Ingeborg Kuhler Architectural Papers, 1987-1990

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:

Email: specref@vt.edu

Phone: (540) 231-6308

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Summary

Language:

German English French

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of color photomontages and black and white photomontages of two buildings designed by Kuhler: the Studios for the Broadcasting Corporation of Southern Germany, 1987; and the State Museum of Technology and Labor, 1990, both in Mannheim. Also included is a brief biography of Kuhler.

Biographical / historical:

Ingeborg Kuhler was born in Dachau, Germany in 1943. She studied architecture at the Art School in Krefeld from 1964-1968, continuing her pursuits at the Institute of Hospital Buildings at the Technical University of Berlin from 1974-1977. Since 1978 Kuhler has been in private practice as well as a professor of Art at the University of Berlin (1984-). Kuhler was president and a member of the Commission for Salzburg Architecture and Urban Design from 1994-1997.

In 1992 Kuhler won the European Award for Museum Design for her State Museum of Technology in Mannheim.

Acquisition information:

The Ingeborg Kuhler Architectural Papers were donated in 2000.

Physical description:

1 folder; 0.1 cu. ft.