Brant Kitchen [NYC] [drawings], 1978

The Alan Buchsbaum Visual Materials contain materials produced or used by Buchsbaum and his Design Coalition associates for design projects as well as a few art posters collected by Buchsbaum. The majority of materials in this collection are drawings for architectural projects undertaken by Alan Buchsbaum or the Design Coalition. Many of the projects include early conceptual design sketches on trace paper as well as more formal drawings on paper vellum.

In addition to drawings, the collection also contains some photographs and slides; posters and artwork collected by Alan Buchsbaum; and materials used in his textile and graphic design projects. Most of the slides were originally housed in three binders. For the sake of brevity in the item-level inventory and on the folders, the binders were given a letter designation. The original names are as follows: Binder A = 1980, Hirsch, Pan Am Electroport, Gold, Bernstein, Sanjerjo, Reinhard, Andreozzi; Binder B = Savannah, Fabrics, Misc.; Binder C = V'Soske, Midler, Abramson, Film Forum, Zanmatti, Jakobson.

The numbering system was established by the COA prior to the collection coming to the Georgia Tech Design Archives. The letter prefixes indicate a grouping of materials by type: KA=space planning and interior design; KB=commercial; KC=residential/houses; KD=residential/house additions and renovations; KE=residential/apartments and lofts; KF=product design; KG=not used; KH=exhibits and graphic design; KI=not used; KJ=theaters and entertainment facilities; KK=landscape/garden design and municipal urban design; KL=architectural competitions/building design; KM=miscellaneous/unknown; KN=personal binders and Design Coalition management documents; KO=posters, articles, fabrics, photos, art collections; KP=Greene Street Construction Company documents, and manuscripts or visual materials originally filed with the manuscripts.

More refined searches and detailed item information are available by visiting the Georgia Tech Archives or by contacting the Visual Materials Archivist.