Cristina Grau Garcia Architectural Papers

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Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
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560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Cristina Grau Garcia Architectural Papers, Ms2001-066, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Grau Garcia, Cristina, 1946-
Abstract:
This collection looks at the work of Cristina Grau García, an architect and author from Valencia, Spain. The collection includes a resume, articles about projects executed by Cristina and her brother Camilo, teaching materials from her courses at Valencia Polytechnic University, and academic articles by Grau García in Spanish language publications.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in Spanish.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Cristina Grau Garcia Architectural Papers, Ms2001-066, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection documents the work of Cristina Grau Garcia from 1974-1989. It contains a curriculum vitae, professional articles, course materials used in her work as a faculty member for Valencia Polytechnic University, and publishings related to competitions and projects undertaken with her brother, Camilo Grau Garcia. Significant topics represented in her writings include samples of her research on architecture in Valencia, Spain and the relationship between literature and architecture.

Includes photocopies of academic articles and articles documenting projects by Cristina and Camilo Grau García.

Arquitectura [Architecture magazine], no. 190, October 1974, "Concurso restringido de arquitectura del edificio de altos hornos en Madrid" [Restricted architectural competitoin for building blast furnaces in Madrid]. 1st prize for LEMA: 33113.

El Croquis [the Sketch magazine], no. 13-14, November 1983-January 1984, "Edificio de Viviendas" [Apartment building project, 1979-1982]

Arquitecturas BIS, 1977, "Concurso de anteproyectos para ampliación de la sede social en Barcelona" [Competition for expansion of the headquarters in Barcelona]

Sala Parpalló, February 1983, Arquitectura Valenciana (1974-1982) [Architecture from Valencia], "Palau de Justícia" [Palace of Justice]

Restoration of a palace - 18th Century Xativa (Valencia) Spain

Article entitled "Hacer ciudad en la periferia" [Make city in the periphery].

Article: "La libertad no es de este lugar" [Freedom is not from this place]

Article: "Notas sobre arquitectura valenciana" [Notes about Architecture from Valencia]

Article: "El placer de tocar la arquitectura" [The pleasure of touching architecture]

Biographical / historical:

Architect, author, and professor Cristina Grau García was born in Valencia, Spain, on July 24, 1946. She graduated with a degree in architecture in 1972 and a doctorate in 1984 from the Escuela Technica Superior de Architectura in Valencia, Spain. Her thesis, "El espacio arquitectónico en la literatura: el laberinto borgiano y otros laberintus" focused on architectural themes in literature. Her 1989 book "Borges y la arquitectura", on design themes in the work of Jorge Luis Borges, further explored this topic.

Among her many accomplishments, Grau Garcia was a professor at the Valencia Polytechnic University where she taught courses in philology and architecture. Cristina Grau Garcia collaborated with her brother, architect Camilo Grau Garcia, on several architectural restoration projects and design competitions. Her projects and articles have been featured in several Spanish design magazines, including "On Diseño", "Arquitectura", "CIMAL", "El Croquis", and "Sala Parpallo." She is fluent in several languages, including Spanish, Catalan, French, English, German and Italian.

Acquisition information:
The collection was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 2002.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Cristina Grau Garcia Architectural Papers was completed in October 2015. Initial processing was completed in 2001 or 2002.

Arrangement:

This collection was loosely arranged to keep related materials together according to their function (professional or faculty related) and the order in which they were found by the processor.

Rules or conventions:
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