Kliment Halsband Architects records and architectural drawings, 1922-2007, bulk 1972-2003

Creator:
Kliment Halsband Architects
Extent:
3 linear feet and 1,500 drawings
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

Projects represented in the collection include Arcadia University Commons (Glenside, PA) ; Arcadia University Landman Library (Glenside, PA) ; Brooklyn College Master Plan (Brooklyn, NY) ; Case Western Reserve University Adelbert Hall (Cleveland, OH) ; College of Wooster Ebert Art Center (Wooster, OH) ; Columbia University Computer Science Building (New York, NY) ; Columbia University Hamilton Hall (New York, NY) ; Columbia University Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Master Plan (Palisades, NY) ; Dan M. Russell, Jr., U.S. Courthouse (Gulfport, MS) ; Dartmouth College Roth Center for Jewish Life (Hanover, NH) ; Epstein Studio ; Franklin & Marshall College Roschel Performing Arts Center (Lancaster, PA) ; Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library Visitor & Education Center (Hyde Park, NY) ; Wender, Murase, and White Law Office (New York, NY) ; Long Island Rail Road Entrance at Penn Station (New York, NY) ; New York City PS 54 (New York, NY) ; New York University Languages & Literature Building (New York, NY) ; Princeton University Computer Science Building (Princeton, NJ) ; residential projects ; Smith College Master Plan (Northampton, MA) ; SUNY at Albany Arts & Science Building (Albany, NY) ; U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (Brooklyn, NY) ; University of Kentucky Main Building (Lexington, KY) ; University of Virginia Life Sciences Building (Charlottesville, VA) ; Woodstock Artists Association (Woodstock, NY) ; Woodstock Master Plan and Sidewalk District Plan (Woodstock, NY) ; Yale University Sterling Divinity Quadrangle (New Haven, NY) ; Young Women's Christian Association (Kingston, NY).

Biographical / historical:

New York City architectural firm founded in 1972 by Frances Halsband and Robert Kliment. Their first works were houses, offices, and small public projects in the town of Woodstock, New York. Their first academic commission was in 1974 when they were commissioned for the design of graduate student housing at Columbia University. Since that time, the firm's work expanded to include master planning, historic preservation, and adaptive reuse for educational, cultural, civic, government buildings and sites.

Access and use

Restrictions:

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:
Avery Home Page
300 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027, USA
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