Various plans done as student projects for a course in Spring 2005, with faculty Sonia Chao and Richard Shepard.

Series of preliminary sketches resulting from a work session on designing for Rosemary Beach.

A title page with list of study locations, followed by several pages of rough sketches of the listed locations.

The New Urbanism is the only distinctly American architectural movement of the 20th Century that systemically critiqued the conventional urban planning patterns of the post-war period. The University of Miami Libraries Architecture Research Center Archives is the sole repository for collecting and housing materials documenting this movement that impacted the discourse on urbanization theories and town planning. The principles of the movement were articulated in 1994 in the Charter of the Congress for The New Urbanism. The Congress for the New Urbanism, an organization that promotes walkable, mixed-use neighborhood development and sustainable communities was recognized by the New York Times as "…the most important phenomenon to emerge in American Architecture in the post-Cold-War era."
The New Urbanism movement, which signaled a turning point from the segregated planning and architecture of post-war America to a return to historic principles of traditional town planning, became the focus of a series of contested dialogues not just among architects, planners and developers, but among historians, environmentalists and policy makers as well. The movement continues to influence the principles of town planning and design, and spark debate among its advocates and critics as evidenced in the public fora thirty years following its inception.
This collection includes drawings, project folios, books and manuscripts, periodicals, article clippings, correspondence, videos, CDs, DVDs, audio cassettes and other materials related to New Urbanism theory, writing, and design.

Orlando Naval Training Center Concept Plan, including illustrations. Part of the Master Plan for the Redevelopment of the Orlando Naval Training Center.

The slides are of sketches of the room and Hotel. The photographs show the same outline of the Hotel rooms.

Black and white drawings showing the elevation of the golf club. Photograph of interior and exterior club. Slides of the Oceans Pine club, yacht club, and village center.

Slides showing Doe Valley Pro shop and illustrations of the building

Photographs of structures and surrounding landscape. Slide photographs of architectural drawings.

Folder of blueprints of various historic buildings and structures around Coral Gables including:
The Police & Fire Stations
The White Dorsey Residence
French Normandy Village
Florida National Bank (Inc.)
The Granada entrance and the Granada Plaza.

Joseph L. Herndon (1948-2021) was a historical preservationist who aided in several global restoration projects, including the Old Spanish Fort (1730) in Pascagoula, Mississippi; Qasr Ibrihim (1600's) in Hoffuf, Saudi Arabia; the Old Post Office (1897) in Washington, D.C.; The Rugby Colony (1880's) in Rugby, Tennessee; Union Station (1900) in Nashville, Tennessee; The Germantown neighborhood revitalization (1840's) in Nashville, Tennessee; The Biltmore Hotel (1926) in Miami, Florida. His papers include a large breadth of information and research pertaining to the Biltmore Hotel, the Panama Canal, Turkey, the Deering Estate, resorts, and other areas of interest to Joseph Herndon. Material types represented within include audio-visual materials (CD-ROMS, VHS, photographs, slides), print-outs, administrative files, financial files, travel brochures, ephemera, architectural plans, interior design samples, research files, reports, proposals, periodicals, and 3D objects.

Reference drawings, bound into volumes by topic, of architectural details mostly including columns, arches, moldings, etc.

Drawings, plans, photographs, writing

Research material from noted author and historian, Arva Moore Parks McCabe (1939-2020). Born in Miami, Florida, Arva had written countless books on Florida's eclectic history, including The Forgotten Frontier: Florida through the Lens of Ralph Middleton Munroe, Miami, the Magic City, and George Merrick, Son of the South Wind: Visionary Creator of Coral Gables. She also served as chief curator, interim director, and chair of the Coral Gables Museum.

This collection focuses heavily on George E. Merrick, Coral Gables, and other research topics used in her writings. It also features a large assortment of archival material: booklets, books, magazines, posters, photographs, negatives, pamphlets, postcards, maps, ephemera, newspapers, and guides about Miami and other notable cities and famous people related to South Florida.

Original and print drawings relating to Reed Jr's school planning in Florida and North Carolina, ranging from elementary to high schools.

Original and print drawings of Arthur Brill House

Original and print drawings of Lynn Fisher House in Raleigh, North Carolina

Original drawings of various commercial projects Charles Reed Jr produced

Print drawings of house for Louis Friend