Walter Burley Griffin (1876-1937)
Marion Mahony Griffin (1871-1961)
Walter Burley and Marion Mahony Griffin Collection
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Walter Burley Griffin (1876-1937)
Marion Mahony Griffin (1871-1961)1911-2016
Walter Burley and Marion Mahony Griffin Collection
Walter Burley Griffin (1876-1937) Marion Mahony Griffin (1871-1961) →archival material
Date
1911-2016
Medium
Correspondence, photographs, aperture cards, architectural reprographic prints, a CD-ROM, printed materials, computer printouts, photocopies and realia.
Dimensions
4 boxes and flatfile materials: W.: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift from Prof. James Weirick, Peter Wille, Marion Mahony Griffin, Wilbert Hasbrouck, Mary Woolever, Jane Clark and Steve Flora; some materials were purchased by the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
Married architectural partners and Chicagoans Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin were invited to Australia in 1913 to execute Walter's winning city plan for the new capital, Canberra. The Griffins settled in the suburbs of Sydney, where they established "Castlecrag," a neighborhood of small houses and community buildings for like-minded artists and intellectuals. This collection is comprised of microfilmed drawings—by the Griffins and others architects—and contemporary newspaper articles about Castlecrag and Walter's design for an incinerator in Willoughby, Australia. This collection also contains a small group of material relating to the Griffins' work in the United States and elsewhere.
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See also: Magic of America collection
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