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.
This collection includes original and reprographic architectural drawings for projects in New York City and the surrounding region undertaken by the firm Françoise Bollack Architects. Principle projects represented include the Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center in Manhatan; renovations and alterations to the New York State Capitol building in Albany, New York. Also included are related project files and digital images.
The Project Record series contains mostly architectural drawings and sketches for restoration projects undertaken by the firm Françoise Bollack Architects. There are some paper records such as brochures and reports. The series is arranged alphabetically by project name. The majority of the material in this series was donated in 2008 (2008.016) by Françoise Bollack unless otherwise noted in the file description.
Series II: Competitions, 1968-2000 (Bollack & Killian)
This series consists of drawings and some photographs for design competitions entries by Françoise Bollack and Tom Killian. Many of the drawings were published in the 2016 book Competitions, 1968-2000 / Françoise Astorg Bollack Tom Killian. This group of materials was donated in 2017 by Françoise Bollack and Tom Killian.
This series consists of project drawings and photographs in digital format. Projects are arrange alpabetically and overlap with many of the projects in Series I: Project Records. The digital records were donated in 2008 by Françoise Bollack.
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.
Columbia University is providing access to the materials in the Library's collections solely for noncommercial educational and research purposes. The unauthorized use, including, but not limited to, publication of the materials without the prior written permission of Columbia University is strictly prohibited. All inquiries regarding permission to publish should be submitted in writing to the Director, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. In addition to permission from Columbia University, permission of the copyright owner (if not Columbia University) and/or any holder of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) may also be required for reproduction, publication, distributions, and other uses. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of any item and securing any necessary permissions rests with the persons desiring to publish the item. Columbia University makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the materials or their fitness for a particular purpose.
Françoise Bollack Architects architectural records and papers. Located in the Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Source of acquisition--Gift of Françoise Bollack Architects. Accession number--2008.016; 2010.010; 2017.021.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
The 2008.016 donation was processed by Annemarie Van Roessel (Avery Archivist) in 2009. The 2010.010. was processd by Shelley Hayreh (Avery Archivist) in 2011. The 2017.021 donation was processed by Pamela Casey (Architecture Archivist) in 2017. The finding aid was prepared and published by Shelley Hayreh in 2019.
Françoise Bollack Architects is a New York City-based architectural firm founded by Françoise Bollack, a professor of architecture in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University.
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