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Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Cristina Grau García Architectural Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Cristina Grau García Architectural Collection, Ms2001-066, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Cristina Grau García Architectural Collection was completed in October 2015.

Biographical/Historical Note

Architect, author, and professor Cristina Grau García was born in Valencia, Spain, on July 24, 1946. She graduated with a degree in architecture in 1972 and a doctorate in 1984 from the Escuela Technica Superior de Architectura in Valencia, Spain. Her thesis, "El espacio arquitectónico en la literatura: el laberinto borgiano y otros laberintus" focused on architectural themes in literature. Her 1989 book “Borges y la arquitectura”, on design themes in the work of Jorge Luis Borges, further explored this topic.

Among her many accomplishments, Grau García was a professor at the Valencia Polytechnic University where she taught courses in philology and architecture. Cristina Grau García collaborated with her brother, architect Camilo Grau García, on several architectural restoration projects and design competitions. Her projects and articles have been featured in several Spanish design magazines, including “On Diseño”, “Arquitectura”, "CIMAL", "El Croquis", and "Sala Parpallo." She is fluent in several languages, including Spanish, Catalan, French, English, German and Italian.

Scope and Content

This collection documents the work of Cristina Grau García from 1974-1989. It contains a curriculum vitae, magazine articles written by Grau García, course materials used in her work as a faculty member for Valencia Polytechnic University, and publishings related to competitions and projects undertaken with her brother, Camilo Grau García. Significant topics represented in her writings include samples of her research on architecture in Valencia, Spain and the relationship between literature and architecture.

Arrangement

This collection was loosely arranged to keep related materials together according to their function (professional or faculty related) and the order in which they were found by the processor.

Separated Material

One publication was removed from the collection to be cataloged for the Special Collections Rare Book Collection: "Borges y la arquitectura" (1989).

Index Terms

Subjects:

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

Persons:

• Grau García, Camilo

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