Spring 2011 Hours
Architecture Library
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Friday
7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday
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Visual Resources
Collection (VRC)
Mon.-Fri.
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sat.-Sun.
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Drawings + Documents
Archive
Mon.Thurs.
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Friday
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Library Staff
Volume 6, Issue 2
April 2011
News from the Library
This semester the Visual Resources
Collection (VRC) is hosting three more
talks in the Materials Talks at Lunch series.
On March 2 we heard from Solatube
representatives, on March 30
Environmental Greenscapes, Inc., and on
April 6 a representative from Countryside
Play Structures will be visiting us to discuss
Landscape Structures, Inc. and
playgrounds. I hope you will bring your
lunch and join us at 12:15 in the Atrium.
Throughout the semester new
materials are added to the collection all the
time. In this newsletter we highlight some
new DVDs. Stop by and
check them out!
News from the Archive
Amy Trendler
Architecture Librarian
AETrendler@bsu.edu
765-285-5858
Helen Ulrich
Architecture Library
Coordinator
HUlrich@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
Pictorial, Vol. 18, nos.
2 & 4, 1962. National
Concrete Masonry
Association, Drawings
+ Documents Archive.
Environmental Greenscapes, Inc. representative Dave
Hullett presents during the Materials Talks at Lunch.
Presenters bring
light snacks such
as cookies for the
audience.
A recent collaboration between the
archive and the cataloging department at
Bracken Library has led some surprised second
-year architecture students to discover the
archive and its interesting collection of trade
catalogs during their research in CardCat for
the Indiana Concrete Masonry Association’s
upcoming design competition. What they’re
discovering are issues of Pictorial, a
promotional magazine produced by the
National Concrete Masonry Association during
the 1940s to 1970s. While they’re here, the
students are finding even more resources to
help their design project.
Only a small portion of the trade catalogs
have been cataloged in CardCat to date, but
expect to see more listed in
CardCat over the coming
year.
Banner image credit: Arc de Triomphe, Paris, photo by David R. Hermansen. Architecture Images
Collection in the DMR, http://libx.bsu.edu.
Historic Building Blocks Find Modern Use in ICMA Competition
By Carol Street, Archivist for Architectural Records
Produced by the National Concrete
Masonry Association and sent monthly
to over 30,000 building professionals,
Pictorial began publication in 1944 and
continued into the 1970s. The Archive’s
collection ranges from 1959-1966 and
depicts a wide range of applications for
the use of concrete in building design,
including homes, offices, large
businesses, banks, fencing, fireplaces,
outdoor recreation, screen block walls,
decorative wall patterns, and hotels.
Smartly designed for the aesthetics of
the day, Pictorial relied heavily on
photographic essays and graphic design
to highlight each different use of
concrete. A typical cover image is a
highly saturated color photograph of an
Architecture student Austin Pontius in the
Drawings + Documents Archive.
impeccably dressed woman posed
within a scene that includes an
extraordinary use of concrete materials.
Inside each issue are black and white
photographs depicting different
examples of the main theme,
encouraging designers and architects to
explore the many forms and uses of
concrete.
Current students are sourcing ideas for
their own entries into the ICMA
competition by researching historic uses
of concrete block where designers
embraced its versatility and strength.
Aside from Pictorial, architects
represented in the drawings collections,
particularly Fran Schroeder and Thomas
McConnaughey, often used concrete
block in their designs. In the picture at
left, architecture student Austin Pontius
sketches an idea for a screen wall design
inspired by what he saw in the Archive.
New DVDs in the Architecture Library
Brazil: Urban Planning Challenges. Films for
the Humanities & Sciences, 2009.
DVD VIDEO 8661
Carbon Nation. Earth School Educational
Foundation, 2011. DVD VIDEO 8641
Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the
Spirit of the Rural Studio. Big Beard Films,
2010. DVD VIDEO 8255
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum. In-D, 2010. DVD
VIDEO 8646
Frederick Law Olmsted. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990, 2009.
DVD VIDEO 8156
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City.
Archimedia Workshop, 2009. DVD VIDEO 8253
Rem Koolhaas: a Kind of Architect. New Video:
2007. DVD VIDEO 8093
Parks for the People. Twin Cities Public Television,
2009. DVD VIDEO 7559
Studio Gang Architects, Aqua Tower, Chicago, IL.
Checkerboard, 2009. DVD VIDEO 7729
Resource Spotlight on: MADCAD
Help Finding DVDs in the Library
Online, searchable text for:
The Architecture Library’s subject
guides now feature sections on
finding videos.
 Architecture guide
http://bsu.libguides.com/arch
 Landscape architecture guide
http://bsu.libguides.com/la
 Urban planning guide
http://bsu.libguides.com/plan
Toolbox from an Architecture Library
 Historic preservation guide
http://bsu.libguides.com/hpres subject guide.
 International Building Code (IBC)
 CSI Masterformat 2004
 Codes related to accessibility guidelines
On campus, go to:
http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/madcad
Off campus, go to:
http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/madcadtrial
Links to MADCAD are on the Library Subject
Guides for architecture & building material samples.
Architecture Library / Drawings + Documents Archive
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