107 collections related to Architecture

The Peter Batchelor Papers, 1967-2010, contain correspondence, administrative papers, urban design studies, computer printouts, doctoral papers, graphic materials, and industry publications relating to Batchelor's career as a professional urban planner and his administration of the American Institute of Architects, North Carolina’s (AIANC) Urban Design Assistance Program. Also included are VHS tapes of his lectures and exhibition materials created by students documenting Batchelor's time as a professor of design and urban planning at North Carolina State University. Born in London, England, on May 22, 1934, and died on April 15, 2020, Peter Batchelor earned a Bachelor of Architecture (honors) from the University of British Columbia in 1960, Masters of Architecture and City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, and a Doctorate in City Planning from the latter institution in 1972. He taught at North Carolina State University’s School of Architecture from 1968 until 2007, when he retired as Professor Emeritus. Batchelor is also a licensed practitioner in architecture and city planning and former director of the American Institute of Architects, North Carolina (AIANC) Urban Design Assistance Program which provides interdisciplinary problem-solving teams to communities. Batchelor is a Fellow in both the American Institute of Architects and the American Institute of Certified Planners. Less

Contains videotapes (Betacam SP and other videotape formats) of Preservation North Carolina productions: Planning for Historic Preservation (1975); PNC 4 [Four North Carolina Architects], At Work and At Play, Far Fetched and Dear Bought, On the Tracks of Progress, and A Passion for Place. There are DVDs of final production for last 4 titles. Also contains blueprint drawings of El Nido (Gibbs house) in Shelby, North Carolina (1920s) and drawings and other documents related to the Caviness residence in Raleigh, North Carolina (1914-1915, 1925?) . Founded in 1939, Preservation North Carolina (PNC) is North Carolina's only private nonprofit statewide historic preservation organization. Its mission is to protect and promote buildings, landscapes and sites important to the diverse heritage of North Carolina. Less

This collection contains photocopies and digital files of architectural plans and photographs of office building/skyscraper at 333 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, North Carolina. These materials were given to North Carolina State University Libraries by the Raleigh Development Company, which holds the original documents. Architectural historians consider the office building at 333 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, North Carolina to be a classic example of mid-twentieth century modernism in the state. The building was designed in 1963 by the architectural firm Emery Roth and Sons, with assistance by local architect G. Milton Small, Jr. Construction on the building was completed in 1965 and it was originally known as the BB&T Building after its first tenant. The building's original owner was John McCarthy; the Raleigh Development Company acquired it in the years shortly after 2000. Less

This collection contains original agricultural engineering drawings of agricultural buildings that Ritchie designed for North Carolina State University. The buildings were located at the university's agricultural research farms in and around Raleigh, North Carolina. Ray M. Ritchie (1922-2004) was an agricultural engineer with twenty years of service to North Carolina Cooperative Extension. Ritchie was born in Charlotte Courthouse, Virginia, and he graduated from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech). He worked for the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service from 1949 to 1969. Afterwards he ran a consulting business that designed farm buildings across the United States. Less

Architectural drawings, 1951-1986, of buildings at Campbell College in Buies Creek, North Carolina, at North Carolina State University, and other buildings. Raymond Cecil Sawyer (1925-2018) was a modernist architect, who practiced mainly in North Carolina. After graduating from N.C. State College's School of Design, Sawyer worked with Alfred Lublin in Norfolk, Virginia, and with Owen Smith and Jim Webb before returning to Raleigh to work with Terry Waugh, becoming an associate and then partner. When Waugh returned to the faculty of the NC State University School of Design, Sawyer formed his own private practice, designing homes and other buildings. Sawyer worked on numerous projects at NC State University, including the University Theater. He also worked on projects around North Carolina, designing the Historic Bath Visitor Center and the gunboat cradle for the CSS Neuse, a Confederate ship in Kinston, North Carolina. He designed projects for Campbell University, Hillyer Memorial Christian Church, and, as a member of the North Carolina Medical Care Commission, designed hospital units throughout the state. Sawyer retired from the Medical Care Commission in 1992. Less

Richard Hall is a Raleigh architect who worked on a number of older homes (circa 1930) in North Carolina, and especially Raleigh, during his career. In doing so, he collected a number of architectural plans and project files that comprise the Richard Hall Architectural Drawings Collection. Richard Hall is a Raleigh architect who graduated from the NC State University School of Design in 1987. He was born in Middleborough, Kentucky, and moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1982. Less

The Robert Burns Architectural Drawings include nine architectural drawings by Robert Paschal Burns (1933-2005) that were transfered from the College of Design to Special Collections through the assistance of Dean Marvin Malecha. They include a set of 4 drawings of an international airport from 1957 that Burns had submitted for the 44th Paris Prize in Architecture. He won the competition and studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. To support his international travel, Burns had been awarded the Lloyd Warren Fellowship in 1957 while he was a student at North Carolina State College. The collection also includes 3 undated drawings for an apartment hotel development in Raleigh and 2 undated drawings for a Highway Island Development (these last two are likely by Burns, but his name is not on the drawings). This collection also contains slides from Burns' classes, studio and architectural travel. Professor Robert Paschal Burns (1933-2005), a native of Roxboro, North Carolina, was the head of the Architecture Department at NC State University's School of Design from 1967 to 1974 and from 1983 to 1991. He was selected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1979 and was awarded the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence in 1996. Professor Emeritus Robert Burns died in an automobile accident on October 28, 2005. Less

The Roger H. Clark Papers, 1950-2013, contains correspondence; course material from North Carolina State University and University of Virginia; American Institute of Architects committee files; research notes and materials relating to Clark's books Kinetic Architecture, Precedents in Architecture and School of Design' published reports; project files, which include reduced plans, skecthes and photographs of architecture models; and architectural drawings of residences, office buildings, academic buildings, churches, banks and other buildings, mostly in central North Carolina. Roger H. Clark (1939- ) is a practicing architect and ACSA Distiguished Professor of Architecture at North Carolina State University. Clark received a B.S. in architecture in 1963 from the University of Cincinnati and a M.Arch. in 1964 from the University of Washington. Clark taught at the University of Virginia from 1964 to 1969, and at North Carolina State University beginning in 1969. His publications include Kinetic Architecture and Precedents in Architecture. Clark practiced architecture individually and with several firms in the Raleigh-Durham area including John D. Latimer and Associates, Inc., O'Brien/Atkins Associates, PA, and Cannon Architects. Clark has chaired the Committee on Design for the American Institute of Architects, both for the national organization and the North Carolina Chapter. He has also chaired the AIANC Awards Committee. Clark is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and has received numerous professional awards and honors. Less

Collection documents Ronald Mace's work as an architect, designer, consultant, and educator, as well as an advocate for the rights of the disabled. The collection reflects work produced from 1974 to 1998, but contains only a few items dated before 1980. The records include correspondence, project reports, architectural drawings, videos, and publications. Much of the material reflects Mace's work as a consultant with BFE, Inc. Ronald L. Mace was a nationally and internationally recognized architect, product designer, and educator whose design philosophy provided a design foundation for a more usable world. He coined the term "universal design" to describe the concept of designing products and the built environment to serve the needs of people regardless of their age, ability, or status in life. Less

Records of Ross Associates, Inc., including discussions of individual plant background, history of manufacturing (including equipment and design), plant management, and standards of manufacturing; standardization of work flow, design of work flow, determination of the conditions under which each operation should take place, finances, costs; and discussion of the history of individual companies; drawings and plans for new as well as redesigned plants; electronic files on diskette both of architectural and financial data. Also found in these records are published and unpublished articles, correspondence, manuals, and the Ross Report files. The corporate letterhead of Ross Associates, Inc. reads: Ross Associates, Incorporated. Consulting Managment Engineers. Less

The Sallie Ricks Collection of North Carolina State University College of Design Flyers and Brochures contains mailers about upcoming events. Events include lecture series, exhibitions, gallery openings, and receptions. Materials range in date from 1978 to 1985. The North Carolina State University College of Design offers comprehensive study in architecture, landscape architecture, art and design, graphic design and industrial design. The College of Design admits students through a selective process that ensures a highly motivated and heterogeneous design community. The entering student body consistently ranks at the top academic achievement in the University, and its graduation rates are the highest in the institution. Less

Contained here are the specifications for the Louis R. Wilson Residence in Chapel Hill. These are one of the few building specifications for North Carolina structures during this time period and one of the few records of architect Charles Barrett. The building was the house of Louis Round Wilson, librarian and first director of the School of Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was the namesake for the Wilson Library on that campus. Charles Barrett was a builder-architect who practiced in North Carolina during the early twentieth century. In Raleigh he designed the Bishop's House of St. Mary's School and houses in the Oakwood neighborhood. He also designed prominent churches in Louisburg and the Boyd-Kerr House in Warrenton. Barrett published Colonial Southern Homes (1903) and (with Frank Thompson) Plans for Public Schoolhouses. Less

The T. C. Howard Papers on Synergetics, Inc. consist of architectural drawings and related documentation on some Synergetics, Inc. (as well as Charter Industries, Inc.) projects throughout the United States and abroad from 1952 to 1990. Among the drawings and records are plans for geodesic and other domes in North Carolina, New York, Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, Florida, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Afghanistan. The architectural drawings showcase dome engineering, such as geodesic domes, octetrusses, and Charter-Sphere Domes. Thomas C. Howard (1931- ) was the designer, architect, and engineer for Synergetics, Inc. from 1955 until 2006. In 1958 Howard graduated from North Carolina State University with a B.S. in nuclear engineering. He became a registered architect in North Carolina in 1958. Less

The Thomas W. Cooper Papers contains documentation on the Walter Noneman residence in the Bloomsbury area of Raleigh, North Carolina. Included are blueprint drawings and specficiations for the house. There is also a folder of bills and correspondence from the building contractor. Thomas Wright Cooper (1897-1957) was a Raleigh architect who practiced with several different associates. He designed in a wide range of architectural styles from the 1920s onward, including works in Colonial Revival, Neoclassical, and Modern modes. Less

The Tyson T. Ferree Drawings and Papers contains architectural drawings, correspondence, photographs, and other materials related to Tyson T. Ferree's work as an architect, primarily in High Point, North Carolina. It also contains a scrapbook of news clippings and photographs Ferree compiled to document his projects, and a log book of his projects with project numbers and locations. Files from two USB flash drives include 49 JPEGs, 11 TIFFs, and 3 PDFs. Tyson Thaddeus Ferree (1904-1948) became a principal architect in High Point, North Carolina, during the 1930s and 1940s. He designed numerous residential, commercial, religious, theater, and manufacturing buildings in High Point and surrounding communities of Thomasville, Greensboro, Archdale, Burlington, Winston-Salem, and Lexington. Ferree was a 1930 graduate of North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering. Less

The bulk of this records subgroup consists of black-and-white photographic prints that document the history of North Carolina State University’s physical campus and facilities from 1889 to the 1990s, but it also contains related color prints, negatives, contact prints, contact sheets, and slides. The images show interior and exterior views of buildings, outdoor facilities and constructed items, general campus views, views of the surrounding area, and aerial photographs. In addition, the photographs in this subgroup illustrate people, events, and activities related to the facilities and areas of campus they picture. This includes construction, renovations, beautification projects, groundbreakings, and dedication ceremonies. Some images demonstrate damage to or destruction of buildings, architectural and decorative details, and the moving of departments or items from one building to another. This subgroup also contains photographic copies of three-dimensional architectural models, architectural plans, artists renderings, sketches, floor plans, and maps In 1887, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation creating the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, a land-grant institution to provide education, research, and extension services to the state. When the College opened in 1889, it consisted of a 62-acre site with one building. As the university's enrollment grew in the following decades, more land was acquired and more facilities were constructed. As of 2007, the University’s Raleigh campus consists of the Main Campus and Centennial Campus and comprises approximately 2,100 acres of land. Its hundreds of buildings house more than eight million square feet of built space and accommodate a community of over 31,000 students and faculty. Less

The University Archives Photograph Collection, College of Design Photographs, 1930-1997, mainly includes photographs of faculty, staff, and students; general photographs of academic life within the College of Design; photographs of exhibits, displays, and specific art, architecture, landscape architecture, and industrial design projects; and a few photographs of Brooks Hall. There are also some miscellaneous photographs, publications, and other items. Between 1920 and 1948, North Carolina State University (formerly North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering) offered degrees in architecture and architectural engineering through the School of Engineering. The NC State College of Design, originally called the School of Design, was founded in 1948. At that time it included two departments: Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Since its founding, the College of Design has expanded to include departments of Graphic Design, Industrial Design, and Art and Design. The College of Design is located in Brooks Hall. Less

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. Less