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architectural drawings (visual works)

 Subject

Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Scope Note: Drawings of architecture and drawings for architectural projects, whether the project was executed or not. The term may also refer to any image in a two-dimensional medium that serves this same purpose, including prints and computer images.

Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:

Lawrence W. Speck collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPECK
Abstract

Lawrence W. Speck Associates was founded in January 1980. In 1988, Speck entered into a partnership with Page Southerland Page, later merging his practice with Page in order to concentrate on his duties as Dean of The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. The collection includes correspondence, specifications, job files, drawings, photographs, financial documents, presentation materials that document Speck’s career as an architect and as Dean of the School of Architecture.

Dates: 1977-1996

Louisiana Architectural collection

 Collection
Identifier: LAAC
Abstract

The Louisiana Architectural collection is a grouping of individual project records of Louisiana properties. Records were acquired over time from various sources, each with their own provenance.

Dates: 2001

Lucy Shoe Meritt collection

 Collection
Identifier: LSM
Abstract

Lucy T. Shoe Meritt began her career as a student, teacher, and scholar of classical archaeology and architecture in 1915. The collection consists of documents reflecting her many publications (at different stages of publication), drawings separate from publications, correspondence, personal papers, photographic material (including slides) separate from publications, oral history audiocassettes, and miscellaneous other material.

Dates: 1929-1970; 1995-1997
Francis S. Peabody residence
Francis S. Peabody residence

Marshall and Fox records

 Collection
Identifier: MF
Abstract Marshall and Fox was a Chicago architectural firm (1905-1926), best known for luxury apartment buildings and hotels. After Charles Eli Fox's death in 1926, Benjamin Marshall continued to practice alone until the 1930s. The collection is comprised of drawings, contract ledgers, account books, photographs, project files, specifications, correspondence, plat books and a scrapbook documenting the work of the Chicago architectural firms of Benjamin Marshall, Marshall and Fox, successor firms...
Dates: 1900-1959

Max M. Sandfield collection

 Collection
Identifier: SAND
Abstract

Max M. Sandfield was an architect, sculptor, and artist, known for his mid-century modern design. Sandfield’s collection documents his career as a sculptor, architect, as well as his membership and leadership positions in the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Records include photos of Sandfield's sculpture and architecture, project records, meeting minutes, AIA committee notes, and architectural drawings.

Dates: 1936-1965

Nicholas Joseph Clayton collection

 Collection
Identifier: CLAY
Abstract

Nicholas Clayton (1839-1916) was one of the first professional architects to establish a practice in Texas and is most famous for his work in Galveston between 1873 and 1900. Drawings, sketches, and specifications a selection of projects designed by Clayton.

Dates: 1883-1901

Northwestern Military and Naval Academy: south elevation

 Digital Image
Identifier: txu-aaa-mf00454
Dates: 1926-08-19

O'Neil Ford collection

 Collection
Identifier: FORD
Abstract O'Neil Ford (1905-1982) was a prominent architect in the southwestern United States whose work also extended nationally and internationally. The collection demonstrates the origins and practice of Ford's dedication to native architectural forms and hand craft work, historic preservation, innovative design, and his tireless advocacy of education, particularly in the arts. Papers, plans, photographic prints and negatives, slides, exhibit boards, drawings, and sketches reveal the life and...
Dates: 1864-1983

Paul Philippe Cret collection

 Collection
Identifier: CRET
Abstract Philadelphia architect Paul Philippe Cret was retained by the University of Texas at Austin as a consulting architect for the development of a master plan for the campus (1930-1945). Cret was born in Lyon, France in 1876, attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1897-1903), and specialized in the design of public buildings. The collection contain drawings, floor plans, elevations, sections, details, landscape plans, diagrams and presentation renderings of Cret's work at the University of...
Dates: 1930-1957