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2001 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program. Date of source: December, 2001 Finding aid written in English 2005Converted to EAD 2002 2007 AprilDescription added by Linda Sellars Guide to R. M. Butler's The influence of climate and material on national domestic architecture, 1897 MC 301 North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center Contact Information: &ncsuaddr; Processed by Lois Fischer Black Date Completed December 2001 Encoded by Lois Fischer Black Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center Butler, R. M. (Rudolph Maximilian), 1872-1943. The influence of climate and material on national domestic architecture : an essay awarded the prize of the Architectural Association of Ireland 1896, 1897 MC 301 1 volume (79 leaves) Bound typescript, extensively annotated and corrected by hand, illustrated with ink sketches and two plates. The typescript comprises an essay of about 12,000 words on three factors determining architecture: prevailing climate, material available, and social or religious custom. Arguments are accompanied by references to specific buildings in Ireland, England, Europe and elsewhere. Inscription on first page "An essay by RM Butler awarded the essay Prize of the Architectural Association of Ireland, 1897." R. M. (Rudolph Maximilian) Butler (1872-1943) was editor of The Irish Builder from 1899 and a commentator on architecture in Ireland for the next thirty years. Butler was a leading church architect. He also won the competition to design the University College Dublin (now National Concert Hall) building on Earlsfort Terrace and was head of architecture in the college from 1924 to 1943. Another building in the Dublin area designed by Butler is the former Gorevans Department Store. off-site For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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R. M. Butler, The influence of climate and material on national domestic architecture, MC 301, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

R. M. (Rudolph Maximilian) Butler (1872-1943) was editor of The Irish Builder from 1899 and a commentator on architecture in Ireland for the next thirty years. Butler was a leading church architect. He also won the competition to design the University College Dublin (now National Concert Hall) building on Earlsfort Terrace and was head of architecture in the college from 1924 to 1943. Another building in the Dublin area designed by Butler is the former Gorevans Department Store.

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Bound typescript, extensively annotated and corrected by hand, illustrated with ink sketches and two plates. The typescript comprises an essay of about 12,000 words on three factors determining architecture: prevailing climate, material available, and social or religious custom. Arguments are accompanied by references to specific buildings in Ireland, England, Europe and elsewhere. Inscription on first page "An essay by RM Butler awarded the essay Prize of the Architectural Association of Ireland, 1897."

The volume has a cloth binding with the title lettered in gilt on the cover: "The influence of climate and material on national domestic architecture : an essay awarded the prize of the Architectural Association of Ireland 1896 by R.M. Butler." Place and date given at end of text are Dublin, October 12th, 1897.

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Architectural Association of Ireland. Architecture--Ireland. Detailed Description of the Collection The influence of climate and material on national domestic architecture : an essay awarded the prize of the Architectural Association of Ireland 1896, 1897