environmental Planning Associates; Shawcroft-Taylor; and McKimmon Edwards Shawcroft Associates. The collection is arranged into five series: drawings, professional files, photographic materials, project records, and slides. Drawings include original drawings, reproductions, and CAD printouts of process (or design) drawings and construction documents such as site plans, additions, alterations, and remodeling plans. Professional files include a list of completed projects, reproductions of photographs of projects, and supplemental materials to projects, Shawcroft’s curriculum vitae, and awards. Photographic materials include black-and-white and color prints and photographs of projects. Most photographs were taken by Shawcroft.
Brian Shawcroft, born in England in 1929, is a modernist architect. Shawcroft studied architecture at the South West Essex Technical College and School of Art in London from 1949 to 1953. In 1960, he received a Masters in Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following this, he served as an associate professor and lecturer in architecture at the North Carolina State College's School of Design from 1960 to 1968. Shawcroft began practicing architecture professionally in 1954 and worked with various firms throughout his career. He is recognized for designing much of the modernist home inventory in the Research Triangle region from the 1970s to the late 1990s. In 1991 he was awarded the annual Henry Kamphoefner Prize by the American Institute of Architects-North Carolina Chapter for demonstrated excellence in the Modern Movement of architecture. He died in 2017.
Biographical/historical note
Brian Shawcroft, born in England in 1929, is a modernist architect. Shawcroft studied architecture at the South West Essex Technical College and School of Art in London from 1949 to 1953. In 1960, he received a Masters in Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Following this, he served as an associate professor and lecturer in architecture at the North Carolina State College's School of Design from 1960 to 1968. Shawcroft began practicing architecture professionally in 1954 and worked in various firms throughout his career. He served as a designer at Slater, Uren and Pike Architects in London and at Page & Steele, Architects in Toronto in the 1950s. Shawcroft served as the consulting architect for design to the firm Holloway-Reeves, Architects in 1961, as a partner with the firms MacMillian, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Thames (1968-1970), Environmental Planning Associates (1971 to 1978), and Shawcroft-Taylor 1978-1988). He also worked on commissions independently under Brian Shawcroft, Architect. Many completed projects are located in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill).
Shawcroft is recognized for designing much of the modernist home inventory in the Triangle region from the 1970s to the late 1990s. In 1991 he was awarded the annual Henry Kamphoefner Prize by the American Institute of Architects-North Carolina Chapter for demonstrated excellence in the Modern Movement of architecture. He is recognized for skills in figure drawing and photography. He funds the Shawcroft Prize at the North Carolina State University College of Design, awarded annually to an architecture student for superior hand drawing skills. He died in 2017.
Scope/content
The Brian Shawcroft Papers, 1958-2017, contain drawings and other materials documenting the professional activities of modernist architect Brian Shawcroft and associated architecture firms Holloway-Reeves; MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Thames; Environmental Planning Associates; Shawcroft-Taylor; and McKimmon Edwards Shawcroft Associates. The collection is arranged into five series: drawings, professional files, photographic materials, project records, and slides. Drawings include original drawings, reproductions, and CAD printouts of process (or design) drawings and construction documents such as site plans, additions, alterations, and remodeling plans. Professional files include a list of completed projects, reproductions of photographs of projects, and supplemental materials to projects, Shawcroft’s curriculum vitae, and awards. Photographic materials include black-and-white and color prints and photographs of projects. Most photographs were taken by Shawcroft.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into five series:
- Drawings
- Professional files
- Photographic materials
- Project records
- Slides
Use of these materials
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Brian Shawcroft Papers, MC 00370,
Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Related material
Source of acquisition
Gift of Brian Shawcroft, 2010-2017 (Accession nos. 2010.0082, 2010.0140, 2013.0032, 2013.0188, 2014.0014, 2014.0062, 2014.0073, 2014.0135, 2014.0213, 2015.0065, 2015.0245, 2015.0294, 2016.0005, 2016.0022, 2016.0334, 2016.0339, 2017.0017, 2017.0118, 2017.0156).
Processing information
Processed by Jay Chang; machine-readable finding aid created by Jay Chang, May 2011. Addition to the collection processed by Todd Kosmerick, 2013 February; finding aid updated by Todd Kosmerick, 2013 February; finding aid updated by Gwynn Thayer, 2013 September; finding aid updated by Jacque Dinnes, 2016 May; finding aid updated by Gwynn Thayer, 2016 December and 2017 June; finding aid updated by Hannah Chapman, 2021 February.
Sponsor
This collection was processed with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program.
The collection is organized into five principal series:
Drawings 1962-2017 (MC00370 Series 1)
This series contains reproductions, CAD printouts, sketches, and other professional drawings of projects undertaken by Shawcroft and his firms. Projects are of residences and civic, commercial, and other buildings such as hospitals, schools, universities and colleges, and a church. The drawings consist of process (or design) drawings and construction documents, such as site plans, additions, alterations, and remodeling plans. Most of the projects are located in the Triangle region of North Carolina, Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. Other project locations include other cities in North Carolina. Two projects are located in New York. Many reproductions contain original markings and sketches.
Shawcroft and various firms served as the architects for these projects. Architect and firm names include Brian Shawcroft, Architect; MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft and Thames, Architects; Environmental Planning Associates; and Shawcroft-Taylor Architects. In addition, several projects drawings are of the firm Holloway-Reeves, Architects with Shawcroft listed as the consulting architect. The drawings in this series range from 1962 to 2017. Some drawings are undated.
AIA Headquarters Competition, Raleigh undated
Air Structures American Technologies 1993
Anderson Drive office building 1978
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects (Creator)
Anderson Plaza Office Center 1977
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Avery Upchurch Municpal Complex Municipal Parking Deck canopy for upper deck (1 of 2)
2003
Avery Upchurch Municpal Complex Municipal Parking Deck canopy for upper deck (2 of 2)
2003
Avis Rent A Car facility 1984
Access to physical material and digital files not available online may be provided
for use in the SCRC Reading Room after staff review.
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Black residence 1988
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Blue Ridge Road Group 1983-1984
Access to physical material and digital files not available online may be provided
for use in the SCRC Reading Room after staff review.
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Braun residence undated
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Browder residence (1 of 2) 2000
Browder residence (2 of 2) 2000
Carolina Power & Light Company: Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Southport plant facilities study
1977
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
BTI Performing Arts Center: Kennedy Theatre 2000
BTI Performing Arts Center: Kennedy Theatre 2001
BTI Performing Arts Center: Kitchen 2005
Cafe Deja Vu 1972
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Cain (Doug & Linda) residence
1996
Cape Fear Office Building: Number 1 1979
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Cape Fear Office Building: Number 2 1979
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Carolina Power & Light Company: F.H. Lee Steam Electric Plant plant facilities study
1977
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Carolina Power & Light Company: L.V. Sutton Steam Electric Plant plant facilities study
1977
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Carolina Power & Light Company: Roxboro Steam Electric Plant plant facilities study
1977
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Cataloochee Ski Slope Incorporated 1968
Shawcroft, Brian, 1929-2017; Holloway-Reeves & Associates (Firm)
Chapel of the Nameless Woman women's prison undated
Colony Professional Center, Milbrook Road 1978
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects; Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Community Housing Apartments of Metroking 1992
Shawcroft Associates, Architects; Charlotte (N.C.)
Community Housing Group Home 1991
Shawcroft Associates, Architects; Durham (N.C.)
Competition for Building in Tehran, Iran, New Benetton Building Site B undated
Competition for Addition to the National Gallery, London undated
Correctional Center Franklin County 1973
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Cumberland County Community College, Paul Thompson Library undated
MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Thames, Architects
Cumberland County Community Correctional Center 1968
MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Thames, Architects
Department of Architecture and Building: South West Essex Technical College and School of Art: A Loggia in a XVth Century Italian Garden 1950 (2014.0014)
Department of Architecture and Building: South West Essex Technical College and School of Art: An Ornamental Park 1949
Department of Architecture and Building: South West Essex Technical College and School of Art: Perspective, A Private Club undated
Dubai Tower Competition undated
East Carolina College: Science building 1965
East Wake High School 1988
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
East Wake High School: Administrative building undated
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
East Wake Middle School 1987-1990
Shawcroft Associates, Architects
East Wake Middle School (1 of 2) 1990
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
East Wake Middle School (2 of 2) 1990
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Edward Best Middle School 1982, 1986
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Epsom School: Lunchroom 1973
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Espoo Competition, Helsinki, Finland 1966
Exide Electronics corporate office building 1982-1983
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Fayetteville State University: Rudolph Jones Student Center
undated
MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Thames, Architects
Fidelity building 1973
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Finkel residence 1990
Shawcroft Associates, Architects
Finkel (Alan) residence
1979
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
First-Citizens Bank and Trust Company 1974
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Fountain residence 2005-2008
Fountain residence 2005
Raleigh (N.C.)
Franklin County offices 1974
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Frog & Nightgown Inc. jazz club (1 of 2)
1971
Frog & Nightgown Inc. jazz club (2 of 2)
1971
Fulton residence 1974-1990
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Fulton-Puckett residence
undated
Fulton-Puckett residence
2006-2007
Goldsand Elementary School & Youngsville Elementary School: Typical classroom section undated
Green (Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Jr.) residence: Additions
1971
Green residence 1974
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Gruer-Shawcroft residence
2001
Gruer-Shawcroft residence 2002
Haakenson residence 1983
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Harter (Robert L.) residence
1964-1968
Haughton residence: Additions 1973
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Henderson Institute Junior High School: Lunchroom Addition 1973
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 1973
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 1974
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Hopfenberg (Mr. & Mrs. H.B.) residence
1970
Howard residence: Alterations and additions 1984
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Jones (Mr. & Mrs. Charles H.) residence
1973
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Watkins (Julia) residence 1966
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium: Kennedy Black Box Theatre
2000
King residence: Additions 1990
McKimmon, Edwards, & Shawcroft
Kuehn (Jim & Molly) residence: Additions
1995-1996
Kuehn (Jim & Molly) residence: Additions
1996
Leather 'N' Wood LTD 1972
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Meadows (Lin & Elaine) residence (2 of 2)
1993-1996
Meadows (Lin & Elaine) residence (1 of 2)
1994-1996
Loft Lane Associates office building 1980
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Mahoney (Mr. & Mrs. C.J.) residence
1971
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Martin (Leroy) residence (1 of 2)
1964
Martin (Leroy) residence (2 of 2)
1964
McMichael residence 1979
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
McVay residence 1982
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Meadows residence undated
Medi-Dent Inc. medical building 1972
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Mental Health Association in North Carolina: Apartments 2
1995
Cumberland County (N.C.)
Mental Health Association in North Carolina: Randolph County Group Home
1994
Merton Group medical building
1972-1978
MIT Graduate Thesis, A Court House for Metropolitan Toronto undated
Mobile, Alabama County-City Building Design Competition undated
Moore (Dr. & Mrs. Frank H.) residence
1976
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Morgan residence: Additions
1991
Shawcroft Associates, Architects
National Guard Armory High Point undated
MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Thames, Architects
New Hope Road Number Five Crossbar
1968
North Carolina Automotive Dealers Association 1978, 1997-1998
Access to physical material and digital files not available online may be provided
for use in the SCRC Reading Room after staff review.
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
North Carolina Department of Justice: North Carolina Justice Academy
1975-1977
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
One Park Center 1982
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Paar residence 1991
Shawcroft Associates, Architects
Paho Headquarters, Washington D.C. 1961
Paw Paw Patch Phase One
1973
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Pier 3 Imports 1971
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Preston residence: Renovations 1973
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Proctor (Dr. and Mrs. Charles) residence: Additions
1971
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Raleigh-Durham International Airport tollbooth plaza
1986
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Raleigh Little Theatre
1997-2000
Raleigh Little Theatre
1997-2001
Raleigh Little Theatre: Addition 1998
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Raleigh Little Theatre: Ampitheatre improvements 1998
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Raleigh Raquet Club, Inc. indoor tennis facility addition
1987-1988
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Raleigh-Durham International Airport: Multipurpose Building Four/Airport Mail Facility
undated
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Raleigh-Durham International Airport: Piedmont/U.S. Air Operations, Terminal 'A' Extension
1989
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Reproductive Consultants PA 1997-1998
Access to physical material and digital files not available online may be provided
for use in the SCRC Reading Room after staff review.
Rich residence. Addition 1998
Raleigh (N.C.)
Fayetteville State University: Rudolph Jones Student Center
1968-1974
MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Associate
Fayetteville State University: Rudolph Jones Student Center addition
undated
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Salvation Army Center undated
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Salvation Army Center 1979
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Seanor residence (1 of 2) 1965
Seanor residence (2 of 2) 1965
Shawcroft (Brian and Anne) residence
1975
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company 1975
Shawcroft, Brian, 1929-2017; Holloway-Reeves & Associates (Firm)
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company: SOCG Building 1974
Shawcroft, Brian, 1929-2017; Holloway-Reeves & Associates (Firm)
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company: District Headquarters Raleigh
1974-1975
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Stack (Mr. & Mrs. Morehead) residence
undated
Stack (Mr. & Mrs. Morehead) residence
1969-1971
MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Associate; Shawcroft, Brian, 1929-2017
Stevens (Mr. and Mrs. Ike B. Jr.) office building
1973
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Stevenson two duplex units: Lots 3, 4, 5, Block 8
1980
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Tartan One Building
1981
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Triangle Medical & Surgical Association Medical Center (1 of 2)
1994-1995
Triangle Medical & Surgical Association Medical Center (2 of 2)
1994-1995
Tucker residence: Renovations 2007
Unidentified project undated
General note
Reproductions
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: Davie Hall addition 1965
Shawcroft, Brian, 1929-2017; Holloway-Reeves & Associates (Firm)
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: School of Dentistry addition 1966
Shawcroft, Brian, 1929-2017; Holloway-Reeves & Associates (Firm)
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: School of Medicine, Burnett Womack Clinical Science Laboratory
1968
Shawcroft, Brian, 1929-2017; Holloway-Reeves & Associates (Firm)
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: Elizabeth Scott Carrington School of Nursing 1965
Shawcroft, Brian, 1929-2017; Holloway-Reeves & Associates (Firm)
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: School of Medicine, Burnett Womack Clinical Science Laboratory & office building
1968
University of North Carolina Greensboro: Life Sciences building (1 of 2)
undated
Shawcroft, Brian, 1929-2017; Holloway-Reeves & Associates (Firm)
University of North Carolina Greensboro: Life Sciences building (2 of 2)
undated
Shawcroft, Brian, 1929-2017; Holloway-Reeves & Associates (Firm)
Visocki-Selton residence: Addition 1989
Wake Forest Plaza 1980
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects
Wake Surgical Consultants Inc. 1976
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Wardropper residence additions & remodeling 1991
Shawcroft Associates, Architects
Watkins (Julia) residence 1967
Watts residence addition and remodeling 1989
McKimmon, Edwards, & Shawcroft
West Raleigh Professional Center 1976
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Winnipeg City Hall- Competition undated
White Plains United Methodist Church 1976
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Wine Art Inc.
1972
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Wolfheimer (Mr. and Mrs. A.D.) residence addition
1976
Environmental Planning Associates (Firm)
Work (Robert W.) House
1966
Work residence: Street elevation to the North West
undated
Chapel Hill (N.C.)
Photographs: Schools, Office Buildings, etc. (Accession 2013.0188)
Presentation drawings and materials (2014.0014)
Special Competition 1961 (2014.0073)
White Plains United Methodist Church drawing, Triangle Medical Center Photograph, Triangle Medical Center drawing 1977-1995 (2015.0065)
Fulton-Puckett Residence; Kuehn Residence; Meadows-Sanford; Paschal House; Fountain Residence/Fadum Addition (Drawings/plans) 1996-2007 (2015.0245)
Kuehn Residence; Wintergreen Ski Lodge; Fountain Residence/Fadum Addition 2009 (2015.0245)
Powell Residence, Wellons Residence, Mulvany Residence, Gruer/Shawcroft Residence, Preston Residence, additional drawings and residences 1950-2017 (2015.0245; 2017.0017; 2017.0118; 2017.0156)
Assorted Drawings, Certificates, and Awards 2003-2010 (2015.0254)
Awards and Life Drawings 1981-1991 (2015.0254)
Project Drawings/Sketches 1978-1993 (2017.0017)
Drawings and Sketches 1949-1997 (2017.0017)
2723 Avent Ferry Road 1998 (2018.0200)
Fountain Residence and Keuhn Residence undated, 2004-2005 (2018.0200)
Fulton-Puckett Residence 2007 (2018.0200)
East Wake Middle School; Triangle Medical & Surgical Associates building and site plans undated, 1994 (2018.0200)
Yale Mathematics Building Competition undated (2018.0200)
Frog & Nightgown Inc, The Village Subway 1971 (2018.0318)
Professional files 1960-2018 (MC00370 Series 2)
This series contain files related to the professional achievements of Shawcroft and associated firms Holloway-Reeves; MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Thames; Environmental Planning Associates; Shawcroft-Taylor; and McKimmon Edwards Shawcroft Associates. Included is a list of completed projects, reproductions of photographs of projects, and supplemental materials to projects. Projects are of residences and civic, commercial, and other buildings. Also included is Shawcroft’s curriculum vitae and awards. Dates range circa 1960 to 2018.
List of buildings undated
Photographic Printout Reproductions: residences
1961-2007
Holloway-Reeves 1962-1971
MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Thames circa 1970-1971
Enviromental Planning Associates 1971-1979
Brian Shawcroft, Architect
1971-2003
Shawcroft-Taylor 1977-2000
Job Summary information for Architecture Projects (1 of 4) 1983-1988 (2015.0245)
Index. 1988 Projects: Phase 2-Gold Sand Elementary School. 1986 Projects: RDU Airport Multipurpose Building No.4 and Mail Facility; Raleigh Racquet Club Indoor Tennis Facility; Gold Sand Elementary School Phase 1; Youngsville Elementary School; RDU Airport Piedmont Airlines Presidential Suite. 1985 Projects: RDU Airport Terminal "A" Extention. 1984 Projects: Apex Phase 3; Howard Residence; N.C. Auto Dealers Association Fitup; RDU Airport Avis Rent A Car Facility; Franklin Elementary Additions and Renovation. 1983 Projects: Blue Ridge Road Group Building; E.E. Toney Rest Home Additions; Northwestern Bank Renovation; West Raleigh Professional Center Alterations; Haakenson Residence.
Job Summary information for Architecture Projects (2 of 4) 1978-1982
1982 Projects: RDU Terminal "B" Renovation; Edward Best Middle School Addition; Exide Electronics; Resurrection Lutheran Church. 1981 Projects: McVay Residence; Federal Express Corp. Modifications; One Park Center; Tartan Building One; Apex Middle School; Two Park Center. 1980 Projects: Loft Lane Office Building; Stevenson Duplex. 1979 Projects: Pamlico Office Building; RDU Airport Multi-Purpose Building 3; Wake Forest Plaza; Finkel Residence; RTP Office Building 1 and 2; McMichael Residence; IBM Data Processing Sales. 1978 Projects: NC Automobile Dealers Association; Apex Middle School Media Center; Justice Academy Roofs Phase 2; Salvation Army Center; Tower Animal Hospital; Franklin City Schools Renovation and Addition; 200 Man Armory at Wentworth.
Job Summary information for Architecture Projects (3 of 4) 1974-1977
1977 Projects: Highwoods Leatherwood Building; Franklin County Schools Vocational Shops; Morton Medical Office Building; Tri-County Animal Hospital; Highwoods Ironwood Building; ABC Store Additions; NCJA Replacement Roof; Colony Professional; NC National Guard OMS; Franklin County School Buildings Replacement Windows; Anderson Plaza. 1976 Projects: Toilet Renovations for 5 Franklin County School Buildings; Petterson Residence; West Raleigh Professional Center. 1975 Projects: Oakwood-Mordecai Meeting House Phase 2; Onslow County Courthouse; Dr. and Mrs. Frank H. Moore Residence; Louisburg Elementary School Multi-Purpose Building. 1974 Projects: 300 Man Armory NC National Guard; St. Paul's United Presbyterian Church Addition; White Plains United Methodist Church; Franklin City Schools Renovation; NC Justice Academy; Southern Bell Telephone Area Headquarters; Offices for Franklin County; Brantley and Son Drug Store Renovation; Green Residence Renovation; Jacksonville City Hall Additions and Alterations; Swansboro Jr. High School; Southwest Junior/Senior High School; Bunn School Media Center and Classroom Addition; Residence for Charles and Marilyn Fulton; Rudolph Jones Student Center Addition.
Job Summary information for Architecture Projects (4 of 4) 1970-1973
1973 Projects: 150 Man NC National Guard Armory; First Citizen's Bank and Trust Company - Northside Branch; Franklin County Communtiy Correctional Center; Fidelity Building; Epsom School Cafeteria Addition; Jones Residence; Sellars Residence; Richlands High School Gymnasium; Fire Station and Municipal Building Renovations. 1972 Projects: Henderson Institute Gymnasium and Lunchroom Addition; Vance County Senior High School Addition Phase 4; Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church; Franklin County Memorial Hospital Additions and Alterations; Mr. and Mrs. Ike B. Stevens, Jr. Office Building; Type "C" Plus National Guard Armory. 1971 Projects: Medi-Dent Associates, Inc. Medical Building. 1970 Projects: New Richlands High School Phase 2; Vance County Sr. High School Phase 3; Franklin County Science Classroom Additions; Residence for Lots 46 and 47 - Lake Anne; Oakwood-Mordecai Community House.
Architecture articles 1967, 1991 (2015.0294)
Shawcroft-Taylor, Architects undated (2015.0294)
An Office Building System: A Development Team of Architect, Engineer & Contractor 1979 (2015.0294)
Brian Shawcroft Master in Architecture degree, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1960 (2015.0294)
Correspondence and related materials (1 of 2) 1964-2015 (2016.0005)
Correspondence and related materials (2 of 2) 1954-2015
Building Skeletons: Student Publication of the School of Design. Vol. 17, no. 1 1967 (2015.0294)
Photography for Designers 1970 (2015.0294)
50 Years of Houses: Brian Shawcroft AIA 2011 (2015.0294)
Architectural competitions 1960-1991 (2016.0339)
Articles on Shawcroft's work 1959-1982 (2017.0017)
Drawings and buildings lists, caricature of Shawcroft 1973-1982 (2017.0017)
Kamphoefner Prize 1991 (2017.0017)
Residential Design - general information and list 2010 (2017.0017)
M. A. Thesis, A Court House for Metropolitan Toronto Including Adjacent Development by Brian Shawcroft 1960 (2017.0017)
Rhythm in Architecture by Brian Shawcroft 1960 (2017.0017)
Correspondence - MIT 1959-1960
Brochure of Brian Shawcroft photographs, "Architectural Abstractions and Observations" 1967
Architectural Firm Brochures undated
Assorted articles 1961-2007
Correspondence between architects 1960-2011 (2018.0200)
Eduardo Catalano letters and symposium program 1991-2007, 2017 (2018.0200)
Press Clippings (1 of 2) 1961-2001 (2018.0200)
Press Clippings (2 of 2) 1998-2018 (2018.0200)
Awards 1990-2010 (2018.0200)
Photographic materials 1958-2007 (MC00370 Series 3)
This series contains black and white photographs and color slides of completed projects of Shawcroft and associated firms: Holloway-Reeves; MacMillan, MacMillan, Shawcroft & Thames; Environmental Planning Associates; and Shawcroft-Taylor. Projects are of residences and civic, commercial, and other buildings. Most photographs were shot by Shawcroft; many are undated. Dates of the slides range circa 1970 to 2001.
Photographs of architectural projects
1971-2007
Buildings: Anderson Plaza Office Building and Anderson Plaza West Office Building (both Raleigh, NC) 1978, 1980 (Accession 2013.0032)
Buildings: Apex Middle School (Apex, NC) and Burnett-Womack Clinical Science Lab at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1971, 1981-1986 (Accession 2013.0032)
Buildings: Elizabeth Scott Carrington Hall at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Raleigh Little Theatre 1989, 2000, and undated (Accession 2013.0032)
Buildings: Fidelity Office Building (Raleigh, NC) and Cold Sand Elementary School (Franklin Co., NC) 1974, 1988 (Accession 2013.0032)
Buildings: Franklin County Correctional Center (Louisburg, NC) and North Carolina Justice Academy (Salemburg, NC) 1975-1976 (Accession 2013.0032)
Buildings: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (Raleigh, NC) and North Carolina National Guard Armories (Louisburg and High Point, NC) undated (Accession 2013.0032)
Buildings: Howell Science Complex at East Carolina University (Greenville, NC) and East Wake Middle School (Wake Co., NC) 1969, 1989 (Accession 2013.0032)
Buildings: Kennedy Theatre (Raleigh, NC) , White Plains United Methodist Church (Cary, NC), Youngsville Elementary School (Franklin Co., NC), and Triangle Medical Associates Building (Cary, NC) 1978, 1988, 1996, 2001 (Accession 2013.0032)
Buildings: Oakwood-Mordecai Meeting House Moving (Raleigh, NC), Onslow County Courthouse (Jacksonville, NC), and One / Two Park Center (Research Triangle Park, NC) 1975, 1980-1982, and undated (Accession 2013.0032)
Buildings: Paul Thompson Library (Fayetteville, NC) and Rudolph Jones Student Center at Fayetteville State University undated (Accession 2013.0032)
Buildings: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Brauer Building and Davie Hall Addition 1967-1968 (Accession 2013.0032)
Competitions 1958-2005 (Accession 2013.0032)
Photographs: schools, office buildings, Raleigh Little Theatre, etc. (Accession 2013.0188)
Chapel Women's Prison - Raleigh 1962
Clinical Sciences Laboratory UNC 1974
Colony Professional Center, Raleigh 1978
Davie Hall - UNC Chapel Hill 1967
Dentistry - UNC Chapel Hill 1970
East Wake Middle School 1986
East Carolina Science Building 1970
Fidelity Building, Raleigh 1974
First Citizen's Bank, Raleigh 1972
Franklin County Jail, Louisburg 1975
Frog & Nightgown, Raleigh 1971
Gold Sand Elementary [Undated]
Highwoods - Ironwood & Leatherwood, Raleigh 1980
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox, Raleigh 1974
NC Justice Academy, Salemburg [Undated]
Kennedy Theater, Raleigh 2001
Loft Lane Office, Raleigh 1986
NC National Guard Armories [Undated]
Nursing School - UNC Chapel Hill 1967
Oakwood/Mordecai, Raleigh 1974
Olivia Raney Building, Raleigh 1986
Onslow County Courthouse 1977
Paul Thompson Library, Fayetteville 1971
Raleigh Little Theater 2000
Rudolph Jones Student Center, Fayetteville 1971
Salvation Army HQ, Raleigh 1980
Tartan III Office, Cary 1981
Triangle Medical Center, Cary 1995
Two Park Center, Research Triangle 1990
Wake Forest Plaza, Raleigh 1986
White Plains Church, Raleigh 1977
Youngsville Elementary 1987
Browder, Rocky Mount 1999
Fulton, Puckett Linville Falls 2007
Gruer/Shawcroft, Raleigh 2003
Watkins, Chapel Hill 1965
Photographs, artistic - contact sheets (2014.0073)
Photographs, digital files, 3 disks (2014.0135)
Photographs of buildings designed by Shawcroft 1995-2011 (2016.0334)
Fifty 50 Photographs by Brian Shawcroft and artist's statement 2004
Assorted Photographs of Toronto Buildings and Interiors undated
Photograph of Paolo Soleri undated
Photographs of Harwell Hamilton Harris and HHH Office undated
Photographs of Harwell Hamilton Harris' St. Giles Presbyterian Church (Oak Park, Raleigh, NC) undated
1509 Pinview St. Raleigh, NC 1976-1979
Photographs - NCSU School of Design 1964-1997
Photographs - Residences 1975-2007
Photographs - Residences 1975-2007
Photographs - University Buildings, Etc. undated
Photographs - Residences 1961-1971
Brian Shawcroft Renderings, Drawings, Buildings undated
Photographs - Public Buildings undated
Photographs - Office Buildings undated
Photographs - Churches undated
Architectural Competitions Entered 1957-1961
Figure Drawings and People 1966-1995
Residences Plans and Sections 1961-2006
Drawings, Interiors, Etc. 1950-1958
Photographs - School Buildings undated
Photographs: Apex Middle School, tennis court, North Carolina Justice academy, other buildings undated (2018.0200)
Davie Hall--UNC-Chapel Hill approximately 1967 (2018.0200)
Photograph taken by Brian Shawcroft
Project records 1988-1993 (MC00370 Series 4)
Project Records: RDU, North Carolina Justice Academy; Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and School Feasibility Study; Assorted schools 1988-1993 (2015.0245)
Slides 1970-2008 (Accession no. 2015.0065)
Anderson Plaza, Raleigh (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Anderson Plaza West, Raleigh (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Apex II and III Shawcroft and Taylor (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Bell Telephone (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Blue Ridge - RG (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Brawders Rocky Mt. (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Cain Residence (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Clinical Science, UNC Chapel Hill (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Chapel Hill - J. Anderle (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Davie Hall, UNC Chapel Hill (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Dentistry, UNC Chapel Hill (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Drawings - Competitions (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Drawings - Life (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-1
Exide Electronics (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Fidelity Building (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Durham - DeAlessi (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
East Wake Middle School (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Edward Best Middle School (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Energy Design AIA/Research (Energy Study) (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
First Citizens, Raleigh (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Drawings - Office Buildings (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Drawings - Residences (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Loft Lane Office Center (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Franklin County Offices and Jail, Louisburg (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Franklinton Elementary (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Fulton, Raleigh (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Highland Country Club (MMSCT) (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Hoffenburg, Raleigh (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Raleigh (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Ironwood/Leatherwood (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Kaufman, Durham (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Knoerr Residence (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
King Residence 1990 (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Lake Anne, Raleigh (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-2
Martin House, Raleigh (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
Meadows Sanford 1996-1998 (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
Melbourne Rd, Raleigh (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
National Guard Armory, High Point (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
National Guard Armory, Louisburg (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
NCADA Raleigh (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
Nelson, Raleigh 1995 (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
North Carolina Justice Academy, Salemburg (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
Nursing, UNC Chapel Hill (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
Olivia Rainey Building (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
Onslow County Court, Jacksonville (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
Pamlico Building RTP (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
Paul Thompson Library FTI, Fayetteville (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-3
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Progress Center (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
RLT Amphitheater (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
RLT Gaddy Goodwin 1996 (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
RLT Theatre 1998-2001 (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
RSF residence (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Rudolph Jones Student Center, FSU, Fayetteville (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Science ECU, Greenville (Science Building - Greensboro) 1972 (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Science ECU, Greenville (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Salvation Army, Raleigh 1980-1995 (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Seanor, Chapel Hill (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Stack, Fayetteville (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Stack Residence (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Stevenson Duplexes (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
Tartan III - Cary (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-4
TM & SA - Cary Triangle Medical Center 1995-1999 (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
Tucker House, Raleigh (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
Two Park Center (and One Park Center) (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
Village Subway (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
Wake Forest Plaza (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
Wardropper, Durham (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
West Johnson St., Raleigh (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
West Raleigh Professional Center (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
White Plains United Methodist Church, Cary (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
Women's Prison Chapel (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
Work, Chapel Hill (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
Work, Raleigh (2015.0065)
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
Buildings: Schools, university, commercial, civic buildings circa 1970-2001
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-5
Residences-Brian Shawcroft, AIA
circa 1991-2008
Flat box 3, Slide box 3-6
Slides (Institutional, Churches, Commercial; Buildings, University; Buildings, Schools) (2014.0073)
Slides (Houses; Theaters, Commercial Buildings) (2014.0073)
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