Southern Architectural Archive Case Study

Another recommendation would be increase the public awareness about the museum and build up a strong image. When it comes to publication, the museum spends an average of $480,047 annually. Most of the museum’s efforts and expense is for advertising and promoting for special exhibitions and events only. The museum should get the advantage of the allowed budget and invest more in publication. Coleman Art Museum’s staff should emphasize on the importance of advertising and promotion for the museum during their meeting with the board. Increase the public awareness would increase museum visitation and conversely increase new members joining the museum.

New Orleans' architecture was greatly influenced by Greek culture. James Gallier developed Greek architecture known as the "Three Sisters" on Rampart Street in New Orleans. ("New Orleans Architecture.") In the 1970's they had an influx of Greek sailors and that's when the line of bars in Decatur Street came about at the Port of New Orleans. The architecture and influence had a great impact on Greater New Orleans and The French Quarter. ("Tracing Greek Geography from Bayou Road to the Banks of Bayou St. John.")

Many do not know that the IMA houses two different libraries. The Stout Reference Library and the Horticultural Society Library provide numerous resources for their visitors, which mainly consist of students, IMA Staff, docents, collectors, researchers and even members of the community. The Stout Reference Library “focuses on the encyclopedia collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, while also providing general information about art and art history of all periods.” (Stout Reference Library, 2017) The Horticultural Society Library “houses more than 2,000 volumes, including general reference books and books on landscaping, specific plant families and horticulture.” (Horticultural Society Library, 2017) I mention the libraries because this semester, I am technically considered a library and archives intern at the IMA. My mentor however is the archivist, Samantha Norling. She has done impressive work at the IMA in such a short time. She jump-started the Archives online portal, which consists of thousands of digitized items from the archives. The IMA received a “generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)” (Documenting Modern Living, 2017), that allowed for 17,000 items from the Miller House and Garden archival collection to be digitized.

The African Burial Ground National Monument in New York recognizes the free and enslaved Africans buried in a 6.6-acre burial ground from the 1690s to 1794 (NPS, 2015). Over time, as the population and modern development proceeded, the cemetery became forgotten. A landfill created over the top of the site, sealed it off from the public’s knowledge. In 1991, contractors were prepping the land for a 34-story, 276-million dollar federal office building (GSA, n.d.). To go forth with construction, contractors worked in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (GSA, n.d.). Together, these acts require publicly funded projects to be surveyed by archaeological field-testing methods,

The Old Pensacola City hall structure is a prime example of what constant restoration and proper up keep can achieve when handling a century old building. The City Hall building was completed in 1908 and maintained its original use until the 1980s when a new city hall was built at which point the original city hall building became the T.T Wentworth museum under the guidance of UWF. The preservation of buildings such as City Hall allow the historical culture of the city to be maintained while addressing the issue fulfilling the practical use for the building. City Hall would not be the only classic site preserved as the beautifully built Sacred Heart Hospital, which was built in 1912, has continue d to be maintained and preserved as it now functions as a animal hospital and a locally owned diner. The continual preservation of numerous buildings aroud the city has allowed Pensacola to remain both a modernized continually expanding city and a visual time capsule into centuries past of West

New Orleans, Louisiana is a city known for its historic beauty. Everything in Down Town New Orleans has a long history. Whether the histories are beautiful or distasteful they tell our city’s story. In 1960 Jackson Square was declared a national historic landmark due to its growing popularity. New Orleans was built around Place d’Armes which was the original name of Jackson Square (Wegmann). Place d’Armes was changed to Jackson Square shortly after Jackson’s death in honor of him (Wegmann). A few short

Museum of Fine Arts, a government-funded museum that houses a collection of 19th and 20th

Libraries try to expand their services by offering patrons a wide variety of materials by incorporating statewide borrowing and statewide licensing of databases into their library (Rowland, Library Archives). Also, libraries offer children’s services, access services, reference and reader’s advisory services, bookmobiles, outreach services, technical services, and a variety of other programs (Fourie, 51). The services that are offered in an archive or special library, varies depending on what type the archive is. For example, since the Center for Sacramento History archive collects and preserves historical artifacts and documents about Sacramento, they hold exhibitions in various places throughout the Sacramento County, have a

Influenced by his readings of ancient and modern architectural writings, Jefferson gleaned the best from both his readings and from his observations in Europe, creating his own personal style of architecture, a mix of Neoclassicism’s Roman temples, and Palladian villa. Partly, because of Jefferson’s influence, our federal buildings set an American precedent for the neoclassical style. Jefferson’s admiration for neoclassical style went so far as to design

Question 1. Choose an architect or practice whose work is covered by or relevant to this course and discuss critically one or more of their design projects or drawings or urban proposals as precedent case-studies. Selectively situate this work in relation to their body of work, and against the practices and concerns of the period. Focus on the architectural qualities of a specific key aspect of the design of the projects. Selectively consider how they might relate to the historical situation, cultural values, theoretical concerns and design practices of the time. This may involve a selective analysis of compositional design practices, material fabrication production and the experiential reception of built outcomes of the projects.

Since the Museum's opening in 1931, the collection has grown to more than 12,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and photographs, representing nearly 2,000 individual artists and providing the most complete overview of twentieth-century American art of any museum in the

The Executive Director of the Museum begins to restore this organization with clear point of view, that the

Mies van der Rohe is one of the most prominent figures in modernist architectural history, the man who popularised some of the most influential phrases of the era, e.g. “less is more”, and strove to push his ideas and philosophies, not just on what he thought a building should be, but of what he thought architecture itself was. He changed the cityscape of America, showing the world a style that was simple and elegant, with such a controlled palette of expressions that shone through in its geometric beauty.

“Wright and Le Corbusier seem predestined for comparison. Their ideal cities confront each other as two opposing variations on the same utopian theme” (Fishman, 163). Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, more commonly known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, and writer. Throughout his life, he was a pioneer of modern architecture and city planning (Frampton, 12). One of Le Corbusier’s contemporaries was also hugely influential but with a competing plan Frank

Interest depends on the individual choices. Books and papers archive can be done by individual, organizational, institutional and governmental. Interest in archiving is a good to a habit. If one is willing full to maintain and study things on historical grounds then it is a perfect platform for him. From the above discussion it can be concluded that one should make an effort towards the charitable work. And it is a good habit to maintain and value the literature and knowledge. The archives vary from big collection to small gatherings. Anyone can take part in the archiving