[Sketch], untitled
Ink sketch with blue marker coloring on tracing paper, 12x19-3/4 inches
Ink sketch with blue marker coloring on tracing paper, 12x19-3/4 inches
Ink sketch with marker coloring on tracing paper, initialed, 18-3/4x18 inches
Black ink, colored ink and pencil drawing with marker coloring on two blue-line prints, 8-1/4x38 & 15x41-1/4 inches
Black and colored ink and pencil drawing with marker coloring on two blue-line prints, 9-1/4x38 & 9-1/2x41-1/2 inches
These materials were donated to the library by Gunnar Birkerts in 2015, at the age of 91 years. He has kept these documents in his own home-studio in the Boston area through the decades because the folders contain information which has been very valuable to him. The 139 folders in his Personal Project Files are arranged alphabetically by building name and hold the kernal of design information, which Birkerts used for publiations in books and architectural journals. In these files, researchers will view only the materials which Birkerts himself felt were significant and strategic. These include the architect's concepttual sketches and presentation drawings, journal articles, dedication programs, newspaper clippings, and photographs, many by the renowned Balthazar Korab, who was Birkerts' good friend.
Each folder is accompanied by with a brief note describing folder contents.
(Includes the project scope memo, conceptual sketches and presentation drawings (original and copies), correspondence, Chapel Maria newsletter, as well as transparencies and photographs of Gunnar Birkerts as a young architect. Some images may have been taken by David Rose Photography.)
(Contains photographs of the building model, including both exterior and interior perspectives. Some images may have been taken by David Rose Photography.)
(Includes the architect's concept statement, original conceptual sketches and design development drawings, copies of presentation drawings, and the 2005 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards submission.)