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The nature of architectural education has changed continually since Carnegie Mellon’s School of Architecture was founded in 1905; but continuity may be found in the production of student work. The content of that work and the means of representation have also changed significantly over time; but architectural drawings have served for a century as a primary medium for student expression. Lines on trace (bumwad), drawing paper, or a computer printout capture the developing skills of the architect, and give visual form to architectural ideas.
This exhibit includes a sampling of drawings that have survived to become representative of their time. These drawings are exhibited here in the form of reproductions made by the office of Photography and Graphic Services at Carnegie Mellon. The work is pinned up on the walls, much as it might be in an architecture studio.
The Carnegie Mellon University Architecture Archives selectively collects drawings and other architectural records, and welcomes gifts of student work from alumni of the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture.
Curator: Martin Aurand, Archivist, Carnegie Mellon University Architecture Archives.
Credits: The Lucian Caste Fund, the William Arthur Thomas Memorial Fund, Rebecca Henn, David Celento, Jonathan Kline, Christine Mondor, Scott Smith, Stephannie Bartos, Alumni donors and families, Gary Thomas, Stephen Baden, Bella Karr Gerlich, Jillian Chisnell, Evangeline Levis.
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