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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Elise Sundt Architectural Collection, Ms1984-183, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Elise Sundt Architectural Collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives prior to 1985.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Elise Sundt Architectural Collection was completed in November 2011.

Biographical Note

Elise Sundt was born in Vienna in 1928. She studied at the Technical University of Vienna where she met her husband and graduated with a diploma in architecture. Sundt had many talents but chose to focus on Architecture and Civil Engineering. She focused on educational structures and completed many projects at home and abroad in Afghanistan. As a pioneer in the profession, Sundt was an outspoken advocate for women in architecture and participated in many conferences and expositions later in life. Much of her work was inspired by her husband and late father who were also in the building profession and contributed greatly to her education.

Find more information about Sundt in the IAWA Biographical Database .

Scope and Content

The Elise Sundt collection contains an information packet about women architects in Austria, with Sundt cited; a photograph of the renovation of a structure in Horn, Austria; two architectural journals; a copy of an article, "Die Frau als Ziviltechiker;" A building efficiency study (1970) of schools in Vienna; a catalog of her work, "Bauten und Projecte;" an autobiographical essay, Mein Beruflicher Weidegang Und Lebenslauf; and photographs of panels from an exhibit about Austrian women architects. [Format - Dr=Drawings, Ph=Photographs]

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
• Women -- History

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Elise Sundt Architectural Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).