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Title:
Records of the CIAM Belgian section, 1928-1958

Collection number:
Accession no. 850865

Creator:
International Congress for Modern Architecture. Belgian Section.

Extent:
ca. 6 linear ft.
(12 boxes, 1 flatfile)

Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90040-1688

Abstract:
Records of the CIAM Belgian section comprise the records of Paul Fitschy, Liège-based secretary of the Belgian Section of the International Congress for Modern Architecture (Congrès internationaux d’architecture moderne), as well as some CIAM-related documents obtained in separate acquisitions. Included are correspondence and documents generated by the Belgian section itself, the central CIAM secretariat in Switzerland, and associated CIAM national sections. The records reflect CIAM’s development as an international organism, devoted to discussion and promotion of modern architecture and city planning. The CIAM congresses, particularly those from 1937 to 1956, are well documented, as are the day-to-day operations of the Belgian section. Principal correspondents include Victor Bourgeois, Sigfried Giedion, L. H. de Koninck, Huib Hoste, Gaston Eysselinck, Cornelis van Eesteren, and J. B. Bakema; some items from Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier are also preserved.

Language:
English.

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