Cristina Grau Garcia Architectural Papers
Scope and Content
This collection documents the work of Cristina Grau Garcia from 1974-1989. It contains a curriculum vitae, professional articles, course materials used in her work as a faculty member for Valencia Polytechnic University, and publishings related to competitions and projects undertaken with her brother, Camilo Grau Garcia. Significant topics represented in her writings include samples of her research on architecture in Valencia, Spain and the relationship between literature and architecture.
Dates
- Creation: 1974 - 1989
Creator
- Grau-Garcia, Cristina, 1946- (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Cristina Grau-Garcia Architectural Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical / Historical
Architect, author, and professor Cristina Grau García was born in Valencia, Spain, on July 24, 1946. She graduated with a degree in architecture in 1972 and a doctorate in 1984 from the Escuela Technica Superior de Architectura in Valencia, Spain. Her thesis, "El espacio arquitectónico en la literatura: el laberinto borgiano y otros laberintus" focused on architectural themes in literature. Her 1989 book “Borges y la arquitectura”, on design themes in the work of Jorge Luis Borges, further explored this topic.
Among her many accomplishments, Grau Garcia was a professor at the Valencia Polytechnic University where she taught courses in philology and architecture. Cristina Grau Garcia collaborated with her brother, architect Camilo Grau Garcia, on several architectural restoration projects and design competitions. Her projects and articles have been featured in several Spanish design magazines, including “On Diseño”, “Arquitectura”, "CIMAL", "El Croquis", and "Sala Parpallo." She is fluent in several languages, including Spanish, Catalan, French, English, German and Italian. Grau García
Full Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
This collection looks at the work of Cristina Grau Garcia, an architect and author from Valencia, Spain. The collection includes a resume, articles about projects executed by Cristina and her brother Camilo, teaching materials from her courses at Valencia Polytechnic University, and academic articles by Grau Garcia in Spanish language publications.
Arrangement
This collection was loosely arranged to keep related materials together according to their function (professional or faculty related) and the order in which they were found by the processor.
Separated Materials
One publication was removed from the collection to be cataloged for the Special Collections Rare Book Collection: "Borges y la arquitectura" (1989)
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Cristina Grau-Garcia Architectural Collection was completed in October 2015.
Subject
- Grau, Camilo (Architect, Person)
- Title
- A Guide to the Cristina Grau Garcia Architectural Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- A Collection in Special Collections
- Author
- Steffany Mego
- Date
- ©2015 By Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu