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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Karin Rühle Architectural Papers, Ms2001-016, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Karin Rühle Architectural Papers were donated to Special Collections in the summer of 2000.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Karin Rühle Architectural Papers commenced and was completed in May 2001.

Biographical Note

Karin Rühle (also Ruehle) is an architect from Berlin, Germany. She graduated from Technische Universität Berlin in 1984, starting her own firm in 1988. She moved to New York in 1998, earning her license there in 2001. She married James Lyman Reynolds, becoming Karin Ruehle Reynolds, and they own an architectural firm in Stone Ridge, New York.

Source: "About James Lyman Reynolds Architect," https://www.jameslymanreynolds.com/about , accessed Feb. 10, 2023.

Scope and Content

The Karin Rühle Architectural Papers contain materials relating to one project, Projekt 1.10, Gartenstadt Jahnstrasse/Dahlwitz Hoppegarten, often abbreviated "Jahnstr," from 1991-1995. The materials for this project consist mainly of architectural drawings, originals and copies, with related images and three-dimensional models of several of the project's buildings.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by subject.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

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

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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