Valeria Stupnitsky Batorewicz papers
Scope and Content Note
The collection comprises architectural drawings and sketches for projects with ENVIRON Corporation, Housing Systems Assoc., and Housing Systems Corp. Also included are sketches from student work, work from Batorewicz's early association with established architects, Batorewicz's later job files and proposals, and copies of publications by and about her. Photographs included in the collection are of Batorewicz's work, her projects, and travel in Europe.
Dates
- 1947-1980
Creator
- Batorewicz, Valeria S., 1936-1983 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division reading room. Advance notice is requested.
Restrictions on Use
There are no restrictions on the use of materials in this collection. Copies can be requested if the condition of the originals warrants it.
Biographical Sketch for Valeria Stupnitsky Batorewicz
Valeria Stupnitsky Batorewicz was born in Kharkov and moved with her family to Bavaria, Venezuela and Minneapolis. She attended the University of Caracas and University of Minnesota's schools of architecture, graduating from the latter in 1959 with distinction. With a Fulbright Fellowship she spent a year in Spain, studying the history of architecture, and returned to the U.S. to take her Master's (Environmental Design with honors) from Yale in 1969. In 1968 she received a Yale University grant to study housing problems, followed by further grants to develop experimental housing systems for low and moderate income families. Batorewicz founded and headed ENVIRON Corporation, Housing Systems Assoc., and Housing Systems Corp. to develop and test fiberglass and urethane foam sandwich prefabricated building systems, working in cooperation with commercial developers.
Extent
12 Cubic Feet
Abstract
The collection comprises architectural drawings and sketches for projects with ENVIRON Corporation, Housing Systems Assoc., and Housing Systems Corp. Also included are sketches from student work, work from Batorewicz's early association with established architects, Batorewicz's later job files and proposals, and copies of publications by and about her. Photographs included in the collection are of Batorewicz's work, her projects, and travel in Europe.
Arrangement
The collection is organized in three series:
- Architectural Drawings and Sketches
- Boxed Material
- Photographs
Physical Location
High Bay, Mezzanine, AV Room
Acquisition
Donated by her professional partner, Andrea Brass in 1995.
- Batorewicz, Valeria S., 1936-1983
- ENVIRON Corporation
- Housing Systems Associates
- Housing Systems Corporation
- Modular construction -- United States -- Designs and plans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prefabricated houses -- Designs and plans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Valeria Stupnitsky Batorewicz papers
- Author
- Archives staff
- Date
- 1995
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Northwest Architectural Archives Collecting Area
