ARCHITECTUREAuthor(s): Sherman ClarkeSource: Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Vol. 3,No. 4 (Winter 1984), pp. 127-128Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Art Libraries Society of NorthAmericaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27947358 .

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Art Documentation, Winter, 1984 127

ARCHITECTURE edited by Sherman Clarke

Exhibitions and Catalogs A William Lescaze was the subject of an exhibition organized at Syracuse University and later shown at the National Academy of Design (through Sept. 2,1984). The proceedings of the Syracuse symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition and a catalog have been published as volume 19, number 1 (Spring 1984), of the Syracuse University Library Associates Courier under the title "William Lescaze; the rise of modern design in America" (ca. $10.00). (cf. Paul Goldberger, "Architecture: a William Lescaze retrospective," New York Times, Aug. 21, 1984, p. C13) AThe effect of machines and technology on American culture between the Wars will be the subject of an exhibition entitled "The Machine Age in America, 1920-1942," opening at the Brooklyn Museum in Fall 1985 and traveling to Chicago and Los Angeles, (cf. Design History Forum Newsletter, v. 1, no. 1, Aug. 1984, p. 5-6)

Conferences A A conference on "Medievalism in American Culture" is sched uled for Oct. 19-20, 1984 at the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, S.U.N.Y. Binghamton. AThe international conference of the Association of Records Managers & Administrators (Calgary, Alta., Oct. 14-18, 1984) is to be the site of the establishment of an Industry Action Commit tee for design services and related professions. The draft state ment of purpose emphasizes the need for cooperation with the American Institute of Architects.

Publications and Reading AMany of the U.S. architectural schools have started publishing journals. London's Architectural Association School of Architec ture has now published the first issue of Across Architecture. The price is ?2.50 per issue from the School at 36 Bedford Square, London WC1, England. AA citation for a new journal entitled Res to be edited by Joseph Rykwert has been given to Alexandra de Luise at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Any further information on this journal would be appreciated. A Isabella Pezzini and Jacques Gubler (eds.), "Architecture in journals of the 'avant-garde.' Part X' Art Libraries Journal, v. 9, no. 1,

Spring 1984, p. 3-42. Part 1 covers Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, and

Italy; translated from the Italian ("Architettura nelle riviste d'avan

guardia," Rassegna, no. 12, Dee. 1982) A Valerie J. Nurcombe, "Databases in architecture," Art Libraries

Journal, v. 9, no. 1, Spring 1984, p. 44-60. Includes "Outline list" with an indication of areas covered by relevant databases. A Shirley Maxwell, "A beginner's guide to preservation fed regs," Old-house Journal, v. 12, no. 5, June 1984, p. 91, 101-103. A "Mass transit: the expensive dream," Business Week, no.

2857, Aug. 27, 1984, p. 62-69. On federal funding for mass tran sit, both new systems and rehabilitation of existing systems. A Richard J. Barnet, "The wrecking of metropolis," review of Cities and the Wealth of Nations by Jane Jacobs (New York: Random House), New York Times Book Review, May 27, 1984 p. 1 ff. The same book is reviewed by Naomi Blileven in the New Yorker, Aug. 27, 1984, p. 89-92. A Carole Rafferty, "Restoring historic fraternity houses," New York Times, May 31, 1984, p. C10. On Sigma Phi at UC Berkeley and its Greene & Greene house (1909), etc. A Philip Langdon, "The American house: what we're building and buying in the eighties," Atlantic, v. 254, no. 3, Sept. 1984, p. 45-73, On individual productions, mass production, and devel opments, with numerous illustrations. A Martin Filler, "A living landmark," House & Garden, v. 156, no. 9, Sept. 1984, p. 82 ff. "At 95, Truus Schr?der-Schr?der is still very much the mistress of the revolutionary modern house Gerrit Rietveld built for her in 1924."

A Peter Lemos, "In praise of Cesar," Pan Am Clipper v. 24, no. 8,

Aug. 1984, p. 53-61. On Cesar Pelli, from the Saarinen office (1954-1964) through DMJM and Gruen Associates to Yale and

Cesar Pelli and Associates.

A"Building utopia: Oberlin architecture, 1833-1983," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin, v. 41, no. 1, 1983-1984 (entire

issue). AJames M. Markham, "Stuttgart's witty new art center," New York Times, June 2, 1984, p. 11. On James Stirling and the New State Gallery. A David Kaser, "Twenty-five years of academic library building planning," College & Research Libraries, v. 45, no. 4, July 1984, p. 268-281. ASuzanne Stephens, "Slipcovers in the sky," Vanity Fair, v. 47, no. 8, Aug. 1984, p. 92-93. On Philip Johnson's PPG headquar ters in Pittsburgh. A Paul Goldberger, "Romantic modernism is now at the cutting edge of design," New York Times, July 8, 1984, p. H23. On "a new meeting point in which the sleekness of modern buildings is used to evoke the romance of the past," as seen in Graves's Humana building in Louisville or Kohn Pedersen Fox's Procter Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati. A Paul Goldberger, "Manhattan's new skyscrapers pay homage to the 20's," New York Times, June 17, 1984, p. H31, H35. ACarter Wiseman, "Hollywood squares," New York, v. 17, no.

33, Aug. 20, 1984, p. 339-43. On the competition for a center piece for Times Square, co-sponsored by the Municipal Art Soci ety of New York and the Design Arts Program ( EA). Winners are to be exhibited at the Municipal Art Society galleries (opening Sept. 19, 1984). A David W. Dunlap, "Wall to honor City's veterans of Vietnam," New York Times, May 30, 1984, p. B1 (and photo on p. 1). Wall of letters following in the tradition of the national Vietnam memo rial in Washington.

People ANathaniel Owings, a found of S.O.M., died on June 13, 1984. (cf. obituary by James Barron, New York Times, June 14, 1984, p. 18)

Real Estate AA Frank Lloyd Wright house stood on the site of the Gug genheim Museum in 1953-54. After being torn down, it disap peared into storage. The disassembled house has re-surfaced and was sold in public television station WNET's auction. The purchaser, for $117,500, is Tom Monoghan, owner of the Detroit Tigers and Domino's Pizza. He plans to re-erect it in Ann Arbor,

Michigan, on the grounds of the new corporate headquarters of Domino's Pizza, now being planned by Gunnar Birkerts, (cf. New York Times, June 6, 1984, p. 1 ff., June 12, 1984, p. C15; AP item, datelined New York, June 11, 1984) A Hugh Hefner's Playboy mansion is being leased for $10 a year for five years to the School of Art Institute of Chicago. The new dormitory will be called Hefner Hall. (cf. AP item, Aug. 1, 1984) ASouthfork Ranch, home of the Ewings in "Dallas," has been sold to a developer (Terry Trippet of Dallas) who plans to use it for a $2500-a-night hotel (higher on weekends), (cf. UPI item, Aug. 23, 1984) ANorstar Bancorp has bought the former Union Station in Albany, N.Y., for rehabilitation as its headquarters. The Beaux Arts structure was built in 1900, has been vacant since 1968, and stands next to State University Plaza which formerly was the D&H Railroad headquarters, (cf. New York Times, June 6, 1984, p. B8) AThe N.Y.C. Landmarks Preservation Commission rejected plans for two towers being proposed for the air space of landmarks: the pedestrian Edward Durrell Stone Associates tower next to St. Bart's on Park Avenue and the Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer project over the New York Historical Society on Central Park West. (cf. New York Times, June 13, 1984, p. B1, B7; June 14, 1984, p. B1, B6)

Miscellany AThe Art Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ALA) toured the new Edward Larrabee Barnes designed Dallas Museum of Art during the June ALA conference.

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128 Art Documentation, Winter, 1984

The building and the art are finely integrated. The museum is the first project completed in the proposed Arts District (also to include a Pei-designed symphony hall). Its pronounced barrel

vaults have already been mimicked by a nearby drive-in bank. AThe rug of the Honolulu House in Marshall, Michigan, needs to be replaced and the Marshall Historical Society is spreading the rehabilitation cost by inviting people to buy in with them. More customers for the pattern will lessen the cost per yard and dis perse the cost of setting the pattern on the loom among the several buyers, (cf. New York Times, Aug. 16, 1984, p. C3) AThe Avery Index plans to include articles of architectural inter est even if they do not appear in periodicals regularly indexed by Avery. A vertical file is being established to hold those indexed items not in the Library's serial holdings. Contributions to this national resource are welcomed.

I -I CISSIG edited by Karen Meizner

Cataloging Problems notebook A notebook of correspondence between ARLIS members and

LC, the utilities or similar bodies is being compiled for perusal at the ARLIS conference in L.A. The question raised may be dis cussed in the Cataloging Problems Discussion Group at the conference.

Please send copies of such letters (and replies if received) from the past year or so to: Sherman Clarke, P.O. Box 911, Ithaca, N.Y. 14851.

Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) Report The ALA RTSD Cataloging and Classification Section Commit

tee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) met for six hours over three days during the ALA Annual Conference in Dallas on June 23-25, 1984. The agenda items included final or follow-up reports on past activities and review of rule revision proposals scheduled to go before the Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of AACR2 at its meeting in September.

The I FLA committee reviewing the ISBDs has begun to com pile the comments received from organizations and individuals. The "vote" on the "surrogate issue" (Appendix C of the draft ISBDs) split along theoretical and practical lines, with the greater number supporting the principle of describing the item in hand (the ARLIS/NA position).

Proposals from the Canadian Committee on Cataloging (CCC) included a proposal to provide the option to describe a container for the item being cataloged. As the container can be an impor tant part of graphic materials or of an exhibtion catalog, I spoke in support of the provision (which would be in AACR2 rule 1.5D2). Also supported by CC:DA was CCC's proposal to describe stereographs as "pairs of frames" rather than "double frames," and one to correct the abbreviation for "premi?re" from

"1ere"to"1re." One issue coming before the CC:DA will be the matter of

language in uniform titles. Although the issue intially arose out of a Music Library Association task force report, it has bearing on the names of works of art. The basic relevant rule is AACR2 rule 25.27A. This will require action in the Spring of 1985, and there fore ARLIS/NA discussion in Los Angeles in February 1985.

Karen Muller

Literature

Subject Cataloging Manual : Subject headings. Prepared by the Subject Cataloging Division, Library of Congress is now avail able from the Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Con gress, Washington, DC 20541.

1983 Revisions to AACR2. Available from ALA, 50 E. Chicago, IL 60611. $3.50. These revisions include the new provisions on parallelism (Art Documentation, vol. 3, no. 3, Fall 1984). The provisions were developed by the Canadian cataloging com

munity and are largely optional. CC:DA would appreciate cata logers' monitoring their usefulness. (Please note any problems they may create with art materials and refer them to our Cata loging Advisory Committee).

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