Architecture--Designs and plans

Scope and Contents Construction plans for the Cultural and Convention Center (Scope Arena and Chrysler Hall theater) in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Included are original architectural drawings, copy prints of these and other architectural drawings, and engineering reports. The bulk of the materials are from 1966 and were produced by Studio Nervi, a prominent architectural and engineering firm based in Rome, Italy. Some of the copy prints were created jointly by Studio Nervi and the local Norfolk architects...

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Backup files of reports and plans contained on CD-ROM and USB storage.

Scope and Contents Thirteen watercolor architectural drawings created by Henry V. Shriver during his time as an architecture student at Virginia Tech in the early 1950s. This collection also contains two circa 1960s photographic renderings of Norfolk Regional Airport, which is now Norfolk International Airport. The renderings were created by Shriver and Holland Associates of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection also includes an 1850 nautical chart of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, published in New York by...

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1980s-1990s appraisal reports created by Jonak & Company for buildings in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Buildings appraised include Life Savings Bank at 238 Main Street, The Wheat Building at 109-117 East Main Street, The Wainwright Building at 229 West Bute Street, and the Tazewell Building at 225 Granby Street.

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Contains proposals for the organization, development, design and storage for the Norfolk Center for Ocean Environments. This was a Master of Architecture thesis project at North Carolina State University.

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Various drawings, plans, and records of MMM Design, an architectural firm that operated in Norfolk from the early 1940s to 2014.

Scope and Contents One 1830s ledger containing sketches of houses in the borough of Norfolk, Virginia. This sketchbook is likely a mortgage foreclosure portfolio from 1836 to 1850. All properties included in the sketchbook were held by the Bank of Virginia. Entries include color paintings of the foreclosed properties, architectural drawings, and the street the property was located on. Many entries also contain information on the previous owner of the property, the property's value, what the property sold for...

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Thirteen color prints of buildings and proposed buildings in Norfolk, Virginia from American Architect and Building News dating between November 28, 1891 and December 24, 1898. Some of the prints also include floor plans.

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Seven architectural rendering photographs of Pembroke Square Shopping Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The photographs include aerial views and internal depictions of the shopping mall. Identified stores include Sears, Miller & Rhoads, and Thalhimers.

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One 1966 scrapbook of newspaper clippings from The Virginian-Pilot, Ledger-Star, The Richmond News Leader, and Richmond Times Dispatch about planning for the Norfolk Coliseum, or Scope, by Italian engineer Pier Luigi Nervi. There are also many articles about the beginnings of the Richmond Coliseum.