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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.
The collection was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 2002.
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.
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.
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.
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.
One publication was separated to the Rare Book Collection: "Borges y la arquitectura" (1989), call number PQ7797.B635 Z728 1989 Spec Large.
The guide to the Cristina Grau Garcia Architectural Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
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]