Columbia University GSAPP Visual Resources Center

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Framed Transformations 2010

The proposed public exhibition, Projecting the Past: The Lantern Slide in Architectural Education, builds upon a successful previous exhibition of lantern slides held in the GSAPP in 2010 and upon a small-scale permanent display that is already underway for the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library.

Robert Ware Lantern Slide Collection

In 1881, William Robert Ware founded the Architecture Program at Columbia University, bringing with him an extensive collection of lantern slides, the foundation of the image archive at the school. →

Projecting the Past The Lantern Slide in Architectural Education

This project is an exhibition and preservation project that will make the lantern slide collection of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation accessible to the public in both physical and digital form, while preserving these valuable images for future use. →

History of Collection

These 4" x 3-1/4" glass plate photographs geographically expanded architectural education, creating a new means to readily experience spaces otherwise out of reach, and making architecture accessible to a larger audience for the first time.

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Framed Trransfomations

Slide Library, as it exists today, proceeds to add to this anthology while preserving its legacy in images, archiving both this slide collection and a collection of films growing since 1989.

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Projecting the Past 2012 Proposal

The mission of the Slide & Video Library at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation is to curate and archive the school's still and moving image collections. Founded in 1882 as the school's working library, one year after the opening of the school itself, the Slide & Video Library today provides images for teaching and research to faculty and students as well as collects 35mm slides from individuals whose work has been important in the field of architecture. The Slide & Video Library serves as a resource for image information and research, provides equipment for analog-to-digital image conversion, and acts as the interface between the past and present work of the school. →

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Mission Statement

To open this resource to the broader university population, the organization is working with Columbia Libraries to create long-term curated exhibitions in library spaces. This project seeks funding for the equipment and labor necessary for the digitization of this collection. Digitization is necessary for archiving the images due to possible deterioration. This project is of critical importance to protect both the images of those slides intended for exhibition installation as well as the larger collection of lantern slides preserved in the Slide Library facilities. More →

Mission Statement

Created using a technology that is no longer supported, the high-resolution lantern slides often present spaces and views that are the oldest and or completely unique surviving record of past places. More →

Slide Library

The Slide Library at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation owns a unique collection of 25,000 antique lantern slides. Read More →

Slide and Video Library

The Architecture Slide and Video Library is a student-run facility providing GSAPP students and faculty with more than 100,000 images in digital, 35mm slide, and lantern slide formats. The slide collection covers faculty research interests, images used in history courses, work presented by guest lecturers, and a survey of world architectural history from antiquity to the present day. In addition to 35mm and digital formats, the Slide Library owns a unique collection of 25,000 antique lantern slides.

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