Carmen Espegel Alonso 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 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], Carmen Espegel Alonso Architectural Collection, Ms2001-021, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
3 Cubic Feet 1 box, 2 oversize folders
Creator:
Alonso, Carmen Espegel
Abstract:
This collection consists of the papers of Carmen Espegel Alonso, practicing architect in Madrid, Spain, including correspondence, a copy of her thesis, graphic dossiers, and a catalog of her architectural work.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in Spanish and English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Carmen Espegel Alonso Architectural Collection, Ms2001-021, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Carmen Espegel Alonso Architectural Collection consists of correspondence with other architects; a copy of Espegel Alonso's thesis for her Master's Degree in Conservation; 17 architectural drwaings from a capstone project; graphic dossiers, including curriculum vitaes, of her work with her firms, VZK Architects and Espegel-Fisac Arquitectos; and a catalog from an exhibition of her architectural work.

Biographical / historical:

Carmen Espegel Alonso was born on March 27, 1960 in Palencia, Spain. She received her architecture degree with honors from the Madrid School of Architecture in 1985, specializing in town planning. Espegel Alonso then continued her education at the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven (Belgium). She graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1995 with a Master's in Conservation of Historic Towns and Buildings. Espegel Alonso completed her doctoral work at the Madrid School of Architecture.

Since 1991, Espegel Alonso has been an Associate Professor of Projects at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. She has been a practicing architect since 1985, has served as Principal of her own firm, VZK Architects, from 1991 to 1998, and is currently (2004) working with her firm, Espegel-Fisac Arquitectos, which she founded with Concha Fisac de Ron in 2003.

Acquisition information:
This collection was donated to the International Archive of Women in Architecture at Special Collections in 2000, 2004, and 2015.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Carmen Espegel Alonso Architectural Collection was completed in July 2004. The processing of the original donation took place in 2001. An addition of architectural drawings was incorporated in 2016.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard