Guide to the North Carolina State University, School of Architecture Records, 1948-1978, undated

Collection Number UA 110.015

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Collection Information
Abstract:

This collection includes correspondence, memoranda, and instructional materials generated by the School of Architecture, as well as records generated by the Urban Design Program.

The School of Architecture was an original component of North Carolina State University's College of Design, known at its founding in 1948 as the School of Architecture and Landscape Design. Before the Department of Architecture existed, North Carolina State College offered first a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree, and later, an Architecture degree, through the School of Engineering. In 1946, the board of trustees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina approved a School of Architecture and Landscape Design for State College in response to the post-World War II building boom. In 1948, the search committee hired Henry L. Kamphoefner, a University of Oklahoma architecture professor, to head the new school. Under Dean Kamphoefner, the Department of Architecture within the School of Design, as it soon came to be called, exerted broad influence on architectural design in North Carolina and the wider Southeast. In the 1960s, as architectural education began to focus more on urban and community design, the Department of Architecture established the Urban Design Program as a joint academic program with the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name of the Department of Architecture changed to the School of Architecture in 2000, when the School of Design became the College of Design.

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Processed by
Karen Paar, 2007
Encoded by
Steve Mandeville-Gamble, 2006
Finding aid revised by
Karen Paar, 2007

Descriptive Summary

Repository

North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center

Creator

North Carolina State University. School of Architecture.

Title

North Carolina State University, School of Architecture Records, 1948-1978, undated

Call Number

UA 110.015

Extent

2 linear feet, 4 boxes

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.

Language of Material

English

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information

Transferred from School of Architecture.
Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, School of Architecture Records, UA 110.015, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Processing Information

Encoded by Steve Mandeville-Gamble, 2006

Finding aid revised by Karen Paar, 2007

Historical Note


The School of Architecture was an original component of North Carolina State University's College of Design, known at its founding in 1948 as the School of Architecture and Landscape Design. Before the Department of Architecture existed, North Carolina State College offered a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree through the School of Engineering, beginning in the 1920-1921 school year. In 1927, Architectural Engineering became a department within the School of Engineering. This department's name changed to the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering in 1940, and it added a Bachelor of Architecture degree in the 1940-1941 school year. In 1946, the board of trustees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina approved a School of Architecture and Landscape Design for State College in response to the post-World War II building boom. In 1948, the search committee hired Henry L. Kamphoefner, a University of Oklahoma architecture professor, to head the new school. Kamphoefner brought several faculty members with him to North Carolina State College, including George Matsumoto, James Fitzgibbon, and Duncan Stuart.

Under Dean Kamphoefner, the Department of Architecture within the School of Design, as it soon came to be called, exerted broad influence on architectural design in North Carolina and the wider Southeast. Kamphoefner's push to adopt the "School of Design" name, because "Architecture is a function of design-not the other way around," reflects the broad influence he and others sought in the education of State College's architecture students. In the School of Design's early years, prominent designers and theorists, as well as architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Charles Eames, and Louis Kahn lectured at the school. The Department of Architecture received accreditation in 1950. The students soon began to win major awards, including the Prix de Rome, Paris prizes, Guggenheim fellowships, and Fulbright scholarships, and the school quickly developed an international reputation for experimentation with architectural structures.

In the 1960s, as architectural education began to focus more on urban and community design, the Department of Architecture established the Urban Design Program as a joint academic program with the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This program, founded by Peter Batchelor in 1968, educated students in urban design by drawing on the resources of both universities and provided a means for the School of Design to contribute to projects in the wider community. The Department of Architecture discontinued its Master of Urban Design degree in 1984 but continued to offer courses in this area.

The academic degrees offered by the Department of Architecture have changed over time. The department offered a five-year bachelor's degree in Architecture originally, then added a Master of Architecture degree in 1969. The department phased out the bachelor's degree in 1972 and reestablished it in 1982. The Department of Architecture changed its name to the School of Architecture in 2000, when the School of Design became the College of Design.

List of Department Heads and Program Directors

1948-1950 Matthew Nowicki, acting Department Head
1951-1956 Eduardo Catalano
1956-1967 Henry Kamphoefner, Dean / Department Head
1967-1974 Robert Burns
1974-1975 Administrative Committee
1975-1978 John Loss
1978-1979 Linda Sanders, interim Program Director
1979-1983 Martin Harms
1983-1991 Robert Burns
1991-1992 Paul Tesar
1992-1997 Christos Saccopoulos
1997-2001 Fatih A. Rifki
2001-2002 Robert Burns
2002-2007 Thomas Barrie
2007-2008 Paul Tesar

Scope and Content Note


This subgroup contains correspondence, memoranda, and instructional materials generated by the School of Architecture, as well as records from the Urban Design Program.

Organization of the Collection


This collection is arranged in three series: General Records, Instructional Materials, and Urban Design Program.

Online Catalog Terms


The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Corporate Entities

  • North Carolina State College. Dept. of Architecture.
  • North Carolina State University. Dept. of Architecture.
  • North Carolina State University. School of Architecture--History.
  • North Carolina State College. School of Design.
  • North Carolina State University. College of Design--History.

Topics

  • Architecture--Study and teaching--North Carolina.
  • City planning--Study and teaching--North Carolina.

Related Material

Detailed Description of the Collection

  • General Records, 1975-1978


    0.5 linear feet, 1 box

    This series includes materials from John Loss's term as Program Director of the Department of Architecture. These files include documents related to John Tector's service in the department; agendas, notes, and other supporting documents for faculty meetings; and memoranda.

    • John Tector documents, 1975-1978 [UA 110.015 Box 1, Folder 1]
    • Faculty Meetings, 1975-1976, undated [UA 110.015 Box 1, Folder 2]
    • Faculty Meetings, 1977 [UA 110.015 Box 1, Folder 3]
    • Faculty Meetings, 1978 [UA 110.015 Box 1, Folder 4]

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  • Instructional Materials, 1948-1969, undated


    0.5 linear feet, 1 box

    This series consists of assignments for Department of Architecture classes, arranged by course number. Some of the instructors whose design problems appear here are Horacio Caminos, Eduardo Catalano, Henry Kamphoefner, and George Matsumoto.

    • Architecture 101 and 102; Design 121, 1958-1962, undated [UA 110.015 Box 2, Folder 1]
    • Architecture 201, 1963 [UA 110.015 Box 2, Folder 2]
    • Architecture 301, 1949-1969 [UA 110.015 Box 2, Folder 3]
    • Architecture 302, 1950-1966 [UA 110.015 Box 2, Folder 4]
    • Architecture 303 and Architecture 351, 352, 353, and 354, 1948-1954, undated [UA 110.015 Box 2, Folder 5]
    • Architecture 401, 1949-1966, undated [UA 110.015 Box 2, Folder 6]
    • Architecture 402, 1950-1966, undated [UA 110.015 Box 2, Folder 7]
    • Architecture 403 and 431, 1950-1965, undated [UA 110.015 Box 2, Folder 8]
    • Architecture 501, 1952-1968, undated [UA 110.015 Box 2, Folder 9]
    • Architecture 502, 512, and 531, 1953-1966, undated [UA 110.015 Box 2, Folder 10]

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  • Urban Design Program, 1966-1974, undated


    1.0 linear feet, 2 boxes

    This series consists of materials created and collected by the Urban Design Program within the School of Design. These files include general Department of Architecture documents; a faculty grant proposal for an Urban Landscape Design project; correspondence, memoranda, and supporting documents pertaining to projects and functions of the Urban Design Program; and Urban Design curriculum information and instructional materials. This series also contains correspondence, proposals, promotional materials, reports, and supporting documents related to the UNC-NCSU Joint Committee on Urban Design for the years 1968 to 1972.

    • Department of Architecture Correspondence and Memoranda, 1966-1971, undated [UA 110.015 Box 3, Folder 1]
    • Faculty Research Project 00510, 1973-1974 [UA 110.015 Box 3, Folder 2]
    • UNC-NCSU Joint Committee on Urban Design, 1968-1969, undated [UA 110.015 Box 3, Folder 3]
    • UNC-NCSU Joint Committee on Urban Design, 1970-1972 [UA 110.015 Box 3, Folder 4]
    • Urban Design Program Correspondence and Memoranda, 1968, undated [UA 110.015 Box 3, Folder 5]
    • Urban Design Program Correspondence and Memoranda, January-July 1969 [UA 110.015 Box 3, Folder 6]
    • Urban Design Program Correspondence and Memoranda, August-September 1969 [UA 110.015 Box 3, Folder 7]
    • Urban Design Program Correspondence and Memoranda, October 1969 [UA 110.015 Box 3, Folder 8]
    • Urban Design Program Correspondence and Memoranda, November-December 1969 [UA 110.015 Box 3, Folder 9]
    • Urban Design Program Correspondence and Memoranda, January-June 1970 [UA 110.015 Box 3, Folder 10]
    • Urban Design Program Correspondence and Memoranda, July-December 1970 [UA 110.015 Box 4, Folder 1]
    • Urban Design Program Correspondence and Memoranda, January-April 1971 [UA 110.015 Box 4, Folder 2]
    • Urban Design Program Correspondence and Memoranda, May-December 1971 [UA 110.015 Box 4, Folder 3]
    • Urban Design Program Correspondence and Memoranda, 1972 [UA 110.015 Box 4, Folder 4]
    • Urban Design Program Curriculum, 1969-1973 [UA 110.015 Box 4, Folder 5]
    • Urban Design Program Instructional Materials, 1968-1970 [UA 110.015 Box 4, Folder 6]

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