University of Michigan Sports Services Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1985-1990
Date
undated
Collection Title
Gunnar Birkerts papers
Collection Creator
Birkerts, Gunnar.
Notes
Gunnar Birkerts & Associates, architecture firm. Built between 1989-1990.
[Early Roof Studies], untitled. Black and blue ink sketches on two sheets of tracing paper with blue and orange marker coloring, 18x28 inches. Second sketch is digital image only.
The Michigan Memorial Phoenix project started in 1948 to find peacetime applications for atomic energy. Originally, it included a laboratory, greenhouse, and the Ford Nuclear Reactor. The Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project building was completed in 1955 and designed by Cornelius Gabler. The greenhouse was replaced by an addition in 2013. The Ford Nuclear Reactor was built between 1955-1956 as an addition to the laboratory by architect Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates and deactivated in July 2003.
University of Michigan Law Library Rare Book Room, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1982
Date
1982
Collection Title
Gunnar Birkerts papers
Collection Creator
Birkerts, Gunnar.
Box / Drawer
Drawer 5
Folder / Container / Volume
Folder 3
Notes
Gunnar Birkerts & Associates, architecture firm. Construction began in 1978 and the building opened in 1981. The library is an underground addition to the Legal Research Building, which is one of the four original Law Quadrangle buildings, donated by William W. Cook and built between 1924-1933.
Schematic Design Drawing of Level 1 Floor Plan. Blue ink and colored pencil drawing on electrostatic print, 17 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt.
Architectural rendering showing the new addition to the Bentley Library. Prepared by Studio 4d for the architecture firm Jickling, Lyman & Powell Associates.
Photographic copy of architect's drawing of Phoenix Memorial Laboratory
Collection Title
Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project records
Collection Creator
Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project.
Box / Drawer
5
Folder / Container / Volume
History: Photographs
Notes
The Michigan Memorial Phoenix project started in 1948 to find peacetime applications for atomic energy. Originally, it included a laboratory, greenhouse, and the Ford Nuclear Reactor. The Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project building was completed in 1955 and designed by Cornelius Gabler. The greenhouse was replaced by an addition in 2013. The Ford Nuclear Reactor was built between 1955-1956 as an addition to the laboratory by architect Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates and deactivated in July 2003.
Allen B. and Irving K. Pond, of Chicago, architects. Construction for the Michigan Union began in 1916. Previously, the renovated residence of Judge Thomas M. Cooley was used as the Union clubhouse. Before the four-story building officially opened for student use in 1919, it was used in a partially finished state as a barracks for the Students' Army Training Corps. By 1925, the pool in the basement and the library on the second floor of the building were completed. Several additions were made to the Union in the 1930's and 1950's.
Image is a photographic print of an architectural rendering by architecture firm Lane, Davenport & Meyer.
Drawing: "The Theatre of the University of Michigan League"
Date
192705
Collection Title
Pond family papers
Collection Creator
Pond Family (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Box / Drawer
12
Folder / Container / Volume
Michigan League
Notes
The Lydia Mendelssohn Theater was designed by Allen Pond & Pond Architects with Martin & Lloyd. Located within the Michigan League and opened on May 4, 1929. Provided by funds from Gordon Mendelssohn in honor of his mother. Renovated in 1995.
2 scans made - 1 of 2 = full sheet, 2 of 2 = close crop of image and caption
Albert Kahn Associates, architecture firm. Built in 1969.
On verso: "Photographer, National Reproductions. If this photograph is used for publication credit should be given to Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, Detroit, Mich."
Medical Science Unit I was completed in 1958 by architects Giffels & Valet, Inc. with Holabird & Root. It originally housed the Medical School Administration and the departments of Biological Chemistry, Pathology, and Pharmacology. Medical Science Unit II was completed in 1969 by architect Holabird & Root. It originally housed the departments of Anatomy, Genetics, Microbiology, and Physiology. Both buildings are also referred to as the Medical School and connected to the Main Hospital.
Photo of architect's rendering of Law Library addition underground
Collection Title
Law School (University of Michigan) records
Collection Creator
University of Michigan. Law School.
Box / Drawer
68
Folder / Container / Volume
(23) Law Library Addition 1980 - Drawings and elevations
Notes
Gunnar Birkerts & Associates, architecture firm. Construction began in 1978 and the building opened in 1981. The library is an underground addition to the Legal Research Building, which is one of the four original Law Quadrangle buildings, donated by William W. Cook and built between 1924-1933.
Architectural rendering of Legal Research Building
Collection Title
Law School (University of Michigan) records
Collection Creator
University of Michigan. Law School.
Folder / Container / Volume
Drawings and Blueprints
Notes
York & Sawyer, architecture firm. The William W. Cook Legal Research Building (also known as the Legal Research Library or Law Library) was completed in 1931, the third of the four buildings William W. Cook gave to form the Law Quadrangle, built between 1924-1933. In 1955, the original six level stackroom was increased to ten levels. The underground Allan F. and Alene Smith Law Library Addition designed by Gunnar Birkerts Associates was completed in 1981. The additional three original buildings comprising the Law Quadrangle with their construction dates are: the Lawyers' Club, 1924; the John P. Cook Dormitory, 1930; and Hutchins Hall, 1933. In January 2012, the Law Quadrangle was enlarged with the addition of South Hall and Aikens Commons.
UBImusD12. Folder: Proposed buildings. Burton Tower and Music School. no. 131
Photographer / Artist
Ivory Photo (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Notes
Albert Kahn Associates, architecture firm. Dedicated on December 4, 1936. Named for Dr. Marion LeRoy Burton, University President from 1920-1925. The carillon in bell chamber was donated in 1935 by Charles Baird, a former athletic director and University graduate of the class of 1895.
Image is photographic print of architectural model.
Allen B. and Irving K. Pond, of Chicago, architects. Construction for the Michigan Union began in 1916. Previously, the renovated residence of Judge Thomas M. Cooley was used as the Union clubhouse. Before the four-story building officially opened for student use in 1919, it was used in a partially finished state as a barracks for the Students' Army Training Corps. By 1925, the pool in the basement and the library on the second floor of the building were completed. Several additions were made to the Union in the 1930's and 1950's.
