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StorageSiteUCL Institute of Education
LevelFile
Reference Number ME/F/2
TitleNon-School Buildings in the USA - Articles
Date1944-1959
DescriptionFile of articles on non-school buildings seen by David and Mary Medd in the USA, comprising:

Article entitled, 'The Big Mirror' on the Corning Glass Works in Manhatten, Architectural Forum (May 1959), with black and white photographs of the building (Oct 1959)
Flyer for the 'The Cadet Chapel - United States Air Force Academy', n.d.
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company booklet entitled, 'Building for Tomorrow', 1958
Article entitled, 'Tomorrow's School Today' about the Texas-Oklahoma firm of Caudill, Rowlett, Scott, Architectural Review (May 1957)
Article entitled, 'City of Glass' on the Corning Glass Works in Manhatten, Architectural Forum (May 1957)
General Motors Technical Center pamphlet entitled 'Where Today Meets Tomorrow' (Aug 1959)
Another General Motors Technical Center illustrated booklet, c1959
Article entitled, 'Yamasaki's Ode to Aluminium', Architectural Forum (Nov 1959)
Article entitled, 'An Aluminium Pavilion', Architectural Forum (May 1957)
Information sheet and plans for 'The McGregor Memorial', Wayne University, Detroit, 1959, with a plan also of the Community Arts Center and an advertisement for Briggs Beautyware (plumbing fixtures)
Notes on the Ford Central Office Building, (5 Aug 1959)
Pamphlet and rough plans for 'The First Methodist Church', Midland, Michigan (3 Aug 1959)
Article about IBM in Rochester, Minnesota, n.d.
IBM booklet entitled, 'People, Products, Progress', 1959
IBM booklet entitled, 'This is IBM Rochester…A New Industry for Southeast Minnesota', 1959
Drawings for Taliesin, Spring Green, Dining Room (23 Jul 1959); Taliesin, Spring Green, Foyer to the Theatre Room (23 Jul 1959); Unitarian Church, Madison (21 Jul 1959; and, Avon Products Inc., Illinois (20Jul 1959)
Postcard showing the Johnson's Wax Administration and Research Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1959
Three black and white photographs of the 'Core Supports Research Tower' by S.C. Johnson and Son Inc., n.d.
Flyer and notes regarding 'America's Finest Shopping Center: Old Orchard', Jul 1959
Booklet of the new Administrative and Research Center of International Minerals & Chemical Corporation entitled 'Our Fiftieth Year…', (2 Jul 1959)
Article entitled, 'Engineered for Thinking', Architectural Forum, (Feb 1959)
Notes on Winnetka Library in Illinois, (2 Jul 1959)
Notes on early Frank Lloyd Wright houses in the Chicago area, Jul 1959
List of buildings and structures of interest to architectural students as printed by the University of Illinois Department of Architecture and Art, n.d.
Pamphlet about the new building of the 'Unitarian Church of Evanston', 1959
Article entitled, 'Screened Factory', in California, Architectural Review (Apr 1958)
Article entitled, 'Conference Centre' about the McGregor Memorial Centre, Architecture and Building (Jan 1959)
Manufacturers Trust Company booklet entitled, 'A New Concept in Bank Design', Sep 1954
Details of The Chicago Office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, with design examples
Article entitled, 'Inland's Steel Showcase' about the 'first modern office building in the Chicago Loop', n.d.
Article entitled, 'A Brilliant Canopy for Worship', Architectural Forum (Apr 1958)
Article entitled, 'House of Many Colours', n.d.
Article entitled, 'A Contemporary Palladian Villa', n.d.
Booklet entitled, 'Architecture in Virginia 1776-1958: The Old Dominion's Twelve Best Buildings', The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, c1959
Postcard of the Lever House, New York, visited by the Medd's in Sep 1958 and Oct 1959
Postcard of the Price Tower, Bartlesvill, Oklahoma, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, visited by the Medd's on 22 Jun 1959
Notes and plan for the S.M.U.D., Sacramento City, (17 Apr 1959)
Article on 'Baldwin Hills Village', Pencil Points (Sep 1944)
Article on the Chapel of the Holy Cross and 'How the Chapel Came into Being', by Marguerite Brunswig Staude, (3 Mar 1959)
Article entitled, 'Performance of a Solar Heated Office Building', Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning (Nov 1957)
Article entitled, 'The Analysis and Design of A County Courthouse-Jail', Architectural Record (4 Feb 1959)
Article entitled, 'Courthouse and Jail, Bazos County, Texas', Architectural Record (Jan 1957)
Letter and plan regarding the New Orleans, Little Theatre, (27 Jan 1959)
Booklet entitled, 'The Home of Pan-American Life Insurance Company, New Orleans, USA', c1952
Booklet, notes and flyer for the 'Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, Progressive Architecture (May 1957)
Article on Charlotte's 'Auditorium and Coliseum', North Carolina, Progressive Architecture (Sep 1956)
Leaflet, papers and an article about the North Carolina State Fair, Jan 1959
Sketch of the layout of Philip Johnson's House visited by the Medd's on 3 Dec 1958
Article entitled, 'Yale's Viking Vessel', Architectural Forum, Dec 1958
Notes on Springfield Public Library, Oregon (11 May 1959); Portland Hollywood Branch Library, Oregon - with leaflet (15 May 1959); and, Yakima Valley Regional Library, Washington - with leaflet (22 May 1959)
Booklet about 'Fitchbury Youth Library' with notes on a visit made by the Medd's on 12 Nov 1958, with clippings and an article
Plan in note form with a photograph of the MIT Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge, 1955
Article entitled, 'Reynolds Wraps Itself a Package in Aluminium', Architectural Forum (Sep 1958)
Plan of the New York Metropolitan Museum Restaurant, 14 Sep 1958
Notes regarding the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, 17 Sep 1958
Article entitled, 'Seagram's Bronze Tower', Architectural Forum, 9 Sep 1958
Pamphlet for the Manufacturers Trust Company with an article entitled, 'Manufacturers Trust Company Builds Conversation Piece on Fifth Avenue (New York)', Architectural Record, Nov 1954
'Description of Construction and Mechanical Details of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company Home Office Building', 25 Nov 1958
Booklet entitled, 'Old Capitol', State University of Iowa, 1949
Plan for the Meeting House in Rockingham, Vermont, 18 Aug 1959
Notes on the 'Old Capitol Spiral Stairs' (11 Dec 1934)
Notes and plans on Oak Allee, Hew Orleans (31 Jan 1959); 350 Oakley Place, Alabama (22 Jan 1959); Church at Midway, Georgia (17 Jan 1959); Williamsburg Bunton Parish Church (4 Jan 1959); the University of Virginia, Jefferson (2 Jan 1959); Gunston Hall (27 Dec 1958); Alexandria (27 Dec 1958); Old Meeting House, Birmingham (13 Dec 1958); Pottick Church, Mount Washington (27 Dec 1958); Quaker Meeting House, Concordville, Pennysylvania (19 Dec 1958); Old Lyme (10 Dec 1958); North Guilford (7 Dec 1958); Goshen (22 Nov 1958); Deerfield (17 Oct 1958); Lichfield Church (11 Oct 1958)
Article entitled, 'House With a Charmed Life' by Arnold Nicholson, c1958
List of new buildings visited
Extent1 file
AccessStatusOpen
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