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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Anne Griswold Tyng Architectural Collection, Ms2001-049, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Anne Griswold Tyng Architectural Collection was donated to the International Archive of Women in Architecture at Special Collections in 2000. Additional materials were donated in March 2004.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Anne Griswold Tyng Architectural Collection was completed in March 2012.

Biographical Note

Anne Griswold Tyng (July 14, 1920-December 27, 2011) was an architect and professor. She is best known for her three decade collaboration and partnership with Louis I. Kahn. Tyng graduated with a B. Arch from the Radcliffe-Harvard College (1942) and later received her Masters from Harvard Graduate School of Design (1944). She had the unique experience of being at the heart of three architectural movements: "Bauhaus Renaissance" at Harvard, Buckminster Fuller's exploration of innovative geometry and high technology, and Louis Kahn's synthesis of geometry and humanism.

After working at Stonorov and Kahn Architects (1945-1947), Office of Louis I. Kahn FAIA (1947-1974), Anne Giswold Tyng, FAIA (1949-1999), and Louis I. Kahn and Anne G. Tyng Associated Architects (1951-1974) Tyng became a professor. She spent much of her later career teaching architecture at the University of Pennsylvania where she received her PhD in 1975. Tyng is the recipient of numerous honors, has participated in 25 exhibits, published 27 articles, and presented 68 lectures. Tyng's influence on Kahn's work was finally recognized in 2010 when The Institute of Contemporary Art held a retrospective exhibition of her work.

Scope and Content

The Anne Griswold Tyng Architectural Collection consists of files and drawings that relate to Tyng's work as an architectural designer and theorist. It includes professional writings, drawings, and biographical material. The majority of the collection consists of photocopies of drawings from Tyng's weekend project at Virginia Tech titled "The Creative Experience' held March 1999.

Arrangement

The Anne Griswold Tyng Architectural Collection is arranged into four series by material type:

Series I: Artwork

Series II: Biographical Information

Series III: Presentations

Series IV: Professional Writings

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Architects
• International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
• Women -- History

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Anne Griswold Tyng Architectural Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).