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George Matsumoto, North Carolina State College professor of architecture, circa 1958.

College of Design History- George Matsumoto

3/22/2024

This blog is part of a series of posts featuring stories and photos from NC State’s College of Design, formerly School of Design. In celebration of the College’s 75th anniversary, the Special…

The Nowicki Curriculum Tree, 1949, created by faculty member Matthew Nowicki.

College of Design History– 75 Years of Design Curriculum

3/18/2024

This blog is part of a series of posts featuring stories and photos from NC State’s College of Design, formerly School of Design. In celebration of the College’s 75th anniversary, the Special…

Color Wall (1972) by Professor Joe Cox located in the D.H. Hill Jr. Library.

College of Design History- A tour of the COD around campus

3/13/2024

This blog is part of a series of posts featuring stories and photos from NC State’s College of Design, formerly School of Design. In celebration of the College’s 75th anniversary, the Special…

Group looking at model for Engineers Fair venue, Dorton Arena, 1950

Identifying People from the Past: the Dorton Arena Model

5/9/2023

Calling all students, faculty, staff and beyond! We are seeking your assistance in identifying individuals in a photograph from the University Archives. This photograph (depicted above) shows…

Carolina Telegraph & Telephone Company, Dial & Toll Office (Whiteville, NC), 1951 blueprint

New Collection Guide for the D.J. Rose and Son Architectural Drawings and Project Files Now Available

8/15/2022

This blog post contributed by Shima Hosseininasab. NC State University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that the collection guide for the D.J. Rose and Son…

Mapping Visualization of Architectural Collections

A Mapping Visualization of Architecture Collections at the Special Collections Research Center

11/22/2021

This post contributed by Shima Hosseininasab The Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries collects, preserves, and builds unique architecture and design collections that…

Screenshot from "Modern Raleigh: An Architecture Exhibit"

Hey architecture lovers—the Libraries has a walking tour and VR exhibit for you!

5/4/2021

Since its founding in 1948, the College of Design has boasted a faculty of world-class architects who brought Modernist and Bauhaus principles to NC State—and to Raleigh neighborhoods, too. The NC…

The North Carolina native’s work regularly appeared in national and international venues

Libraries receives archive of photographer John M. Hall (‘75)

1/28/2021

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Yale University Art Gallery to the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, whether working in Paris or Milan or London, John M. Hall, born on a farm in rural NC,…

Patrick Deaton and Danelle Gambrell (left) meet with Jordan Moran (orange shirt) and Kelly Yates (purple jacket) and other team members in June

The unique partnership behind the Hill Library renovation

9/8/2020

Although the fall semester has been full of challenges, students and faculty have offered a universal expression of excitement about the newly renovated Hill Library. New spaces like the Academic…

Pictured from left to right are School of Design Dean (1948-1972) Henry Kamphoefner, Brian Shawcroft, Charles H. Kahn, Joseph N. Boaz, and an unidentified student

Modern Raleigh: An Architecture Exhibit Now Live

8/17/2020

At the beginning of the summer I created a Mid Century Architecture walking tour that focused on the work of architects connected to the College of Design.  Then, using the NC State…