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Architectural drawing of original M.D. Anderson Library with blue and brown wing additions
Architectural drawing of original M.D. Anderson Library with blue and brown wing additions
TitleArchitectural drawing of original M.D. Anderson Library with blue and brown wing additions
CreatorStaub, Rather, and Howze [architect]; Kenneth Bentsen Associates [architect];
DescriptionPhotograph of architectural drawing showing the original 1951 building, the 1968 eight-story addition, and the 1977 five-story addition. The architectural drawing was executed during the 1980s for a proposed South Wing that was never built. M.D. Anderson Library was occupied in 1950 and dedicated on April 1, 1951. Since then, three additions have been made. The first was completed in 1968 and is known as the Blue Wing (architects: Staub and Rather, expanded to Staub, Rather, and Howze). The second was completed in 1977, and is formally named for M.D. Anderson Foundation trustee John H. Freeman, but is better known as the Brown Wing (architects: Kenneth Bentsen Associates). The third was completed in 2005 and is called the Gold Wing (architects: Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott). This addition, designed in conjunction with a major renovation of the existing building, added 48% more space to the library.
Date1980s
Genrearchitectural drawings; copy prints;
Subject (Name)Anderson, Monroe D.
Freeman, John Henry
University of Houston. Libraries
Subject.Topical (SAA)research libraries
Subject (Geographic)M.D. Anderson Library
Houston, Texas
Original CollectionUH Photographs Collection, 1948-2000 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=58
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Original Item LocationID 1969-037, Box 18, Folder 24
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File nameuhp0033-cc.tif
Digital Collectionreformatted digital