Lecture on architectural drawings

The New York Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers presents

The Fabrication and Preservation of Architectural Drawings
An afternoon lecture with Lois Olcott Price
Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall, Columbia University
March 16, 2010, 1-5 pm

Co-Sponsored by the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and
Preservation, Columbia University

Because architectural drawings are not created as an end in
themselves, but as graphic documents to construct a building, sell a
project or explore a design concept, the materials and techniques
chosen by the drafter are particular to the function of the drawing
as well as the period in which it was created. The interpretation
and preservation of architectural drawings depends upon an
understanding of their functions in architectural practice and on a
working knowledge of drafting materials and techniques. This lecture
will include tracing the use of supports, media and
photo-reproductive processes used to create architectural drawings
in the 18th to 20th centuries, accompanied by examples. The emphasis
will be on identification and understanding of materials and
processes, and participants will have the opportunity to examine
samples and ask questions. Building from this understanding of
materials and using the available examples, we will also discuss
housing and treatment options for these collections.

Lois Olcott Price is Director of Conservation at the Winterthur
Museum, Gardens and Library near Wilmington, DE and assistant
Winterthur Professor of Art Conservation in the
Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. In
1994, she was senior conservator at the Conservation Center for Art
and Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia, PA. As increasing numbers of
architectural drawings arrived at CCAHA for treatment, unanswered
questions about the materials and techniques used to fabricate them
piqued her interest and resulted in research that has now spanned
almost two decades. Lois has published, lectured and consulted
widely about architectural drawings. She has received several grants
to support her research resulting in a monograph, "Line Shade and
Shadow, The Fabrication and Preservation of Architectural Drawings,"
to be published by Oak Knoll in the spring of 2010.

To register for the lecture or for more information, please contact
Clare Manias at newyork<-at->guildofbookworkers<.>org The fee for the
lecture is $20 for Guild of Book Workers members, $30 for
non-members. Special admission for Columbia students, faculty and
staff with ID.

Wood Auditorium is located on the lower level of Avery Hall at
Columbia University. Columbia University is located at 116th Street
and Broadway in Manhattan. For directions to Avery Hall, please see
<URL:http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/avery.html>


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