Architectural Archives

This show is part of a multi-venue exhibtion that takes a look at Group '55, a group of Philadelphia painters, architects, musicians, and dancers who organized a series of exhibitions and public forums across the city, presenting their work as a catalyst for vigorous public dialogue about the role of art and science in the postwar era. The Architectural Archives loaned a model of Kahn's Trenton Bathhouse, and a wallpaper recreation of the mural at Trenton Bathhouse.

Co-curated by Architectural Archives Curator, William Whitaker, Shofuso and Modernism focuses on the artistic interconnections between George Nakashima, Antonin Raymond, Noémi Peressin Raymond,  and Junzo Yoshimura, and their impact on mid century modern design.  The Architectural Archives loaned furniture and archival images from the Antonin and Noémi Raymond Collection.

This exhibtion is focused on the work and life of August Komendant, a structural engineer who was influential on some of the best known buildings by architects Louis Kahn, Eero Saarinen, Moshe Safdie, Oscar Tenreiro, Mitchell/Giurgola and others.  The Architectural Archives loaned original drawings, architectural model, photography and correspondence from the Kahn, Komendant, and Mitchell/Giurgula. Extended viewing through July 26, 2020

This exhibition explores the role of the firm’s founding engineers, Carl A. Baumert Jr., Nicholas L. Gianopulos, and Thomas J. Leidigh, longtime principals at the firm of Keast & Hood Co. from the years 1953 – 2007.  The Architectural Archives loaned drawings, images and correspondence of architecture firms Keast & Hood worked with, including Venturi Scott Brown, Louis I. Kahn, and Mitchell/Giurgola.

Curated by Amber Roberts, the Landscape Institute of Scotland held an exhibiton and conference to look at Ian McHarg's environmentalism and early teaching in Scotland, and the impact of McHarg's scottish students.  The Architectural Archives provided images from the Ian McHarg and Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning department collections.

Co-curated by Milwaukee and Denver Art Museums, this exhibit "presents the concept of playfulness in postwar American design as a catalyst for creativity and innovation."  Architectural Archives loaned photographs, drawings, and pamphletes for the Tyng Toy from the Anne Griswold Tyng collection.

This exhibition examines the postmodern movement in architecture through archival materials to understand the "myth of architecture as an irreducibly autonomous and artistic practice."  The Architectural Archives loaned forty-six sketches, notes, prints and photographs from the Lawrence Halprin and Venturi Scott Brown collections.

West by Midwest looks at the work of sixty-three artsits who migrated from the east coast to the west and mid-west from the 1960s to the 2010s.  The Architectural Archives sent images from the Experiments in Enviroments workshops lead by Lawrence Halprin and Anna Halprin in 1966 and 1968.