Espegel Alonso, Carmen, Architectural Collection Carmen Espegel Alonso Architectural Collection, 1985-2004 Ms.2001.021

Carmen Espegel Alonso Architectural Collection, 1985-2004 Ms.2001.021


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Jennifer Meehan, Archivist, and Special Collections and University Archives Staff

Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.2001.021
Title
Carmen Espegel Alonso Architectural Collection 1985-2004
Quantity
3 Cubic Feet, 1 box, 2 oversize folders
Creator
Alonso, Carmen Espegel
Language
The materials in the collection are in Spanish and English.
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of Carmen Espegel Alonso, practicing architect in Madrid, Spain, including correspondence, a copy of her thesis, graphic dossiers, and a catalog of her architectural work.

Administrative Information

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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], Carmen Espegel Alonso Architectural Collection, Ms2001-021, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated to the International Archive of Women in Architecture at Special Collections in 2000, 2004, and 2015.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Carmen Espegel Alonso Architectural Collection was completed in July 2004. The processing of the original donation took place in 2001. An addition of architectural drawings was incorporated in 2016.


Biographical Note

Carmen Espegel Alonso was born on March 27, 1960 in Palencia, Spain. She received her architecture degree with honors from the Madrid School of Architecture in 1985, specializing in town planning. Espegel Alonso then continued her education at the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven (Belgium). She graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1995 with a Master's in Conservation of Historic Towns and Buildings. Espegel Alonso completed her doctoral work at the Madrid School of Architecture.

Since 1991, Espegel Alonso has been an Associate Professor of Projects at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid. She has been a practicing architect since 1985, has served as Principal of her own firm, VZK Architects, from 1991 to 1998, and is currently (2004) working with her firm, Espegel-Fisac Arquitectos, which she founded with Concha Fisac de Ron in 2003.

Scope and Content

The Carmen Espegel Alonso Architectural Collection consists of correspondence with other architects; a copy of Espegel Alonso's thesis for her Master's Degree in Conservation; 17 architectural drwaings from a capstone project; graphic dossiers, including curriculum vitaes, of her work with her firms, VZK Architects and Espegel-Fisac Arquitectos; and a catalog from an exhibition of her architectural work.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Separated Material

The following items were transferred to the Rare Book Collection:

Premios COAM 2003 , Madrid: Fundacion COAM, 2003 (call no. NA2350.S7 .P738 2003)

Women architects in the modern movement by Carmen Espegel Alonso and translated by Angela Giral, New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 (call no.: NA958.5.M63 E8713 2018)

Heroínas del espacio : [mujeres arquitectos en el Movimiento Moderno] (in English: Heroines of Space: [Women Architects in the Modern Movement] ) by Carmen Espegel Alonso, Buenos Aires : Madrid : Nobuko ; Atlántida, [2007] (call no.: NA958.5.M63 E87 2007)


Subjects and Indexing Terms

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

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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

Container List

box-folder 1 folder: 1
Correspondence with Milka Bliznakov
1995-1998
box-folder 1 folder: 2
Master's Thesis, "Study and Restoration Proposals for the "Maison en Bord De Mer: E. 1027" By Arch. Eileen Gray and Jean Badovici"
1995
box-folder 1 folder: 3
Graphic dossier of VZK Architects
1996
box-folder 1 folder: 4
Graphic dossier of Espegel-Fisac Arquitectos
2003
box-folder 1 folder: 5
Catalog, "Espegel, Obra reciente 2000-2004"
2004
Existence and Location of Copies

2 copies

oversize folder: 1 oversize folder: 2
Architectural drawings for thesis project, "Villa de Plinio"
June 1985
Scope and Content

The folders contain 17 ink drawings (A-1 sized) on mylar completed by Carmen Espegel Alonso. Final project to obtain degree of architecture from the "Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid", June 1985, Madrid, Spain.