Helene Koller-Buchwieser Architectural Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Helene Koller-Buchwieser Architectural Papers, Ms1995-020, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
16 Cubic Feet 1 box, 2 oversize drawers, 4 oversize folders
Creator:
Koller-Buchwieser, Helene
Abstract:
The Helene Koller-Buchwieser Architectural Papers consist of architectural drawings, photographs, newspaper clippings, biographical information and other information that recounts her life and work.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Helene Koller-Buchwieser Architectural Papers, Ms1995-020, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Helene Koller-Buchwieser Architectural Papers consists of architectural drawings, photographs, newspaper clippings, biographical information and other information that recounts her life and work. Most of the structures represented in her papers are located in Vienna. The majority of the materials are in German.

Additional information on project files in this collection is available in the Excel XLS file (download).

Biographical / historical:

Helene Koller-Buchwieser was born in Vienna, Austria, on November 26, 1912. She studied architecture at the Vienna Polytechnic (Technischen Hochschule) and graduated in 1937. While she was a student she worked as a stone mason on the renovation of the Romanesque Church St. Michael in Pulkau. Although her interests lay in designing religious architecture, during and followingWorld War II she worked to restore the infrastructure of Vienna and rebuild bombed housing.

In 1946 Koller-Buchwieser opened her own office. Her work included social housing and private homes, student dormitories and housing for the elderly, orphanages, factories, fire stations, churchs and monasteries. In 1979 she was bestowed with the title "Professor" by the Austrian Minsistry of Education and Art.

Acquisition information:
The Helene Koller-Buchwieser Architectural Papers were donated to Special Collections in October 1995.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Helene Koller-Buchwieser Architectural Papers commenced in 1996 and was completed in April 1998.

Arrangement:

The collection consists of one box of manuscript material described below in the inventory, and approximately 3100 architectural drawings and 240 photographs described in greater detail in the Excel XLS file (download).

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard