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The Department of Architecture and Design at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles is dedicated to the preservation, investigation, and dissemination of the documents and materials related to the fields of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, exhibition design, industrial design, graphic design, and textile design. The Department's diverse, international collections date from 1500 to the present and include concentrations in 19th and 20th century avant-garde movements and mid-20th century modernism. As an open and accessible forum for scholarly and public discourse, the Department facilitates the analysis of architectural and design history and promotes contemporary thought through exhibitions, publications, lectures, and programs.
The new Department of Architecture and Design builds upon the Getty Research Institute's twenty-five-year development of special collections in the areas of architecture and design. The Getty's resources include more than 30,000 original drawings, 750,000 photographs, nearly 100 models, and a vast array of papers including letters, notebooks, records, posters, and other ephemera. The Department acquires individual items and complete archives. Collection areas include:
Design Process Documentation:
Drawings (sketches, renderings, and working drawings)
Models
Photographs (both vintage and newly commissioned work)
Books and Periodicals
Digital Files
Documents Related to the Architecture and Design Discourse:
Manuscripts
Lectures
Research and Travel Notebooks
Documents Related to the Architecture and Design Profession:
Professional Papers (job files, log books, correspondence)
Audio-Visual Materials
Wim de Wit, Senior Curator of Architecture and Design
Christopher James Alexander, Curator of Architecture and Design
Beverly Faison, Senior Staff Assistant
The Getty Research Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
(310) 440-7335
griweb@getty.edu
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