Brenner Danforth Rockwell records, 1957-1988 (bulk 1963-1977).

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Brenner Danforth Rockwell records, 1957-1988 (bulk 1963-1977).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191079014

The collection includes project files, award submissions, correspondence, drawings, photographs, and slides documenting the architectural partnership's work. The projects are chiefly in and around Chicago, with the exception of the J.B. Speed Art Museum. Many of the photographs were taken by Richard Nickel and the Hedrich-Blessing firm.

23 boxes (11 linear feet), 1 oversize portfolio, flatfile materials.

Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6956679

Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

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Danforth, Rockwell, Carow

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Danforth, George

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Brenner, Daniel, 1917-1977.

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Daniel Brenner was born in New York City and received a Bachelor's degree in architecture from Columbia University, 1939, and a M.S. in architecture from Illinois Institute of Technology, 1949. He first practiced architecture in the office of Alfred Easton Poor, in New York City, and subsequently joined the office of Mies van der Rohe in Chicago. He established a partnership in Chicago with Dorothy Turck (1958-1961), then was a founding partner of Brenner, Danforth and Rockwell (est. 1961). He a...

Brenner, Danforth, Rockwell.

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Nickel, Richard, -1972

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Richard Nickel, 1928-1972. From the description of Richard Nickel papers, ca. 1960-1972. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 717289470 ...

Hedrich-Blessing (Firm)

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Speed Art Museum

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Construction on the original building was completed in 1927. An example of the neoclassic style of architecture, it cost $800,000 to build and equip. It was enlarged in 1954 with funds bequeathed by Dr. Preston Pope Satterwhite. In 1973, a contemporary art wing was added, containing an expanded library, an auditorium, and art galleries. The latest addition to the museum opened in 1983. From the description of Construction Blueprints, 1954-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 19191605...

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969

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German born architect. From the description of Manuscript fragment (n.d.) and letter, 1962 Nov.30. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82217577 Architect. From the description of Reminiscences of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122631918 Architect. Born in Aachen, Germany (1886). From the description of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe collection, 1929-1969....

Rockwell, H. P. Davis

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