Reyner Banham papers, 1877-1988, undated (bulk 1960-1988), bulk 1960-1988

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Summary

Creators:
Rogers, Richard George, Piano, Renzo, Waterhouse, Alan, Price, Cedric, and Banham, Reyner
Abstract:
British-born architectural historian and critic, educator, and editor, 1922-1988. The collection contains draft manuscripts, printed material and research notes for eight of Banham's published books, for unpublished projects, and many articles and reviews related to the history of architecture and design. Included are the notes and manuscripts for his public lectures and his teaching. Other files document his participation on design juries and his consultation work.
Extent:
20.7 Linear Feet (29 boxes, 5 flatfiles)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Reyner Banham Papers, 1877-1988, undated, bulk 1960-1988, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 910009.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa910009

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains research notes, manuscripts, and printed materials for eight of Reyner Banham's published books, for unpublished projects, and many articles and reviews related to the history of modern and contemporary architecture and design. Included are the notes and manuscripts for his public lectures and his teaching. Other files document his participation on design juries and his consultation work. Printed materials and reports from the International Design Conference in Aspen (1950-1988) document Banham's involvement with the Aspen design conference during its formative years.

Biographical / historical:

Reyner Banham (1922-1988) was a British-born architectural historian, critic, and educator. He taught at the University of London, SUNY Buffalo, New York University's Institute of Fine Arts, and the University of California at Santa Cruz. His writings and lectures influenced a generation of architects and historians of modern architecture. Banham's writings include reviews, journalistic and scholarly essays, and monographs. Of his many monographs, perhaps the best known are: Theory and design in the first machine age (1960), Los Angeles: the architecture of four ecologies (1971), Architecture of the well-tempered environment (1984), and Concrete Atlantis (1986). After his death, Mary Banham edited A critic writes, a compilation of Banham's essays (1996).

Acquisition information:
The Getty acquired the bulk of the papers from Mary Banham in 1991. The International Design Conference in Aspen material was added in 1993.
Processing information:

Kelly Nipper processed the collection in 1996; further processing occurred in 2000. Emmabeth Nanol physically reprocessed the collection and made minor changes to the finding aid under the supervision of Ann Harrison in 2012.

Arrangement:

The papers are arranged in six series: Series I. Book manuscripts, 1877-1987; Series II. Articles and reviews, 1970-1988, undated; Series III. Conferences, lectures, symposia, 1965-1988, undated; Series IV. Consulting and design juries, 1966-1988, undated; Series V. Miscellaneous papers, 1913-1988, undated; Series VI. International Design Conference in Aspen, 1950-1988, undated.

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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

Reyner Banham Papers, 1877-1988, undated, bulk 1960-1988, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 910009.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa910009

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1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
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