Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Processed by: Special Collections Staff
Collection is open to research.
There are no restrictions.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Joan Wood papers, Ms2001-039, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Joan Wood by way of Riosaria Piomelli donated the material in 2000.
The Joan Wood papers were added to the IAWA Small Collections Ms2009-054 in September 2009.
Joan Wood received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from M.I.T. in 1960. Following graduation, Wood established her own firm, Joan Wood Architects, in Boston in 1962. Most of the firm's work can be found in New England and includes a range of different projects. Joan Wood Architect's most recent work includes: Kosmos Market in Boston, Lodging House for the Working Homeless, Dorchester, MA, and the South End Community Health center, Boston, MA, and the "Ice House", Squam Lake, New Hampshire.
The collection consists of a catalog of Joan Wood Architects work, her rèsumè, and articles from the Boston Globe about her firm.
See also the IAWA Small Collections. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database.