The Avery Classics collection includes several beautiful drawing books among its holdings. Although most of these were made by architects, there are some important exceptions. This image shows a leaf from the sketchbook of the painter Giovanni Guerra (1544-1618), which has over one hundred drawings of scenes from the life of Judith. […]
Avery Acquires the John H. Yardley Collection of Architectural Letterheads
NEW YORK, April 13, 2012 – The Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library is pleased to announce the donation of the John H. Yardley Collection of Architectural Letterheads. The donation was made by Bernice Gordon in memory of her husband, Mr. John H. Yardley. Comprised of commercial stationery with illustrations of buildings in lower Manhattan, […]
Tania Franco joins Avery Drawings & Archives
We welcome Tania Franco this week to the Avery Library as the Project Archivist for the Edgar Tafel archive in the Drawings and Archives. Tania joins the Avery staff from Montreal where she earned a Master of Library and Information Studies at McGill University in 2010 as an H.W. Wilson Scholar. Her professional experience includes […]
Avery at ARLIS/NA Annual Conference
Avery staff will attend the ARLIS/NA annual conference in Toronto, Mar. 29- Apr. 2, 2012. Carole Ann Fabian, Avery Director, is the Conference Co-Chair for Programs and will also present an update on the Built Works Registry (BWR) — a collaborative Avery, ARTstor and Getty project. Now in its second year of development, the BWR […]
Avery in Modernism Magazine
Architect Wallace K. Harrison visited New York's Allied Arts Exhibition in 1931, and purchased the Aluminaire House for $1,000. Built of steel and aluminum, it was designed by Albert Frey and A. Lawrence Kocher. He had it dismantled and transported to a 25-acre site he had purchased in Huntington, Long Island, to serve as his […]
Avery congratulates Streetscapes
Avery Library congratulates NY Times Streetscapes column on its 25th anniversary Mar. 17!! A wonderful column about the history of New York architecture and real estate it provides a valuable tool for readers conducting research or simply interested in preservation and architecture. Christopher Gray, column editor, frequently uses Avery Library material and his researcher, Suzanne […]
Welcome back!
Welcome back from Spring break! Ready to dive into studying? Here are our hours for the remainder of the semester. […]
Avery Library Spring Break Hours
We hope you enjoy Spring Break! Check here for our hours. […]
Graffiti art/Street art
Graffiti art: is it an oxymoron? Generally regarded as being born in New York City, graffiti art has spread throughout the world, and has been used as a means of political, economic, psychological and sometimes even gratuitous protest. The world has seen an ever-increasing number of publications on the subject (exhibitions catalogs, documentary films, and […]
AVERY at AASL
Avery staff will attend the Association of Architecture School Librarians (AASL) annual conference in Boston, March 2, 2012. Jeff Ross (Avery Index) will present an update on the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals at a Friday morning session. Congratulations to our colleague Thom Freedman (Built Works Registry Librarian) who has been awarded the AASL Frances […]