Avery Library Drawings & Archives Department has a new blog!! Welcome to the "About the Edgar A. Tafel Archive" blog!! Tania Franco, the new archivist for the Edgar A. Tafel Archives, will document the processing of the archive until its eventual publication in an online finding aid. She also intends to highlight some fascinating findings […]
V’SOSKE Rugs by Architects, Architecture in Transition
There will be an exhibition of: V'SOSKE Rugs by Architects, Architecture in Transition at the Center for Architecture, AIANY Chapter, from May 14-28, 2012. Avery Library Drawings & Archives has drawings and a large painting of Roger Ferri's design for his V'soske rug in the Roger C. Ferri archive. […]
Avery Library Summer Hours Begin Today!
Welcome summer students! Check out our hours for summer! […]
Sacred Sites Open House this weekend
The weekend of May 19-20 is the Open House for the Sacred Sites Program run by the New York Landmarks Conservancy. The Conservancy is one of the only organizations that provides funding and technical assistance to religious properties, which often are not eligible for other preservation funding. Since 1986, they have funded more than 660 […]
Avery Library Congratulates Graduates!!
Avery Library congratulates the 2012 graduates from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) and Art History and Archaeology!! Don't forget you have ALUMNI PRIVILEGES!!! Best wishes for the future!! […]
Spring Intersession Hours Start Friday May 11
Be sure to check our hours before coming to the Library! Intersession hours run from May 11 to May 20 and the Library will be operating on a reduced schedule. Please note that Avery Library will be closed for study on Monday May 14 due to the annual Display of Recent Acquisitions event. […]
Candela exhibition reviewed
The Felix Candela exhibition which closed March 31, 2012 was reviewed by Carlos Brillembourg in the Architect's Newspaper. Check out previous Avery Library Candela blog posts here and here. […]
A Growing Time
A Growing Time. It's a growing time It's the springtime of the year It's a growing time The sun is moving near It is yours and mine The days are ours to share Within our peaceful garden And this growing time so fair (Dan Folgelberg) That’s right. It’s springtime so let Avery Library inspire you […]
GSAPP faculty receive awards at the 65th SAH Annual Conference
Avery Library congratulates Columbia University GSAPP professors for winning awards presented on April 19 at the SAH conference!! Professor Andrew Scott Dolkart received the Antoinette Forrester Downing Award for outstanding publication devoted to historical issues in the preservation field for his book: The Row House Reborn, Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908-1929 The […]
Vote for Woodlawn Cemetery!!!!
Today at 11 am the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced the 40 sites competing in the Partners in Preservation program. Woodlawn Cemetery is one of them!!! Their "GET OUT THE VOTE" began today at noon and runs until the end of the voting period – midnight, May 21st. Avery Library, as the owner of […]