The collection contains original architectural renderings, working drawings, specifications, and photographs, as well as architectural plans and records of buildings such as Bacardi LTD.
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.
Produced in the UC Berkeley Master of Urban Design Studio (Fall 1998), for the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR). Features drawings and design concepts.
This collection contains publications, announcements, administrative papers, reports, and ephemera associated with the University of Miami School of Architecture. It includes an executive summary, Seventy + Years of Architectural Education at the University of Miami, by Prof. Ralph Warburton, which consists of photocopied documents of administrative records compiled mostly from University Archives. They are arranged chronologically from 1950-2002 in a ring binder. The collection also contains correspondence, newsletters, graphics, announcements, invitations, project files, and SoA related ephemera.
Original drawn, sketched, or drafted maps and plans for a project for the course ARC 510 Spring 1994. Topics were planning for the Miami Intermodal Center and the East/West Corridor Study. Various maps of Metropolitan Miami-Dade were created for reference on tourism, rail lines, freight transportation, transit, political districts, community boundaries, water and green spaces, public building locations, "events and destinations corridor," and general land-use maps. Some data credited to Florida Power & Light. "Prof. Kaul" and "Prof. Valle" are mentioned. Student names include Markus A. Ketnath, Zaidi Mohd Daud, and Kristi Kenney.
This collection includes regional and historic maps, original drawings, plans, elevations, photographs, and blueprints of residential and commercial architecture, community project plans, city/town plans, historic restoration plans and aerial photographs. The bulk of the materials are focused on, but, not limited to the areas of Miami-Dade, Coral Gables, and Miami Beach.
Blueprints from the Historic American Buildings Survey of the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club in Coconut Grove and the National Audubon Society House in South Miami.
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.