Wolf (Harry) Architect Records, circa 1970-ca. 2014

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Summary

Title:
Harry Wolf Architect records
Dates:
circa 1970-ca. 2014
Creators:
Wolf Associates. and Wolf, Harry, 1935-
Extent:
20.0 Linear feet
Language:
Preferred citation:

Harry Wolf Architect records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains rolls of architectural drawings, boxes of slides and project files, as well as models of buildings designed by Harry Wolf Architect throughout his career. The models include the UCSB Ocean Science Education building proposed model, the Tampa Tower, and Kansai Airport in Osaka, Japan. The slide notebooks and project files are organized by project or original client name.

Biographical / historical:

Harry Wolf is an American architect, born in North Carolina in 1935. He graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a bachelor in architecture from M.I.T in 1960. After graduating, Wolf worked at Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill in New York, then founded his own firm, Wolf Architecture, in North Carolina. After several years, he returned to New York, where he practiced for 21 years. In the late 1980s he moved his life and practice to Los Angeles.

A modernist, Wolf has won five American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Honor Awards and numerous regional and state awards for several of his more than 300 designs.

Custodial history:

Gift of Dan Wilen, 2015.

Physical location:
Mosher- boxes, models, rolls
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by ADC staff
Date Prepared:
12/15/2016
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-05-14T08:39-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

Harry Wolf Architect records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
Contact:
(805) 893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
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