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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], Czeslawa Zielinska Architectural Collection, Ms2005-017, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Czeslawa Zielinska Architectural Collection was donated to the International Archive of Women in Architecture at the Special Collections in 2005. An addition to the collection was received in 2011.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Czeslawa Zielinska Architectural Collection was completed in August 2005. The 2011 addition was integrated in 2012.

Biographical Note

Czeslawa (or Czesia) Zielinska is a Polish-born Canadian architect and inventor. She was educated in Poland and holds both a Master of Science degree in Architecture from the Warsaw Technical University in 1952 and a Master of Science in Interior Design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1962. Zielinska invented the patented GETSET Building System (prefabricated components for building structures and modular furniture), and is co-inventor with her husband, structural engineer Zenon A. Zielinski, of patented UCOPAN (Universal Concrete Panel System). She is a partner in UCOPAN Enterprises and is a member of Royal Institute of Architecture of Canada as well as the Interior Decorators Society of Quebec. Her specialization is in integrated exterior-interior architectural and structural design, low cost housing as well as furniture and product design.

Scope and Content

The Czeslawa Zielinska Architectural Collection includes Zielinska's curriculum vitae, a Canadian patent certificate, promotional literature on UCOPAN as well as published papers and articles relevant to UCOPAN's uses and deployment abroad. It also includes personal accounts and photocopies of landscape and building sketches she drew while she and her family were living in Egypt and India from 1966-1971.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by subject matter, and is divided into three series: I: Personal Papers, II: Professional Papers, and III: Project Records.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Architects
• Architects and community
• International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
• Women -- History
• Women architects -- Canada

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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