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Claire Rufer-Eckmann Architectural Collection 3.1 Cubic Feet 1 box, 6 oversize folders

Rufer-Eckmann, Claire, 1914-1974
Claire Rufer-Eckmann (1914-1974) was an architect in Bern, Switzerland. The collection consists of architecture class notes taken by Rufer-Eckmann at l'École Polytechnique Federale de Zurich, 1928-1935, original sketches and a report on her travels in Sweden and Finland in the late 1930s, and over forty working drawings created by her as part of SAFFA 58, an exhibition of women's roles in Switzerland.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Saffa 58 Architectural Drawings 2.8 Cubic Feet 4 oversize folders

Rufer-Eckmann, Claire, 1914-1974
The SAFFA was a Swiss fair exhibition on women in Zurich, Switzerland, that was built by Swiss women architects. The Saffa 58 Architectural Drawings consist of sixty-three drawings of the buildings for the 1958 fair, including the collaborative work of Claire Rufer-Eckmann, Beate Billeter, Verena Fuhrimann, Jetti Judin-Mutzenberg, and Annemarie Hubacher-Constam.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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