Gae Aulenti Architectural Collection

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 for 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], Gae Aulenti Architectural Collection, Ms2000-014, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.6 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Aulenti, Gae, 1929-2012
Abstract:
Italian architect Gae Aulenti's ability to transform historic public buildings into museum spaces is documented in the Gae Aulenti Architectural Collection by newspaper and magazine articles, biographical information, and her conceptual computer-drawn designs for the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, California.
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], Gae Aulenti Architectural Collection, Ms2000-014, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Gae Aulenti Architectural Collection contains biographical materials and documentation of Aulenti's work converting a 1917 former public library building in San Francisco, California into the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Biographical materials include: a 1989 curriculum vitae and some articles about her work. The documentation of the Asian Art museum of San Francisco include: articles about the construction of the museum, materials relating to the museum's 2003 opening, and forty print-outs of design drawings (some in color) showing proposed before-and-after views of the building's exterior and floor plans.

Biographical / historical:

Gae Aulenti was born in Italy in 1929. She graduated from Facola di Architecttua-Politencico in Milan in 1954. Her career, spanning 1955 to 2012, includes work on architecture, furniture, and interior design projects. She is known for her transformation of historic public buildings into museum spaces including Musee d' Orsay (Paris, France), Musee d'Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou (Paris, France), Palazzo Grassi (Venice, Italy), Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) and the Asian Art Museum (San Francisco, USA). Aulenti was given first prize at the 1964 Milan Triennial with her piece 'Arrivo al Mare' in the Italian Pavilion. She served on the Executive Board for the Milan Triennial (1977-1980) and received its career prize in mid-October a few weeks before her death on October 31, 2012.

Acquisition information:
The Gae Aulenti Architectural Collection was donated to the International Archive of Women in Architecture at Special Collections in 2000, 2003, and 2005.
Processing information:

The arrangement of the Gae Aulenti Architectural Collection was completed in 2000 and the processing and description in 2003. Additional materials were integrated in 2006.

Arrangement:

The Aulenti collection is arranged by content and by format.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard