- Creator
- Shogren, Vernon F.
- Size
- 2 linear feet (4 boxes)
- Call number
- MC 00215
Design course at North Carolina State University. General paper topics include: professional values and goals, personal values and goals, history of the design profession, and 20th century practitioners: their values and goals. Often reflective in nature, the papers reinforce Shogren's reputation as a professor who made his students think.
This collection consists of student papers written for Professor Vernon F. Shogren. These papers were written primarily for his Conceptual Issues in Architecture and Vernon F. Shogren was born and raised in Cloquet, Minnesota. In 1950 he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Minnesota. He earned a Master of Architecture degree from the Massachussettes Institute of Technology in 1952. As a Fulbright Scholar during 1952-1953, he earned a certificate from the Technische Hogeschole, Delft, Netherlands. Afterwards Shogren returned to the United States and began teaching at the North Carolina State University School of Design. He left the school in 1955 but returned in 1961 to teach until his retirement in 1992. He distinguished himself as a challenging teacher who focused on conceptual issues. In 1964-65 and 1969-70, Shogren was named to the Academy of Outstanding Teachers, and from 1972-75 he held a Distinguished Alumni Professorship. Shogren's practice experience includes a number of years with Eero Saarinen and Associates in addition to projects such as the London and Oslo embassies and University of Chicago Law School. Professor Emeritus Shogren died on December 6, 1995.
Biographical/historical note
Vernon F. Shogren was born on April 26, 1924 in Cloquet, Minnesota. In 1950 he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Minnesota. He graduated with a Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1952. As a Fulbright Scholar during 1952-1953, he received a certificate from the Technische Hogeschole, Delft, Netherlands. Afterwards Shogren returned to the United States and began teaching at the North Carolina State College School of Design. In 1955 he left North Carolina State College but returned shortly, teaching from 1961 until his 1992 retirement. He distinguished himself in the classroom as a challenging teacher who focused on conceptual issues. In 1964-1965 and 1969-1970, Shogren was named to the Academy of Outstanding Teachers, and from 1972-1975, he held a Distinguished Alumni Professorship at North Carolina State. Shogren's practical experience included a number of years with Eero Saarinen and Associates and such projects as the London and Oslo embassies and the University of Chicago Law School. Professor Emeritus Shogren died on December 6, 1995.
Scope/content
This collection consists of student papers written for Professor Vernon F. Shogren's Conceptual Issues in Architecture and Design course at North Carolina State University. Often reflective in nature, the papers reinforce Shogren's reputation as a professor who encouraged his students to think.
Arrangement
The papers are organized in volumes which Shogren compiled and titled. The names of these volumes are: Professional Values and Goals, Volume I; Professional Values and Goals, Volume II; Personal Values and Goals; History of the Design Profession; and 20th Century Practitioners: Their Values and Goals. The student papers are individually foldered and arranged alphabetically by author, except for the last two volumes which are arranged by topic.
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], Vernon F. Shogren Papers, MC 00215,
Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Source of acquisition
Gift of Vernon F. Shogren 1992.
Processing information
Processed by Edith Woodcock, 1997 April
Encoded by Steven Mandeville-Gamble, 2006 March 14
The collection is organized into five principal series:
The Voice of the Student on: Professional Values and Goals, Volume I (MC 215 Series 01)
Asayesh, Afsaneh: "Roles in Architecture"
Atashi, Azad: "A Realistic Approach to Architectural Design"
Baker, James: "The Future of the Profession"
Barger, Jeff: "The Issue of Value in Design"
Cannon, Susan: "Integration or Disintegration"
Carter, Oliver Neal: "Architecture Professionalism and the Future"
Challenger, Tracy: "Landscape Architecture Profession"
Clarkson, Ginny: "Training or Education?"
Clearfield, Lynne: "Architectural Profession"
Cornwell, Alison: "The Role of Values in Designing"
Crossman, Cynny: "Architectural Profession"
Deal, Craig: "Alternative Possibilities in Architectural Practice"
Deutsch, Randy: "Some Observations on the Designer and His Values"
Deutsh, Randal S.: "Reading Rhetoric into Architecture"
Douglas, Tom: "Architectural Profession'
Edwards, Jennifer: "You're a Little Controversial Aren't You?"
Elbert, Steve: "Taking the Intitiative"
Fillipowicz, Diane: "Some Inconclusions"
Flannery, David: "The Profession of Architecture: What Should it Be?"
Flowers, Billy: "The American Post-Modern Idiom"
Fulks, Mark A.: "Architectural Profession"
Gamman, Roland: "Issues in Architecture"
Globus, Donna J.: "Architecture in General is Frozen Music"
Gordon, James: "The Direction of the Profession"
Graham, Jonathan B.: "Architectural Profession"
Graham, Jonathan B.: "A View of the Architect at the End of the 20th Century"
Grossman, Larry: "Advertising and Ethics"
von Hausen, Jeff: "The Role of the Architect"
Heidel, Debbie: "A Value Study of a Horse"
Hinson, James: "Issues in Architecture"
Hinson, Jim: "More or Less"
Hipp, J. Clark: "Architectural Profession"
Hudson, R. Craig: "Adding on a House"
Huelster, Kevin: "Architecture: The State of the Profession"
Hunt, Maria: "The Future of the Profession of Architecture
Jackson, Arthur F.: "Return to the After Thought"
Jessee, Chris: "The Future of the Profession"
Jimenez, Sergio Ortiz: "Form Follows Money"
Johnson, David A.: "Architecture as a Tool in the Search for Truth"
Johnson, David A.: "Architecture: A Grass Roots Approach"
The Voice of the Student on: Professional Values and Goals, Volume II (MC 215 Series 02)
Ketchum, Keith: "Values in Architecture"
Knight, J. Allen: "The Future of the Architectural Profession in the United States"
Labus, John: "New Directions"
Labus, John Michael: "Of Sky and Architecture"
McDonald, Peter: "The Architecture Profession"
McGraw, Sean M.: "An Interpretation of What is Design: (Four Views)"
McMurray, McCain: "Issues In Architecture"
Mann, Bou: "Architectural Profession"
Michaloski, Todd A.: "The Future of Architecture"
Moorefield, Michael: "Architectural Profession"
Moorefield, Michael: "Design Education"
Mueller, Amanda A.: "Values in Architecture"
Nagle, Alan S.: "A Synopsis of a Brief Conversation"
O'Boyle, Kelly: "Uniting for a Better Future in the Profession"
O'Brien, Kathleen: "A New Structure for an Old Profesion"
Odams, Steve: "The Changing Roles of the Profession"
Parke, John Michael: "Value"
Pazienza, Eppi: "The Practice of Architecture"
Pazienza, Eppi: "The Profession of Architecture, The Formative Years"
Plyler, Allison S.: "An Endangered Species"
Powers, Mary: "A Delicate Balance"
Ray, James C.: "On Making a Values Seminar Valuable"
Robison, Mark: "An Architect's Role"
St. Clair, Daniel: "Honesty in Architecture"
Sabiston, Sarah: "Values"
Schoellkopf, Rick: "The Role of the Architect"
Sen, Vickram A.: "The Architect Versus the Developer"
Shaw, Sandy: "Personal and Professional Values"
Sherrill, Larry: "Architecture"
Sifrin, Geoff: "Poor Architecture Towars a Profession of Dignity"
Staub, Dabney: "Future Trends in the Architectural Profession"
Stewart, Fredrick: "The Architect/Patron Relationship"
Taylor, John: "Natural Landscaping"
Teague, Walt: "The Master Builder of Today's Architectural Practice"
Tennyson, Brian: "Architectural Profession"
Thomas, G. Allen: "Values"
Tobin, Pamela: "Future of Architecture and Landscape Architecture"
Tullis, Robert: "Towards a Personal Architecture of Communication"
Willeboordse, Jane: "The Architect as Communicator"
Williard, Mark: "Profound Statement (Architectural Profession)"
Wineburg, Mark: "The Role of the Architect"
Witt, P.: "The Architectural Profession: Only the Sum of its Parts"
Woodall, J. C.: "Issues In Architecture"
The Voice of the Student on: Personal Values and Goals (MC 215 Series 03)
Alcorn, Wright: "Beyond Myself"
Almasy, Peter J.: "My Values and Architecture"
Beaman, Fred: "Isues of Value"
Brown, Charles: "My Personal Values, or a Letter to a Mail Order Bride"
Cofer, S. W.: "Morals and Values"
Dowlatshahi, Farid: "Architecture and Myth"
Edwards, Jennifer: "Values"
Flowers, Bill: "Personal Values"
Foley, Shelly S.: "On the Recognition of Values in Architecture"
Grimes, Jess: "Personal Values in Architecture"
Huelster, Kevin: "Statements on Values"
Hunter, Evan J: "The Dining Room, Porch, and Sandbox"
Invrill, Stephanie J.: "My Personal Values"
Irete, Frank: "Architecture, Values and Practice"
Jackson, Gregory S.: "A Question of Values"
Kane, Kevin M.: "Values in Architecture"
Kersting, Michael: "On Values"
Langdon, John: "The Personal Role of a Future Architect"
Larson, Greg: "Motives and Values"
Lewis, Richard: "Personal Values"
Linehan, Karen: "Valuable Reaction"
McKay, Jamie: "The Expression of My Personal Values Through Design and Architecture"
Murrell, Betty: "On Communication and Stimulation of Personal and Architectural Values"
Naegele, Robert: "Animals"
Painter, Wendy M.: "Personal Values and Architecture"
Parker, Quentin: "Values"
Plyler, Allison: "Values in Architecture"
Pazienza, E. L.: "A General Theory of Values"
Reinert, Jay C.: "Personal Values"
Ricker, Marcie: "My Final Thoughts"
Rogers, Henry: "Personal Values"
Rose, John: "Where I am At, and Where I am Going"
Schneider, Joseph: "Architectural Goals in Response to Moral Values"
Scwartzman, Steven S.: "Personal Values and My Architecture"
Sheenan, Michael F.: "The Future of Architecture, A Personal View"
Sifrin, Geoff: "Values, and Other Things"
Sofley, Henry: "Personal Ideals in the Field of Architecture"
Spiegel, Craig: "Personal Values"
Stallings, Dennis E.: "Values (A Personal Reflection)"
Swain, Doug: "Position Statement"
Taylor, D.: "To Measure Life as a Span of Time is to Count Sand and Never See
Taylor, John: "Personal Motives and Goals"
Tennyson, Brian: "Personal Values"
Tsappas, Giorgos: "My Personal Values"
Williams, Krista: "Discovering Values"
Wilson, Scott: "Architecture, A Personal Credence"
Zobel, Richard: "Where I've Been, Where I am, Where I am Going"
Author Unknown: "Personal History"
The Voice of the Student on: History of the Design Profession (MC 215 Series 04)
Art Nouveau: Jacqueline Johnson
A Brief History of Graphic Design: Lisa Helms
1900-1950 (American): Mike Cindric
1900-Present (Europe): Rick Best
1800-1950 (American): J.Allen Knight
1850-1940 (American): Walt Teague
1850-1890 (American): J. Malcom Hawkins
1865-1940 (American): Leslie A. Johnson
1890-1940 (American): Mark Wineburg
19th-20th Century (American): Richard F. Rinkus
19th Century American: Donna J.Globus
19th Century American: Scott Wilson
1600-1800s American: Jess Grimes
Thomas Jefferson (Late 1700s): Thomas Douglas
English (1600-1800): Peter McDonald
England (17th-18th Century): Jane Willeboordse
England (17th Century-Present): Brian Tennyson
English Landscape Designer (18th Century): John D. Taylor
English Renaissance: Clark C. Burritt
English Medieval: Terry Barrett
Renaissance Architect: Jonathan B.Graham
Middle Ages to Renaissance: David L. Francis
Middle Ages: Robert E. Nussear, Jr.
Medieval Europe: Brandon Currence
Medieval Europe: Craig Spiegel
Medieval Europe: Rob Overly
Ancient Greece: Randy S. Deutsch
Ancient Greece: Julia L. Weiner
Western Europe (500-1000 A.D.): Robert A.Hoffman
Italy (16th and 17th Century): Jeffrey L. Danford
Italian Renaissance: Hui-Min Chen
Italian Renaissance: Robert Lassiter
Italian Renaissance: David Flannery
Italian-Byzantine Age: Dian Filipowicz
France-Medieval: Ellie Torre
France-Renaissance: Sergio Oritz Jimenez
France-Renaissance: C.J. Byers
France-19th Century: Michael L. Rosenthal
Scandinavia (1880-1980): Author Unknown
Scandinavia: Billy Flowers
Ancient Egyptian: Azad Atashi
Ancient Egyptian: Steve Odams
Ancient Egyptian: Kelly O'Boyle
Japan-Post World War II: Anthony M. Greider
Japan-1945 to Present: Mark G. Robinson
Japan-(Early): Bryan Caviness
China and Japan: James D. Camp
Western Indian: Beth Boxley
East Indian: David Johnson
East Indian: Sarah Sabiston
The Voice of the Student on: 20th Century Practitioners: Their Values and Goals (MC 215 Series 05)
Aalvar Aalto: Giorgos Tsappas
Tadao Ando: Bradley G. Ensz
Arquitectonica: Jon M. Zubizarreta
Luis Barragon: Tom Robinson
Mario Botta: David B. Wilbourne
Arthur Erickson: David Johnson
Peter Eisenman: Richard Zobel
Hassan Fathy: Geoff Sifrin
Fort-Brescia & Spears: John M. Labus
Frank Lloyd Wright & Bernard Tschumi: Mark L. Malaby
Gehry, Frank & Stern, A. M.: Brandon Currence
Frank Gehry: Author Unknown
Frank Gehry: Mark S. Reyer
Frank Gehry: W. Brian Keith
Romaldo Giurgola: Dennis E. Stallings
Bruce Goff: Karen Linehan
Michael Graves: Lisa Keskinen
Michael Graves: Elizabeth Brody
Michael Graves: Author Unknown
Walter Gropius: John Langdon
Charles Gwathmey: Craig Spiegel
Helmut Jahn: Daniel St.Clair
Hugh Newell Jacobsen: Jamie McKay
Philip Johnson: Brian Tennyson
Louis I. Kahn: Krista Williams
Kisho Kurokawa: Kevin M. Kane
Le Corbusier: Kimi Julian
Adolf Loos & Arnold Schoenberg: LaRaine Papa-Jewell
FumihikoMaki: Michael Ross Kersting
Richard Meier: Shelly S. Foley
Richard Meier: Bren Ndukwu
Richard Meier: Billy Flowers
Charles Moore: Evan J. Hunter
Charles Moore: Allison S. Plyler
Charles Moore: Andrew Cruickshank
Julia Morgan: Allison S. Plyler
Reima Pietela: J. K. Muirhead
James Stewart Polshek: Author Unknown
Antoine Predock: Pamela E. Tobin
Gerrit Rietveld: Larry Sherrill
Kevin Roche: Cynny Crossman
Kevin Roche: Todd A. Michaloski
Aldo Rossi: Shelly P. Jordan
Eero Saarinen: LaRaine Papa-Jewell
Eliel Saarinen: Steven Cofer
Carlo Scarpa: Glenn Allen Thomas
Carlo Scarpa: Farid-Dowlatshahi
Paolo Soleri: Author Unknown
Robert A. M. Stern: Jonathan B. Graham
Kenzo Tange: Charles Brown
Mies van der Roche: Robert Naegele
Robert Venturi: Larry Sherrill
Robert Venturi: Amanda Mueller
Robert Venturi: Author Unknown
Robert Venturi, et.al., Learning from Las Vegas: Mark S.Reyer
Vesnin Brothers: David A. Johnson
Malcolm B. Wells: Jay C. Reinhert
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Vernon F. Shogren Papers, MC 00215,
Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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.