José Luis Delpini photographs, circa 1958
Collection context
- Creator:
- Delpini, José Luis
- Extent:
- 71 photographic prints
- Language:
- Spanish; Castilian .
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of photographs for twenty buildings and models of five unrealized or partially realized project. Projects include markets, churches, factories, garages, a bus station, a bridge, a stadium, an airplane hangar, and an apartment building. The photographs are black and white and mounted to card stock. Each print includes a typed caption, which identifies and dates the project. The photographs are housed together in a clamshell box engraved with the title "La Arquitectura de Jose L. Depini." It is possible the photographs were use as a presentation album.
- Biographical / historical:
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José Luis Delpini (1897-1964) was an Argentinian architect and engineer.
Delpini is best known for designing, in collaboration with architect Viktor Sulčič and surveyor Raul Bes, the Mercado Abasto (1934) and La Bombonera stadium (1940). Their studio was named Delpini-Sulčič-Bes. The partnership dissolved in 1953, after which Delpini independently designed a number of more imaginative projects represented in this collection, including "Proyecto de Estadio Racional" and "Proyecto de Hangar de 200 m. de Luz Libre."
Delpini was a professor of engineering at the University of Buenos Aires, where he also founded the Laboratory of Structural Research. He became the first Chair of Structural Composition just before his death in 1964.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
- Location of this collection:
- Before you visit:
- Researchers are encouraged to request materials at least one month in advance. You will receive an email from the department within 2-3 business days confirming your request and currently available appointment times. Requests are limited to 8 boxes per day (or equivalent), with a maximum of 5 boxes for off-site materials, 5 folders of drawings, or 5 rolls or tube boxes.
- Contact:
- avery-drawings@columbia.edu