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Architects

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: People trained in or practicing architecture, which is the art of designing and building habitable structures, especially those considered to have aesthetic value.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

New School Architectural plans and drawings for 66 West Twelfth Street

 Collection
Identifier: NS-09-01-01
Summary

Originally located in six renovated brownstones on West 21st Street in New York City, The New School for Social Research reopened in 1931 in a new building at 66 West Twelfth Street in Greenwich Village, designed by Joseph Urban (1872-1933). The collection consists of drawings of Urban's original building at 66 West Twelfth Street, drawings for the expanded campus in the 1950s, and plans of other renovations and expansions at the site.

Dates: 1924 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1959