Colin Rowe Papers,1993-1996.
Collection Number: 15-2-3587
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
Library
Title:
Colin Rowe papers, 1993-1996.
Collection Number:
15-2-3587
Creator:
Rowe, Colin.
Quantity:
.4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Manuscript materials and memorabilia.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
Abstract:
The collection contains biographical material re Dr. Rowe
and a manuscript for the book THE ARCHITECTURE OF GOOD INTENTIONS, published in
1994.
Language:
Collection material in English
Colin Rowe, architectural historian and teacher, was born in 1920 in Rotherham,
Yorkshire, England. He began studies at the Liverpool School of Architecture, then
left to join the British infantry in 1942. After World War II he studied at the
Warburg Institute in London, where he completed requirements for a master's degree
in the history of art. After arriving in the U. S. in 1952, he studied briefly at
Yale, worked in California, and taught at the University of Texas in Austin. After
teaching for a short time at Cornell, he completed a master of architecture degree
at Cambridge University in 1958. He became a full-time faculty member at Cornell in
1962 and continued until 1990. In 1985 he became the Andrew Dickson White Professor
of Architecture, a position he held that position until he retired in 1990. After
moving to Washington, D.C. in 1994 he was associated with the Program in
Architecture at the University of Maryland, College Park. Professor Rowe was author
of many scholarly articles and books, won awards for outstanding teaching, and was
honored as "one of modern architecture's most consistent and inspired critics," as
well as for his contributions to modern architectural theory.
The collection contains biographical material re Dr. Rowe and a manuscript for the
book THE ARCHITECTURE OF GOOD INTENTIONS, published in 1994.
Names:
Rowe, Colin.
Rowe, Colin.
Subjects:
Architecture -- Study and teaching.
Cite As:
Colin Rowe papers, #15-2-3587. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
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Collection consists of a single box. Online guide unavailable.
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