IAWA M. Rosaria Piomelli Inventory

IAWA

CAUS

M. Rosaria Piomelli
Architectural Papers, 1960-1995, n.d.

4.0 cu. ft.
Ms95-007

Container List:

Box 1:

Folder 1: [1960]--curriculum vitae

Folder 2: 1963-90--correspondence relating to Artists Housing Coalition, Curriculum Vitae (c. 1978), artist's certification, Who's Who of American Women, AIA's exhibit on women in architecture, research proposals, tenure for Susana Torre, recommendation requests, curriculum vitae for various people, photocopies of articles, design reviews of several projects. Includes post cards and photographs. Many items in Italian.

Folder 3: 1966-75--Oberlin College Library (Oberlin, OH). Items related to the Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center [Library]. Includes numerous photographs of interior views, exterior views, and drawings. This is work t hat Piomelli did in the office of Warner, Burns, Toan & Lunde, Architects, of New York City

Folder 4: 1968--Photographs of work Piomelli did in the office of E.F. Groosman in the Netherlands

Folder 5: 1970--Photograph of Piomelli

Folder 6: 1972--St. George Place, Staten Island, NY (designed by I.M. Pei). Piomelli was project architect

Folder 7: 1973--St. George Place, Staten Island, NY. Photographs, preliminary outline specifications

Folder 8: 1974--Raffle International Centre, Singapore. I.M. Pei & Partners, Architects. Twenty-one different floor plans and elevations of the structure, August 9, 1974

Folder 9: 1974--"Women in Architecture, from This to This" by P.D. Benson. The Australian Women's Weekly, July 31, 1974. About an AIA exhibit mounted by Piomelli at the AIA building in New York City.

Folder 10: [1976]--curriculum vitae

Folder 11: 1977-93--correspondence relating, but not limited, to faculty review, job notices, the Chancellor Distinguished Lectureship at the U niversity of California at Berkeley, list of projects undertaken in private pr actice, the Deanship of School of Architecture, conference participation, consulting work for hotel design for JFK airport, requests for letters of recommendations, professional organizations, personal topics, Brooklyn Museum Master Plan Design Competition, grants, and photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles. Some photographs and post cards. Some correspondence in Italian.

Folders 12-13: 1980-84--Piomelli as Dean of City College of CUNY, tenure decisions, curriculum vitae and biographical information

Folder 14: 1981--Issue of Interni 315 LA Rivistia dell'Arredamenta with article by Piomelli, "L'Architetto Ferma Il Loft."

Folder 15: 1982--Interiors, June 1982 issue. Article about Piomelli, "Piomelli of City College: Top Teacher Profile," by Maeve Slavin.

Folder 16: 1982--"Four on the Jury" in Interiors about the jury for the Third Annual Interiors Awards, of which Piomelli was a member

Folder 17: 1982-83--Schiff residence (Montauk, NY), contracts with others

Folder 18: 1982-84--materials related to the City College of the City University of New York tenure decision for Piomelli

Folder 19: 1983--Schiff apartment (New York, NY), general files about renovation

Folder 20: 1983--Schiff residence (Montauk, NY), slides and photographs, mostly of model

Folder 21: [1983]--Curriculum vitae with examples of professional work, teaching, and research activities

Folder 22: 1983--Cerami residence (Shelter Island, NY), model slides and preliminary sketches

Folder 23: 1983-84--Schiff residence (Montauk, NY), correspondence

Folder 24: 1983-84--Schiff residence (Montauk, NY), details, and windows and doors

Folder 25: 1983-84--Editorial Advisory Board of Interiors magazine

Folder 26: 1983-87--Schiff residence (Montauk, NY), zoning and building permit

Folder 27: 1984--Pierson School (Tarrytown, NY) conversion to apartments. Materials include building permit, newspaper article about school, photographs, and literature about building plans

Folder 28: 1984--Cerami residence (Shelter Island, NY), outline specifications, estimates, and energy conservation data

Folder 29: 1984-85--Cerami residence (Shelter Island, NY), outline specifications

Folder 30: 1985--Cerami residence (Shelter Island, NY), specifications, invoices, blueprints, notes, and contracts

Folder 31: ca. 1985-95--Curriculum vitaes

Folder 32: 1989--Issue of the Italian magazine Costruire (No. 73, May 1989), with article, "Non Si Studia Si Abita" about Piomelli's work on the Pierson School apartments.

Folder 33: [1990]--"Interview with Rosaria Piomelli," transcript of interview. Interview focuses on the problems women face in academia, and recounts times Piomelli had faced discrimination when she taught at CCNY. Done for the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture Task Force on the Status of Women in Architecture Schools.

Folder 34: 1991--Photographs of interior of the Tauber residence

Folder 35: 1995--IAWA Newsletter, Fall 1995 issue, with an article by Piomelli, "Looking Back from the 10th Anniversary of the IAWA"

Folders 36-37: n.d.--Scrapbook of project drawings, photographs, and plans

Folder 38: n.d.--List of published work by Piomelli

Box 2:

Folder 1: 1965-73--Brown University Science Library

Folder 2: 1974--Pages from the May 18, 1974, New York Times with an article, "Women Architects Building Influence in a Profession That is 98.8% Male," by P. Goldberger which highlights Piomelli

Folder 3: [1974]--Poster calling for submissions to the "Women in Architecture" exhibit organized by Piomelli

Folder 4: 1974--Poster advertising the "Women in Architecture" exhibit organized by Piomelli

Folder 5: 1974--April 11, 1974, issue of Chelsea Clinton News with article by C. Meinhardt, "A Male-dominating Field Gives Way to Women" that features Piomelli and the women in architecture exhibit she organized

Folder 6: 1980--Page from the July 6, 1980, issue of the New York Times with article "A Female Dean of Architecture Who has Designs on the Future," by N. Robertson, featuring Piomelli

Folder 7: 1980--September 3, 1980, issue of The Campus (an undergraduate newspaper of the City College of New York) with an article about Piomelli being named the School of Architecture and Urban Studies first woman dean

Folder 8: [1984-86]--Pierson School (Tarrytown, NY), mock-up for brochure about renovation

Folder 9: 1985--Pages from the Gannett Westchester Newpapers, April 22, 1985, issue with article, "Pierson School Meeting Causes Flap Among Board Members," about the building's development (Piomelli owned and renovated the building)

Folder 10: 1986--Pierson School (Tarrytown, NY) drawings, details and tracings

Folder 11: n.d.--Descriptions of three designs in which Piomelli served as project director
Oberlin College Library (Warner, Burns, Toan & Lunde, Architects)
Brown University Science Library (Warner, Burns, Toan & Lunde, Architects)
St. George Place (I.M. Pei & Partners)

Folder 12: n.d.--Little Italy Risorgimento, 100 Unit Housing and Public School by Michael Muroff, Rosaria Piomelli, Pratt Institute. Four sheets of floorplans and elevations

Folder 13: n.d.--Tauber Apartment, drawings and photographs

Oversize folder 1:
Pierson School (Tarrytown, NY) renovation drawings

Emergency lights (4 drawings, 1st-4th floors)

Floor plans (15 drawings, all floors and mezzanine)

Site utilities (1 drawing, 3 copies), 1986

Typical details, general notes, column schedule, each floor and mezzanine, roof (1 drawing), 1985

Site development plan (4 copies), 1985

Planting plan, 1983

Oversize folder 2:
Red Hook Development (New York, NY). Piomelli listed among contributing architects

Sectional Map of New York, NY, Dept. of City Planning, 1980

"Reclaiming the City's Edge, Comprehensive Waterfront Plan," New York City Dept. of City Planning. Map of New York City.

General site plan, includes a copy with views from surrounding streets, 1991

Elevation of the Gateway from the waterfront/prespective sketch/perspective sketch from waterfront: functional plan (2 copies), proposed plan (2 copies), satellite photograph, functional plan

Oversize folder 3:
Miscellaneous projects

Five panels of architectural drawings for a competition to redesign Octagon Park, Washington, D.C., 1990

Schiff Apartment (one drawing), 1983

Schiff House, Montauk, NY (nine drawings), 1984: site plan, 1st and 2nd floor plan, finish & door schedule, floor plans & sections, exterior elevations, interior elevations, foundation & framing plans, framing sections, heating & ventilation system, electrical

Cerami House (12 drawings), 1985: site plan & plumbing diagram, floor plans, roof plan & schedules, elevations, bath & kitchen elevations, structural plans (2 sheets), construction details, foundation drawings, floor plans--electrical, floor plans--mechanical, wall section, kitchen flooring & steps details

Academy Hill Development (Hudson, NY): site plan, unit plan, typical cluster plans, section, elevation,

Buckle My Shoe (New York, NY), 1991: cellar floor plans, first floor plan, general notes

Artist Living-Work Quarters (New York, NY): conversion plan

Vyse Avenue Rehabiliation (Bronx, NY), 1987: ground floor plan, floor plan, 2, 3, 4 (typical), cellar floor plan,

Poster, Washington University School of Architecture, lecture series. Piomelli listed among speakers, 1977.

Other:
"Women in Architecture, An Exhibition of Work by Women" (n.d.): 2 sheets. Original drawings for exhibition poster [Rolled].

Books: These books are cataloged and located in the Special Collections Department of the University Libraries.

Vita in Citta: Spazio Urbanao E Relazioni Sociali, by Jan Gehl. Rimini, Italy: Maggioli Editore, 1991. Translated from the English by Rosaria Piomelli.

Zodiac 5, An International Review of Architecture (March 1991). Article by Piomelli, "Canary Wharf: London in the Third Millennium."

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