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 and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
Architectural drawings for projects in the United States, largely in the Chicago area, done before 1912; in Australia (where they lived, 1912-1937), including the Federal Capitol of Australia in Canberra, 1912, and Castlecrag, a planned suburb of Sydney, undated; and India, 1936. These projects were designed by Walter Burley Griffin and most of them were rendered by Marion Mahony Griffin. The extent to which some of these projects were also designed by Mahony Griffin is not certain.
This collection consists of one series: Series I: Architectural Drawings
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 and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
Permission to publish must be obtained in writing from the Director, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, 1172 Amsterdam Ave., MC 0301, New York, NY 10027.
Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin architectural drawings. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Source of acquisition--Various gifts.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
2009-06-25 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Walter Burley Griffin was an architect and landscape architect. Marion Mahony Griffin (1871-1962) was an architect who worked mainly as an architectural renderer. She was the first women to graduate, in 1894, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in architecture. Both had previously worked for Frank Lloyd Wright at his studio in Oak Park, Illinois.
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Nyda.1000.015: 00001-00003
1 photomechanical reproduction : blueprint on paper ; 53.1 x 83 cm. (20 7/8 x 26 7/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00002
2 drawings : various media ; 51.4 x 74.7 cm. (20 1/4 x 29 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1000.015: 00004
1 print : lithograph and watercolor on satin ; 116.7 x 58.3 cm. (45 5/8 x 23 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00005-00007
3 sheets : various media ; 37.6 x 80.6 cm. (18 3/4 x 31 3/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00008
1 print ; lithograph and watercolor on satin ; 116.3 x 51.4 cm. (45 3/4 x 20 1/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00009
1 print : lithograph and watercolor on satin ; 61.8 x 112.1 cm. (24 3/8 x 44 1/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00010
1 print : lithograph and watercolor on satin ; 116.9 x 62 cm. (46 x 24 3/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00011
1 sheet : blueprint on paper ; 75.3 x 53.0 cm. (29 5/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00012-00014
3 prints : lithograph on satin or cloth ; 118 x 61.6 cm. (46 1/2 x 24 1/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1000.015: 00015
1 print : lithograph on satin, hand col. (watercolor) ; 115.8 x 62.5 cm. (45 5/8 x 24 5/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00016
1 print : lithograph with watercolor on satin ; 105.4 x 61.9 cm. (41 1/2 x 24 3/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00017
1 sheet : blueprint on paper ; 93.9 x 59.5 cm. (37 x 23 3/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00018
1 drawing : ink and graphite on linen ; 85.2 x 119.4 cm. (33 1/2 x 47 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00019
1 print : lithograph on satin ; 106.5 x 62.2 cm. (45 5/8 x 24 1/2 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00020
1 drawing : ink on paper ; 46.6 x 45.8 cm. (18 3/8 x 18 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00021
1 drawing : ink and watercolor on cloth ; 117.1 x 53.4 cm. (46 1/8 x 21 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00022
1 drawing : ink and white wash pencil on green board ; 43.1 x 55.9 cm. (17 x 22 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00023
1 print : lithograph and watercolor on silk ; 114.6 x 62.6 cm. (45 1/8 x 24 5/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00024
1 print : lithograph and watercolor on silk ; 116.2 x 62.6 cm. (45 3/4 x 24 5/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00025
1 print : lithograph and dye on satin ; 116 x 61.5 cm. (45 5/8 x 24 1/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00026-00027
2 drawings : ink on cloth ; 73.4 x 45.0 cm. (28 7/8 x 17 3/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00028-00029
2 drawings : various media ; 66.0 x 101.3 cm. (26 x 39 7/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1000.015: 00030
1 print : lithograph and dye on satin ; 111.0 x 62.0 cm. (43 3/4 x 24 3/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00031
1 drawing : ink and white wash on orange board ; 47.1 x 55.8 cm. (17 x 22 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00032
1 drawing : ink and watercolor on board ; 61.4 x 52.1 cm. (24 1/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00033
1 drawing : ink and gouache on paper ; 55.9 x 72 cm. (22 x 28 3/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00034
1 drawing : ink on satin ; 96.8 x 66.4 cm. (38 1/8 x 26 1/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00035
1 drawing : ink and watercolor on board ; 52.0 x 77.2 cm. (20 1/2 x 30 3/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00036-00039
4 prints : blackline on paper ; 90.2 x 58.5 cm. (35 1/2 x 23 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00040
1 drawing : ink on paper ; 46 x 45.8 cm. (18 1/8 x 18 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00041
1 drawing : ink and watercolor on green cloth ; 24 1/8 x 18 in. (61.2 x 45.7 cm.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00042
1 sheet : ink, graphite, and colored pastel on brown paper ; 67.6 x 50.2 cm. (26 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00043
1 drawing : ink and watercolor on green cloth ; 45.7 x 61.2 cm. (18 x 24 1/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00044
1 drawing : ink, graphite, and watercolor on green cloth ; 60.9 x 45.3 cm. (24 x 17.9 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00045
1 sheet : graphite, pastel and watercolor on brown paper ; 65.2 x 49.2 cm. (25 5/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00046
1 drawing : ink and gouache on green cloth ; 60 x 45.5 cm. (23 5/8 x 17 7/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00047R-V
1 drawing : ink and watercolor on green cloth ; 61.1 x 45.5 cm. (24 x 17 7/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00048
1 sheet : ink and watercolor on green cloth ; 61 x 45.6 cm. (24 x 18 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00049
1 drawing : ink on paper ; 56.2 x 56.5 cm. (22 1/8 x 22 1/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00050
1 drawing : ink on paper ; 47.9 x 56.5 cm. (18 7/8 x 22 1/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00051
1 sheet : blueprint on paper ; 106.7 x 57.5 cm. (42 x 22 5/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00052
1 print : lithograph and watercolor on satin ; 265.1 x 61.6 cm. (104 3/8 x 24 1/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00053
1 print : lithograph and watercolor on silk; 116.3 x 61.6 cm. (45 3/4 x 24 1/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00054
1 sheet : lithograph and dye on satin ; 116.9 x 62.6 cm. (46 x 24 5/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00055-00056
2 sheets : ink, graphite, and gouache on olive cloth ; 91 x 107.7 cm. (35 7/8 x 42 3/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1000.015: 00057
1 photoprint : positive photostat on paper ; 49.5 x 49.8 cm. (19 1/2 x 19 5/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00058
1 print : positive photostat on paper ; 49.7 x 49.6 cm. (19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00059
1 print : positive photostat on paper ; 50 x 53.3 cm. (19 5/8 x 21 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00060
1 print : blueprint on paper ; 48.3 x 53.7 cm. (19 x 21 1/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00061
1 sheet : ink, graphite, and watercolor on colored paper ; 50.9 x 63.7 cm. (20 x 25 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00062
1 print : lithograph, col. on paper ; 31.2 x 73.7 cm. (12 1/4 x 29 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00063
1 sheet : ink and watercolor on cloth ; 97.7 x 75.6 cm. (38 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00064
1 sheet : ink and watercolor on colored paper ; 52.8 x 77.8 cm. (20 3/4 x 30 5/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00065
1 drawing : ink and colored crayon on tracing paper ; 73.7 x 100 cm. (29 x 39 3/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00066-00078
13 sheets : various media ; 55.9 x 100.4 cm. (22 x 41 1/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1000.015: 00079
1 drawing : ink on colored paper ; 45.7 x 60.8 cm. (18 x 24 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00080
1 sheet : black and white ink with blue wash on light grey paper ; 43.2 x 55.8 cm. (17 x 22 in.).
Nyda.1000.015: 00081
1 print : lithograph on satin ; 107.5 x 62.7 cm. (46 1/4 x 24 3/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00082
1 print : lithograph on satin ; 56.7 x 98.5 cm. (22 1/4 x 38 3/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00083-00085
Also called: "Opera house for Sydney".
3 drawings : various media ; 56.0 x 104.5 cm. (22 x 41 1/8 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1000.015: 00086
1 sheet : blackline print on paper ; 60.0 x 55.0 cm. (23 5/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00087
1 drawing : ink, crayon, and watercolor on paper on board ; 53.6 x 77.9 cm. (21 1/8 x 30 6/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00088
1 drawing : ink and watercolor on colored paper ; 56.0 x 76.5 cm. (22 x 30 1/8 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00089
1 print : lithograph on board ; 26.1 x 99.0 cm. (10 1/4 x 39 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00090
1 print : lithograph on satin, hand col. (watercolor) ; 117.5 x 61.6 cm. (46 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00091
1 print : lithograph and watercolor on satin ; 101.8 x 61.6 cm. (44 x 24 1/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00092
1 print : lithograph on satin ; 117.5 x 61.7 cm. (46 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.)
Nyda.1000.015: 00093-00111
19 sheets : various media ; 139.3 x 151.9 cm. (54 7/8 x 59 3/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1000.015: 00112-00113
2 drawings : varying media ; 117.5 x 60.3 cm. (46 1/4 x 24 3/4 in.) or smaller.
Nyda.1000.015: 00114-00116
3 drawings : ink on cloth ; 74.7 x 87.5 cm. (29 1/2 x 34 1/2 in.) or smaller.