Walter Burley and Marion Mahony Griffin Collection

Walter Burley GriffinWW-1911-017906

1911·Correspondence, photographs, aperture cards, architectural reprographic prints, a CD-ROM, printed materials, computer printouts, photocopies and realia.·4 boxes and flatfile materials: W.: 30.5 cm (12 in.)

Married architectural partners and Chicagoans Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin were invited to Australia in 1913 to execute Walter's winning city plan for the new capital, Canberra. The Griffins settled in the suburbs of Sydney, where they established "Castlecrag," a neighborhood of small houses and community buildings for like-minded artists and intellectuals. This collection is comprised of microfilmed drawings—by the Griffins and others architects—and contemporary newspaper articles about Castlecrag and Walter's design for an incinerator in Willoughby, Australia. This collection also contains a small group of material relating to the Griffins' work in the United States and elsewhere. <a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/search/collection/findingaids/searchterm/Griffin,%20Walter%20Burley%20and%20Marion%20Mahony,%20Collection/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/1">View finding aid.</a> <a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/search/collection/mqc/searchterm/Griffin,%20Walter%20and%20Marion%20Mahony,%20Collection/field/subcol/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/1">View selected images from this collection.</a> <a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/search/collection/mqc/searchterm/griffin%2C%20marion!griffin%2C%20walter!magic%20of%20america/field/all!all!all/mode/exact!exact!exact/conn/or!or!and/order/title">Find all related digital images.</a> See also: <a href="">Magic of America collection</a> Collection access: Collections may be accessed in the Franke Reading Room of the Research Center at The Art Institute of Chicago, by appointment only. For further information, consult <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/contact-usage-and-faq">the FAQ</a>. <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/finding-aids">Finding aids by subject</a> <a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/findingaids">Browse all finding aids</a> <a href="http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/mqc">Browse images and media</a> <a href="https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/oral-histories">Oral histories</a> Contact the Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives: archives@artic.edu

Catalogue

Year: 1911
Medium: Correspondence, photographs, aperture cards, architectural reprographic prints, a CD-ROM, printed materials, computer printouts, photocopies and realia.
Dimensions: 4 boxes and flatfile materials: W.: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Walter Burley Griffin

Artist

Walter Burley Griffin

Photography

Walter Burley Griffin was an American architect and urban planner who designed the master plan for Canberra, Australia's capital city, in 1912. Working in the Prairie School tradition pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright, Griffin developed an organic architectural vocabulary that integrated landscape, geometry, and civic vision. His plan for Canberra, organized around water features and radiating avenues, remains one of the twentieth century's most ambitious urban designs. Griffin also designed residences and public buildings throughout Australia and the United States, emphasizing the integration of architecture with natural topography.

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