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Visual Resources
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Volume 10, Issue 3
April 2015
News from the Library
News from the Archive
All year we receive new books, DVDs,
journal issues, and material samples in
the Architecture Library and the Visual
Resources Collection (VRC), and the
summer issue of this newsletter is a
great opportunity to look back and
highlight some of our new acquisitions
and old favorites. We continue to
receive new items over the summer and
they’ll be on hand for you to peruse
when you return in the fall.
Or, if you’re on campus this
summer, stop by and see
what’s new!
After the whirlwind of fall and the depths
of winter, spring brings celebrations,
farewells, and hard-earned recognition.
In the latter category, this year the
Archive announces its first ever Archives
Research Award winner—Landscape
Architecture student Kayla Lutz—who
you can read about in the article, below.
And we say goodbye to some of the
incredible students who have worked in
the archives over the past year. For
those who will be returning
in the fall, we wish everyone
a fun and relaxing summer!
Drawings + Documents
Archive
Archives Research Award Winner Kayla Lutz
Mon.-Fri.
By Carol Street, Archivist for Architectural Records
By appointment
Library Staff
Amy Trendler
Architecture Librarian
AETrendler@bsu.edu
765-285-5858
Jackie Sciscoe
Architecture Library
Coordinator
JSciscoe@bsu.edu
765-285-5857
Cindy Turner
Visual Resources Curator
01LKTurner@bsu.edu
765-285-5865
Archive Staff
Carol Street
Archivist for
Architectural Records
CAStreet@bsu.edu
765-285-8441
The Drawings +
Documents Archive
congratulates Kayla
Lutz on being
awarded the first
Archives Research
Award for her
thorough primary
source research
papers titled “Alva
Kitselman’s Hazelwood: From House of
Wealth to House of Worship” and
“Towpaths and Tracks: An In-Depth
Look at the History and Subsequent
Impact of the Whitewater Canal and
Whitewater Valley Railroad in
Southeastern Indiana.” Her brief, twopage paper on Alva Kitselman’s Muncie
home was notably striking for its 43
citations of archival sources from more
than five different archival repositories,
including the Drawings + Documents
Archive. Kayla is graduating this spring
with her bachelor’s degree in landscape
architecture and minor degrees in
historic preservation and sustainable
land systems.
The Archives Research Award is
open to any Ball State University
undergraduate or graduate student
studying Architecture, Landscape
Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban
Design, or Historic Preservation. The
award acknowledges a student who has
demonstrated distinction through an
academic project (including, but not
limited to, thesis, design projects,
creative writing, artwork, websites, and
exhibits) that is based substantially on
Drawings + Documents Archive
materials. Ms. Lutz certainly exemplifies
the goals of the award and we wish her
much success as she embarks on her
career in landscape architecture.
Banner image credit: 860-880 Lake Shore Drive by Mies van der Rohe, photo by David R. Hermansen.
Architecture Images Collection in the DMR, http://libx.bsu.edu.
Staff Favorites in the Architecture Library, VRC, and D + D Archive
BlingCrete: Light
Reflecting Concrete.
Selected by: Cindy
Turner, Visual
Resources Curator.
As the person who
orders the samples, I
have MANY favorites,
but right now my
newest favorite material sample is a product called
BlingCrete. It is a concrete application that features
round glass spheres embedded in the surface of the
concrete. Its purpose is exactly what it is called….to add
bling to the surface of the building. The glass spheres add
texture & reflectivity to the surface of the concrete which
makes it sparkle. I just wish I had thought of and
produced this product! Find it: in the VRC (AB 117) at
call number BLDG MAT 2015-001.
City Comforts: How to Build
an Urban Village by David
Sucher, 2nd ed. Selected by:
Ellen Forthofer (‘15, Urban
Planning), student assistant in the
Architecture Library. If you’re
looking for an easy and
informative read, this is your
book. Sucher uses several
pictures and illustrative
descriptions to analyze what
works (and what doesn’t) in
cities. You will never look at an urban area in the same
way after reading this book. Find it: in the Architecture
Library at call number NA9030.S88 2003.
Diamond Metal Plate
(Digital Material Sample).
Selected by: Joshua Ralph
(‘16, Architecture), student
assistant in the Visual
Resources Collection. As the
digital material fabricator, I
chose from the 3D Object
Library in Visual Resource
Center the Diamond Metal
Plate as one of my favorite digital material samples. I have
many samples within the library that I like very much but
this one really stands out to me. I think mostly due to
how its texture seems so three dimensional when the
sample is rendered. Find it: in the VRC (AB 117), 3D
Object Library/Materials/Bldg Mat 2010-174 (Sheet
Metals)/ Diamond Plate.
Tiny: a Story About Living Small (DVD).
Selected by: Jackie Sciscoe, Architecture Library
Coordinator. In a world where people tend to want
more and more this film shows you that bigger isn’t
always better. Not only do these people gain the pride
and accomplishment of building their own home but it
also goes to show that having the biggest and the best of
everything isn’t always the answer to everyone’s
happiness. Find it: in the Architecture Library, DVD
12246.
Detail in Contemporary
Concrete Architecture.
Selected by: Chandra
Aylsworth (‘15,
Architecture), student
assistant in the Architecture
Library.
Detail in Contemporary
Concrete Architecture has
become not only one of my
favorites this term but also
one of the most helpful in
project development. It can be hard to understand just
exactly how some concrete forms come together and
this book is helpful in showing the structural detail, and it
has an accompanying CD with drawings in Photoshop
and CAD as well. Check out this book and many other
“In Detail” books of this series and they will open your
mind to how architecture really comes together through
the details. Find it: in the Architecture Library at call
number NA4125.P45 2012.
University Libraries Resources
Available Off Campus
Away from campus this summer? You can still access
University Libraries resources! Visit the University
Libraries online at http://cms.bsu.edu/academics/libraries
to access these resources and more:
 The Avery Index
 BuildingGreen.com
 Business Source Premier
 CardCat
 Drawings + Documents Archive online collections
 JSTOR
 MADCAD (includes IBC 2012)
 OneSearch
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