Max Gordon architectural records and papers, 1944-2010, bulk 1944-1990

Max Gordon architectural records and papers, 1944-2010, bulk 1944-1990

Summary Information

Abstract

Max Gordon (1931-1990) was an internationally renowned architect who specialized in the design of galleries and exhibition spaces for modern and contemporary art. The collection is composed primarily of project files, architectural drawings, photographs, correspondence, legal papers, personal diaries, and student sketchbooks.

At a Glance

Bib ID:
8277276 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Gordon, Max, 1931-1990; Chapman, Taylor Partners; Richard Gluckman Architects
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
10 document boxes; 929 photographic items;
Language(s):
English .
Access:

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Description

Scope and Content

The Max Gordon architectural records and papers documents the architectural career and life of the internationally renowned architect. The collection is composed primarily of project files, architectural drawings, photographs, correspondence, legal papers, personal diaries, and student sketchbooks.

Series I: Project Records covers Max Gordon's architectural career from his student work at Cambridge, the Architectural Association School of Architecture, and Harvard University to his later work under his own London based practice, Max Gordon Associates. The series is made up of three subseries: Drawings, Files, and Photographs. Subseries 1: Drawings primarily documents commissions undertaken by Gordon after he established Max Gordon Associates. The architectural drawings are arranged alphabetically by project. Max Gordon is the primary creator for most of the drawings in this subseries; however, when this is not the case, the other creator has been listed. It is important to note that Gordon worked closely with architect Richard Goldsbrough on many projects. The majority of the architectural drawings are blue line prints, but there are many original ink on trace and ink on Mylar drawings as well as blueprints. Subseries 2: Files consists of non-visual, project-related material, including correspondence, contract records, invoices, notes, and calculations. The files have been arranged alphabetically by project. Subseries 3: Photographs contains project photographs. The majority of the projects contain only color prints; however, the subseries does contain negatives, slides, glass plate negatives, and digital images stored on CD-ROM. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by project name.

Series II: Office Records contains papers related to Gordon's partnership with Chapman Taylor Partners and Louis de Soissons Partnership, including legal papers and correspondence. The series also includes material associated with Max Gordon Associates, including his desk diaries and promotional portfolios and photographs.

Series III: Student Work contains architectural drawings, sketches, class notes, and student writings created by Gordon while he was a student at University of Cambridge and the Architectural Association in London during the early 1950s. The material is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Series IV: Personal Papers is made up of personal diaries, biographical information, clippings, slides, and collected ephemera. The material is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Publication Date

1944-2010

Arrangement

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Permission to publish must be obtained in writing from the Director, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, 1172 Amsterdam Ave., MC 0301, New York, NY 10027.

Preferred Citation

Max Gordon architectural records and papers, 1944-2010, bulk 1944-1990. Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Related Archival Materials

Associated Materials--Researchers interested in Max Gordon's involvement with the advisory board of the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the advisory board associated with the construction of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sophia, Madrid should consult the Papers of the architect Max Gordon located at the Tate Archive, London. The collection housed at the Tate Archive also documents Gordon's role as a patron, curator and collector and include correspondence, invoices, plans and photographs, lecture notes and printed material.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--David Gordon. Method of acquisition--Donated;; Date of acquisition--2010. Accession number--2010.024.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Processing Information

This collection was processed in 2010 by Shelley Hayreh, Archivist, Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Revision Description

2011-01-11 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biography

Max Gordon was born June 10, 1931 in Cape Town, South Africa. He received his architectural education at the University of Cambridge, the Architectural Association in London, and the graduate School of Design at Harvard University. At Harvard, Gordon studied Urban Design under Professor Jose Luis Sert and graduated with a Master of Architecture degree in 1956.

Gordon's professional practice began in New York working for Skidmore, Ownings and Merrill. In 1962, Gordon returned to England as a partner in the London based firm Chapman Taylor Partners. After ten years with Chapman Taylor, Gordon left to become a senior partner at The Louis de Soissons Partnership. He remained with Louis de Soissons until 1981 when the firm relocated its offices outside of London.

At that time, Gordon established his own practice in London, Max Gordon Associates. After only a few years, Gordon soon became an internationally sought-after designer of and consultant for exhibition spaces and art galleries. At the time of his death, a New York Times obituary described Gordon as "the architect of choice for museums, dealers' galleries and private collectors from Los Angeles, Chicago and New York to London, Madrid, Athens and Helsinki."

One of Gordon's breakthrough commissions was the Saatchi Gallery located at 98a Boundary Road in London. In 1984, Charles and Doris Saatchi approached Gordon about converting a former paint factory into an exhibition gallery for their contemporary art collection. Gordon converted an old industrial factory in St John's Wood into, as one critic at the time described as, "one of the most blissful spaces of its kind."

His most prominent commissions include, among others, Annely Juda Fine Art, Brooke-Alexander Gallery, Paula Cooper Gallery, James Corcoran Gallery, Fisher Landau Center, Koury-Wingate Gallery, Lorence-Monk Gallery, Luhring-Augustine Gallery, Maeght-Lelong Gallery, Marlborough Fine Art Galleries, and gallery space for the Centro d'Arte Reina Sophia. Gordon also did significant residential design work for clients such as artist Richard Serra, Joel Shapiro, and Jennifer Barlett, art collectors Asher Edelman and Lewis Manilow, and musician Brian Ferry. Gordon worked closely with architects Richard Goldsbrough and Richard Gluckman on many of these projects.

Alongside his work as an architect, Gordon was a member of the trustees' committee on architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art and a member of its international council from 1978 to 1985. In London, he was a founding committee member of the Patrons of New Art at the Tate Gallery and a trustee of the Whitechapel Art Gallery Foundation.

Max Gordon died on August 24, 1990 in London.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Diaries
Photographs
Student drawings
architectural drawings (visual works)
Name
Annely Juda Fine Art
Bartlett, Jennifer, 1941-
Feigen, Richard L., 1930-
Fisher Landau Center
Gordon, Max, 1931-1990
Joannou, Dakis
Johns, Jasper, 1930-
Manilow, Lewis, 1927-
Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd
Saatchi Gallery
Whitechapel Art Gallery
Subject
Apartment houses -- England -- London
Apartment houses -- New York (State) -- New York
Architecture -- England -- Designs and plans
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans
Art Galleries (buildings)
Exhibition building spaces
Galleries (Architecture)

Series I: Project Records


Subseries 1: Drawings


Box 1 Folder 3

Annely Juda Fine Art (23 Dering Street, London, England), 1989

8 items; Other Creator: Richard Goldsbrough DesRCA MCSD


Tube 2 Roll 4

Annely Juda Fine Art (23 Dering Street, London, England), undated

3 items


Tube 2 Roll 5

Annely Juda Fine Art [?] (23 Dering Street, London, England), undated

51 items


Box 1 Folder 4

Bartlett, Jennifer, Residence (26 Rue Vavin, Paris, France), undated

82 items


Box 1 Folder 5

Bartlett, Jennifer, Residence (26 Rue Vavin, Paris, France), undated

48 items


Drawer 86 Folder 1

Bartlett-Carrier Loft, 1989

2 items


Box 1 Folder 6

Benton Residence (1065 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY), 1986

2 items; Other Creator: Richard Gluckman Architects


Box 1 Folder 7

Brody, Eugene, Residence (119 East 79th Street, New York, NY), 1987-1990

22 items


Tube 3 Roll 6

Brody, Eugene, Residence (119 East 79th Street, New York, NY), 1988

15 items; Other Creator: Richard Gluckman Architects


Box 1 Folder 8

Colby College Museum of Art, Paul J. Schupf Wing (Waterville, ME), 1989

5 items


Tube 2 Roll 7

Columbus-Dixon Showroom (London, England), undated

3 items


Box 1 Folder 9

Cooper, Paula, Gallery (534 West 21st Street, New York, NY), 1990

2 items


Tube 3 Roll 8

Cooper, Paula, Gallery (London, England), 1984

1 item


Tube 3 Roll 9

Cooper, Paula, Inc. (155 Wooster Street, New York, NY), 1998

2 items


Box 1 Folder 10

Corcoran, James, Gallery (1327 Fifth Street, Santa Monica, CA), 1987

30 items; Other Creator: Sue O'Brien


Tube 3 Roll 10

Corcoran, James, Gallery (1327 Fifth Street, Santa Monica, CA), 1988

8 items


Box 1 Folder 11

d'Offay, Anthony, Gallery (Dering Street, London, England), 1988-1990

6 items; Other Creator: Richard Goldsbrough Des RCA MCSD


Tube 4 Roll 11

d'Offay, Anthony, Gallery (Dering Street, London, England), 1987-1988

5 items


Tube 4 Roll 12

Economist, The, Building (25 St. James's Street, London, England), 1985

7 items


Tube 4 Roll 13

Economist, The, Building (25 St. James's Street, London, England), 1985

14 items


Tube 5 Roll 14

Economist, The, Building (25 St. James's Street, London, England), 1983

10 items


Tube 5 Roll 15

Economist, The, Building (25 St. James's Street, London, England), 1985

5 items


Tube 6 Roll 16

Economist, The, Building (25 St. James's Street, London, England), 1985

10 items


Box 1 Folder 12

Edelman, Asher, Residence (120 East End Avenue, New York, NY), 1978-1986

55 items


Box 1 Folder 13

Edelman, Asher, Residence (120 East End Avenue, New York, NY), 1978-1986

5 items


Box 1 Folder 14

Feigen, Richard L., Gallery (49 East 68th Street, New York, NY), 1988-1989

56 items; Other Creator: Lehrecke & Tonetti


Box 1 Folder 15

Ferry, Bryan, Residence (12 East 12th Street, New York, NY), 1985-1987

3 items


Drawer 86 Folder 2

Ferry, Bryan, Residence (12 East 12th Street, New York, NY), 1985

2 items


Drawer 86 Folder 3

Fisher Landau Center (38-27 30th Street, Long Island City, NY), undated

4 items


Box 1 Folder 16

Fisher Landau Center (38-27 30th Street, Long Island City, NY), 1990

18 items; Other Creator: Acheson Thornton Doyle Architects


Box 1 Folder 17

Foundation of Contemporary Art / Hat Factory (51 Marasli, Athens, Greece), 1988

4 items


Box 1 Folder 18

Galerie Bruno Bischofberger (Utoquai 29, Zurich, Switzerland), 1990

3 items


Box 1 Folder 19

Galerie Kaj Forsblom (Boulevardi 22B, Helsinki, Finland), 1989

11 items


Tube 6 Roll 17

Galerie Kaj Forsblom (Boulevardi 22B, Helsinki, Finland), 1989

1 item


Box 1 Folder 2

Gordon, Max, Apartment (120 Mount Street, London, England), undated

18 items


Tube 1 Roll 1

Gordon, Max, Apartment (120 Mount Street, London, England), 1977

12 items; Other Creator: Louis de Soissons Partners


Tube 1 Roll 2

Gordon, Max, Apartment (120 Mount Street, London, England), 1977

16 items; Other Creator: Louis de Soissons Partners


Tube 1 Roll 3

Gordon, Max, Apartment (120 Mount Street, London, England), undated


Box 1 Folder 1

Gordon, Max, Residence (55 Greencoat Place, London, England), 1962-1963

4 items


Box 1 Folder 20

Hamburg Railway Station, Germany Museum of Contemporary Art (Berlin, Germany), undated

14 items


Tube 6 Roll 18

Hayward Gallery, Andy Warhol Exhibit (South Bank Centre, London, England), 1989

4 items


Box 1 Folder 21

Holme, The (Regent's Park, London, England), undated

16 items


Box 1 Folder 22

Hotz, Dennis, Fine Art Limited (9 Cork Street, London, England), 1989

4 items


Tube 7 Roll 19

International with Monument Gallery (578 Broadway, New York, NY), 1987

5 items


Box 1 Folder 23

Joannou, Dakis, Residence (Athens, Greece), 1988

19 items


Tube 7 Roll 20

Joannou, Dakis, Residence (Athens, Greece), 1987

15 items


Tube 8 Roll 21

Joannou, Dakis, Residence (Athens, Greece), 1987

18 items; Other Creator: Architects M. Photiadis & Associates


Tube 8 Roll 22

Joannou, Dakis, Residence (Athens, Greece), 1987

6 items


Tube 8 Roll 23

Joannou, Dakis, Residence (Athens, Greece), 1987

15 items


Tube 9 Roll 24

Joannou, Dakis, Residence (Athens, Greece), 1987

6 items


Drawer 86 Folder 4

Johns, Jasper, Residence (proposed), 1980

4 items


Tube 9 Roll 25

Koury Wingate Gallery (578 Broadway, New York, NY), undated

2 items


Box 1 Folder 24

Lorence Monk Gallery (568 Broadway, New York, NY), 1988

1 item


Box 1 Folder 25

Luhring Augustine Gallery (Prince Street, New York, NY), 1987-1988

6 items; Other Creator: Acheson Thornton Doyle Architects


Box 1 Folder 26

Luhring Augustine Gallery (Prince Street, New York, NY), 1987-1988

10 items


Box 1 Folder 27

Luhring Augustine Gallery (Prince Street, New York, NY), 1987-1988

20 items; Other Creator: Frederick Fisher


Tube 9 Roll 26

Manilow, Lewis, Residence (1900 N. Howe Street, Chicago, IL), 1990

3 items; Other Creator: John Vinci Inc.


Tube 9 Roll 27

Manilow, Lewis, Residence (1900 N. Howe Street, Chicago, IL), 1990

4 items; Other Creator: John Vinci Inc.


Tube 10 Roll 28

Manilow, Lewis, Residence (754 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL), 1989

24 items


Tube 11 Roll 29

Manilow, Lewis, Residence (754 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL), 1989-1990

9 items


Box 1 Folder 28

Manilow, Lewis, Residence (754 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL), 1989-1990

34 items


Box 1 Folder 29

Manilow, Lewis, Residence (754 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL), 1989-1990

31 items


Drawer 76 Folder 1

Manilow, Lewis, Residence (Chicago, IL), 1989

6 items


Tube 11 Roll 32

Marlborough Fine Art (40-41 Conduit Street, London, England), 1982

1 item


Tube 11 Roll 31

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. (11 Albermarle Street, London, England), 1987

4 items


Box 1 Folder 33

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. (307 Merton Road, London, England), 1989

11 items; Other Creator: Richard Goldsbrough DesRC MCSD


Box 1 Folder 34

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. (307 Merton Road, London, England), 1989

15 items


Tube 11 Roll 33

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. (307 Merton Road, London, England), 1989

4 items


Box 1 Folder 30

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. (40 West 57th Street, New York, NY), 1986

1 item; Other Creator: Wasserman & Waterhouse Architects


Box 1 Folder 32

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. (42 Dover Street, London, England), 1989

21 items


Box 1 Folder 31

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. (6 Albermarle Street, London, England), 1989-1990

9 items


Tube 11 Roll 30

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. (6 Albermarle Street, London, England), 1989

6 items


Tube 12 Roll 34

Martin, Steve, Library, 1987

12 items


Box 1 Folder 35

Mecking Residence (211 West 11th Street, New York, NY), undated


Box 1 Folder 36

Mitchener, Charles, Residence (45B Rowland Garden, London, England), 1989

1 item; Other Creator: Richard Goldsbrough DesRC MCSD


Tube 13 Roll 35

Mount Olympus Investments (Athens, Greece), 1989

17 items


Tube 14 Roll 36

Mount Olympus Investments (Athens, Greece), 1989

15 items


Tube 15 Roll 37

Mount Olympus Investments (Athens, Greece), 1989

16 items


Tube 16 Roll 38

Mount Olympus Investments [?] (Athens, Greece), undated

26 items


Box 1 Folder 37

Murray, Elizabeth, Residence, 1985

3 items


Box 1 Folder 38

Pierot, Robert J., Residence (1185 Park Avenue, New York, NY), 1986

4 items


Tube 17 Roll 39

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1984

20 items


Tube 18 Roll 40

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983

7 items


Drawer 76 Folder 2

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), undated

14 items


Box 1 Folder 39

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987

14 items


Box 1 Folder 40

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987

5 items


Box 1 Folder 41

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987

11 items


Box 1 Folder 42

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987

6 items


Tube 18 Roll 41

Sachs, Keith L., Residence (1035 Washington Lane, Rydal, PA), 1989

7 items


Box 2 Folder 1

Shapiro-Phelan Loft (Lafayette Street, New York, NY), 1986-1987

8 items; Other Creator: Richard Gluckman Architects


Drawer 86 Folder 5

Shapiro-Phelan Loft (Lafayette Street, New York, NY), undated

2 items


Box 2 Folder 2

Simon, Sylvia, Studio (70 Grand Street, New York, NY), 1989-1990

8 items


Tube 19 Roll 42

Spencer House, British Oxygen Company Ltd. (27 St. James's Place, London, England), 1955-1956

12 items; Other Creator: Robert Atkinson & Partners


Tube 19 Roll 43

Sutton Place Foundation, Fine Art Store (Sutton Place, Guildford, England), 1988

2 items


Box 2 Folder 3

Sutton Place Foundation, Fine Art Store (Sutton Place, Guildford, England), 1989-1990

7 items; Other Creator: Richard Goldsbrough DesRC MCSD


Box 2 Folder 4

Sutton Place Foundation, Fine Art Store (Sutton Place, Guildford, England), 1989-1990

11 items; Other Creator: Richard Goldsbrough DesRC MCSD


Box 2 Folder 5

Sutton Place Foundation, Fine Art Store (Sutton Place, Guildford, England), 1989-1990

10 items; Other Creator: Richard Goldsbrough DesRC MCSD


Box 2 Folder 6

Unidentified Projects, undated

13 items


Tube 19 Roll 44

Waddington Galleries Ltd. (12 Cork Street, London, England), 1989-1990

1 item


Box 2 Folder 7

Waddington Galleries Ltd. (2-4 Cork Street, London, England), 1989-1990

19 items; Other Creator: First City Partnership


Box 2 Folder 8

Waddington, Mr. and Mrs. L, Residence (8 Cheyne Gardens, London, England), 1990

6 items


Tube 19 Roll 44

Waddington, Mr. and Mrs. L, Residence (8 Cheyne Gardens, London, England), 1989-1990

2 items


Box 2 Folder 9

Whitechapel Art Gallery (London, England), undated

37 items


Tube 20 Roll 45

Whitechapel Art Gallery (London, England), undated

11 items


Box 2 Folder 10

Wolfson, Lord, Residence (55 Portland Place, London, England), 1983

1 item


Subseries 2: Files


Box 2 Folder 11

Annely Juda Fine Art (23 Dering Street, London, England), 1989-1990


Box 2 Folder 12

Brody, Eugene, Residence (119 East 79th Street, New York, NY), 1987-1990


Box 2 Folder 13

Brody, Eugene, Residence (119 East 79th Street, New York, NY), 1987-1990


Box 2 Folder 14

Brody, Eugene, Residence (119 East 79th Street, New York, NY), 1987-1990


Box 2 Folder 15

Butler's Wharf (London, England), 1974, 1983


Box 2 Folder 16

City of London Club (London, England), undated


Box 2 Folder 17

Colby College Museum of Art, Paul J. Schupf Wing (Waterville, ME), 1989-1990


Box 2 Folder 18

Corcoran, James, Gallery (1327 Fifth Street, Santa Monica, CA), 1985-1986


Box 2 Folder 19

Cowles, Charles, Residence (27 West 67th Street, New York, NY), 1985-1987


Box 2 Folder 20

d'Offay, Anthony, Gallery (Dering Street, London, England), 1990-1992


Box 2 Folder 21

Economist, The, Building (25 St. James's Street, London, England), 1985-1989


Box 2 Folder 22

Edelman, Asher, Residence (120 East End Avenue, New York, NY), 1986-1988


Box 2 Folder 23

Edelman, Asher, Residence (120 East End Avenue, New York, NY), 1986-1988


Box 2 Folder 24

Feigen, Richard L., Gallery (49 East 68th Street, New York, NY), 1987-1990


Box 2 Folder 25

Feigen, Richard L., Gallery (49 East 68th Street, New York, NY), 1987-1990


Box 2 Folder 26

Ferry, Bryan, Residence (12 East 12th Street, New York, NY), 1985-1987


Box 2 Folder 27

Fisher Landau Center (38-27 30th Street, Long Island City, NY), 1989-1991


Box 2 Folder 28

Fisher Landau Center (38-27 30th Street, Long Island City, NY), 1989-1991


Box 2 Folder 29

Fisher Landau Center (38-27 30th Street, Long Island City, NY), 1989-1991


Box 2 Folder 30

Fisher Landau Center (38-27 30th Street, Long Island City, NY), 1989-1991


Box 2 Folder 31

Foundation of Contemporary Art / Hat Factory (51 Marasli, Athens, Greece), 1988


Box 2 Folder 32

Galerie Bruno Bischofberger (Utoquai 29, Zurich, Switzerland), 1990


Box 2 Folder 33

Galerie Kaj Forsblom (Boulevardi 22B, Helsinki, Finland), 1989-1990


Box 2 Folder 34

Galerie Maeght LeLong (20 West 57th Street, New York, NY), 1986

Other Creator: Richard Gluckman Architects


Box 2 Folder 35

Hamburg Railway Station, Germany Museum of Contemporary Art (Berlin, Germany), 1989


Box 3 Folder 1

Hayward Gallery, Andy Warhol Exhibit (South Bank Centre, London, England), 1989


Box 3 Folder 2

Hill Samuel Offices (St. James's Square, London, England), undated


Box 3 Folder 3

Holme, The (Regent's Park, London, England), undated


Box 3 Folder 4

Hotz, Dennis, Fine Art Limited (9 Cork Street, London, England), 1989-1991


Box 3 Folder 5

Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (Valencia, Spain), 1990


Box 3 Folder 6

Joannou, Dakis, Residence (Athens, Greece), 1987-1990

Other Creator: Acheson Thornton Doyle Architects


Box 3 Folder 7

Joffe, Irwin, Residence, Alterations (6 Wesmorland Place, London, England), 1988-1989


Box 3 Folder 8

Johns, Jasper, Residence (proposed), 1980


Box 3 Folder 9

Lorence Monk Gallery (568 Broadway, New York, NY), 1988-1989


Box 3 Folder 10

Luhring Augustine Gallery (Prince Street, New York, NY), 1988-1989


Box 3 Folder 11

Manilow, Lewis, Residence (754 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL), 1989-1990


Box 3 Folder 12

Manilow, Lewis, Residence (754 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL), 1989-1990


Box 3 Folder 13

Manilow, Lewis, Residence (754 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL), 1989-1990


Box 3 Folder 15

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. (11 Albermarle Street, London, England), 1986-1987


Box 3 Folder 17

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. (307 Merton Road, London, England), 1989


Box 3 Folder 18

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. (307 Merton Road, London, England), 1989


Box 3 Folder 16

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. (42 Dover Street, London, England), 1990


Box 3 Folder 14

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. (6 Albermarle Street, London, England), 1988-1991


Box 3 Folder 19

Marschner, Edward, Residence, Renovations (86 Prince Street, New York, NY), 1986-1988


Box 3 Folder 20

Martin, Steve, Residence (never completed) (Los Angeles, CA), 1987, 2010


Box 3 Folder 21

Mayfair Fine Art Ltd. (40-41 Conduit Street, London, England), 1987-1988


Box 3 Folder 22

Mitchener, Charles, Residence (45B Rowland Garden, London, England), 1989


Box 3 Folder 23

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Renia Sofia (Madrid, Spain), 1986-1989


Box 3 Folder 24

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Renia Sofia (Madrid, Spain), 1986-1989


Box 3 Folder 25

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Renia Sofia (Madrid, Spain), 1986-1989


Box 3 Folder 26

Pierot, Robert J., Residence (1185 Park Avenue, New York, NY), 1986


Box 3 Folder 27

Saatchi & Saatchi (15 Lower Regent Street, London, England), 1989


Box 3 Folder 28

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987


Box 3 Folder 29

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987


Box 3 Folder 30

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987


Box 3 Folder 31

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987


Box 3 Folder 32

Sachs, Keith L., Residence (1035 Washington Lane, Rydal, PA), 1989-1991


Box 3 Folder 33

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA), 1988


Box 3 Folder 34

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA), 1988


Box 3 Folder 35

Serra, Richard, Residence (173 Duane Street, New York, NY), 1989


Box 3 Folder 36

Shapiro-Phelan Loft (Lafayette Street, New York, NY), 1986-1987


Box 3 Folder 37

Simon, Sylvia, Studio (70 Grand Street, New York, NY), 1989-1990


Box 3 Folder 38

Spencer House, Economist Intelligence Unit (St. James's Place, London, England), 1982-1983


Box 3 Folder 39

Stuttgart Modern Art Gallery (Stuttgart, Germany), 1990


Box 3 Folder 40

Sutton Place Foundation, Fine Art Store (Sutton Place, Guildford, England), 1988-1989


Box 3 Folder 41

Sutton Place Foundation, Fine Art Store (Sutton Place, Guildford, England), 1988-1989


Box 3 Folder 42

Sutton Place Foundation, Fine Art Store (Sutton Place, Guildford, England), 1988-1989


Box 3 Folder 43

Tarlow, Rose, Residence, extension over rear terrace (4 Belgrave Square, London, England), 1989


Box 3 Folder 44

Waddington Galleries Ltd. (2-4 Cork Street, London, England), 1989-1990


Box 3 Folder 45

Waddington, Mr. and Mrs. L, Residence (8 Cheyne Gardens, London, England), 1990


Box 3 Folder 46

Wingate International with Monument Gallery (678 Broadway, New York, NY), 1987-1988


Subseries 3: Photographs


Box 4 Folder 5

Alexander, Brooke, Gallery (59 Wooster Street, New York, NY), 1987-1988

12 items ; includes CD-ROM storing installation images.


Box 4 Folder 6

Annely Juda Fine Art (23 Dering Street, London, England), 1990

9 items; Installation shots of Naum Gabo 1890-1977 Centenary Exhibition


Box 4 Folder 3

Apartment, 70 Portland Place, undated

1 item


Box 4 Folder 7

Bartlett, Jennifer, Residence (26 Rue Vavin, Paris, France), undated

49 items


Box 4 Folder 8

Bartlett, Jennifer, Residence (26 Rue Vavin, Paris, France), undated

39 items


Box 4 Folder 9

Bartlett, Jennifer, Residence (26 Rue Vavin, Paris, France), undated

38 items


Box 4 Folder 10

Benton Residence (1065 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY), undated

39 items


Box 4 Folder 11

Brody, Eugene, Residence (119 East 79th Street, New York, NY), 1987-1988

22 items


Box 4 Folder 12

Brody, Eugene, Residence (119 East 79th Street, New York, NY), 1987-1988

21 items


Box 10 Folder 38

Butler's Wharf (London, England)

Glass Plate Negatives.


Box 10 Folder 39

Butler's Wharf (London, England)

Glass Plate Negatives.


Box 10 Folder 40

Butler's Wharf (London, England)

Glass Plate Negatives.


Box 4 Folder 13

Capital Works Offices (Wembley, England), undated

5 items


Box 4 Folder 14

City of London Club (London, England), 1984

12 items


Box 4 Folder 15

Corcoran, Dagny, Residence, undated

5 negatives


Box 4 Folder 16

Corcoran, James, Gallery (1327 Fifth Street, Santa Monica, CA), 1986-1987

16 items


Box 4 Folder 17

Cowles, Charles, Residence (27 West 67th Street, New York, NY), 1985-1987

40 items


Box 4 Folder 18

Cowles, Charles, Residence (27 West 67th Street, New York, NY), 1985-1987

29 items


Box 4 Folder 19

Digital Images of Various Projects, 2000s

Projects include Manilow, Ferry, Brody, 120 Mount Street, Annely Juda, Fischer-Landau, and Saatchi Gallery.


Box 4 Folder 20

Edelman, Asher, Residence (120 East End Avenue, New York, NY), undated

39 items


Box 4 Folder 21

Ferry, Bryan, Residence (12 East 12th Street, New York, NY), 1985-1987

35 items


Box 4 Folder 22

Fisher Landau Center (38-27 30th Street, Long Island City, NY), undated

1 item


Box 4 Folder 23

Foundation of Contemporary Art / Hat Factory (51 Marasli, Athens, Greece), 1988

18 items


Box 4 Folder 24

Galerie Kaj Forsblom (Boulevardi 22B, Helsinki, Finland), undated

5 items


Box 4 Folder 25

Galerie Maeght LeLong (20 West 57th Street, New York, NY), 1986-1987

1 item


Box 4 Folder 4

Gordon, Max, Apartment (120 Mount Street, London, England), undated

39 items


Box 4 Folder 1

Gordon, Max, Apartment (29 Belgrave Square, London, England), undated

8 items


Box 4 Folder 2

Gordon, Max, Residence (55 Greencoat Place, London, England), undated

21 items


Box 4 Folder 26

Hill Samuel Offices (St. James's Square, London, England), undated

13 items


Box 4 Folder 27

Joannou, Dakis, Residence (Athens, Greece), undated

6 items


Box 4 Folder 28

Kaldor Showroom (London, England), undated

13 items


Box 4 Folder 29

Kaldor Showroom (London, England), undated

52 items


Box 4 Folder 30

Koury Wingate Gallery (578 Broadway, New York, NY), 1988

3 items


Box 4 Folder 31

Meccano Geodesie Dome, undated

51 negatives


Box 4 Folder 32

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Renia Sofia (Madrid, Spain), undated

4 items


Box 4 Folder 33

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987

19 items


Box 4 Folder 34

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987

12 items


Box 4 Folder 35

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987

68 items


Box 4 Folder 36

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987

32 items


Box 4 Folder 37

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987

18 items


Box 4 Folder 38

Saatchi Gallery (98a Boundary Road, London, England), 1983-1987

18 items


Box 4 Folder 39

Sachs, Keith L., Residence (1035 Washington Lane, Rydal, PA), undated

11 items


Box 4 Folder 40

Sears Tower (Chicago, IL), undated

1 item


Box 4 Folder 41

Unidentified Projects, undated

16 items


Box 4 Folder 42

Unité d'Habitation (Marseilles, France), undated

88 items

Series II: Office Records

contains papers related to Gordon's partnership with Chapman Taylor Partners and Louis de Soissons Partnership, including legal papers and correspondence. The series also includes material associated with Max Gordon Associates, including his desk diaries and promotional portfolios and photographs.


Box 4 Folder 43 to 48

Chapman Taylor Partners, 1961-1971

6 folders


Box 5 Folder 1 to 5

Chapman Taylor Partners, 1961-1971

5 folders


Box 5 Folder 6 to 9

Correspondence, 1954-1990

4 folders


Box 5 Folder 10 to 12

Louis de Soissons Partnership, 1969-1979

3 folders


Box 5 Folder 13

M.G. Consultants, Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1970


Box 5 Folder 14

Miscellaneous Jobs and Consultant Architect CVs, 1988-1989


Box 5 Folder 15

Portfolio Photographs [1 of 2], 1990

18 Photographs; including projects Maeght Lelong Gallery, Paula Cooper Gallery, Brody Residence, Shapiro Loft, Luhring Augustine Gallery, Andy Warhol retrospective, and Koury Wingate Gallery.


Box 5 Folder 16

Portfolio Photographs [2 of 2], 1990

17 Photographs; including projects Saatchi Gallery, Brooke Alexander, Maeght Lelong Galleries, and 120 Mount St.


Box 5 Folder 17

Promotional Portfolio, 1988


Box 5

Desk Diaries, 1975-1977

3 items


Box 6

Desk Diaries, 1978-1990

16 items

Series III: Student Work

contains architectural drawings, sketches, class notes, and student writings created by Gordon while he was a student at University of Cambridge and the Architectural Association in London during the early 1950s. The material is arranged alphabetically by folder title.


Drawer 86 Folder 6

Architectural Association, School of Architecture, Foundry and Plough Shop, 1953-1954

17 drawings


Box 7 Folder 1

Architectural Association, School of Architecture, Geo Dome, ca. 1950s

17 photos/negatives


Drawer 86 Folder 7

Architectural Association, School of Architecture, Knightsbridge Design Project, ca. 1950s

29 drawings


Drawer 86 Folder 8

Architectural Association, School of Architecture, London Type Building, 1952-1953

23 drawings


Drawer 86 Folder 9

Architectural Association, School of Architecture, Misc. Plans and Sketches, ca. 1950s

9 drawings


Box 7 Folder 2

Architectural Association, School of Architecture, Music Shop, ca. 1950s


Box 7 Folder 3 to 16

Class Notes, ca. 1950s

14 folders; courses include Advance Construction, Building Construction, Design and Construction, English, History, and Structures.


Box 7 Folder 17 to 22

Miscellaneous Sketches, ca. 1950s

5 folders


Box 7 Folder 22

Photocopies of Student Drawings, ca. 1950s


Box 7 Folder 23 to 24

Sketchbooks, ca. 1950s

2 folders


Box 8 Folder 1 to 31

Sketchbooks, ca. 1950s

31 folders


Box 9 Folder 1 to 31

Sketchbooks, ca. 1950s

31 folders


Box 10 Folder 1 to 5

Sketchbooks, ca. 1950s

5 folders


Box 10 Folder 6

Survey Book, 1952


Drawer 86 Folder 10

University of Cambridge, School of Architecture, Misc. Drawings and Sketches, ca. 1950s

20 drawings


Drawer 86 Folder 11

University of Cambridge, School of Architecture, Misc. Plans, ca. 1950s

28 drawings


Drawer 86 Folder 12

University of Cambridge, School of Architecture, Misc. Plans, ca. 1950s

23 drawings


Box 10 Folder 7

Writings, ca. 1950s

Series IV: Personal Papers

is made up of personal diaries, biographical information, clippings, slides, and collected ephemera. The material is arranged alphabetically by folder title.


Box 10 Folder 8

"The Architect's Scrapbook", circa 1950s


Box 10 Folder 9

The Architectural Association School of Architecture Booklet, 1949


Box 10 Folder 10

Address Books, undated

3 items


Box 10 Folder 11

Biographical Information and CV, undated


Box 10 Folder 12

Cambridge: An Illustrated Review of the Year, 1950


Box 10 Folder 13

Correspondence, Christ's College Cambridge, Architectural Association School of Architecture, Harvard University, 1947-1955


Box 10 Folder 14

Degrees and Certificates, 1946-1956


Box 10 Folder 15 to 19

Diaries, 1944-1945, 1947, 1969-1983

19 items


Tube 20 Roll 46

Diplomas, 1954-1955

Harvard University, M.Arch.; Architectural Association; Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects


Box 10 Folder 20

Expenses Book, 1949-1950


Box 10 Folder 21

Grades, circa 1950s


Box 10 Folder 22

Magazine Clippings featuring Gordon, 1980s-1990s


Box 10 Folder 23 to 27

Miscellaneous Clippings and Journals, 1951-1952

5 folders


Box 10 Folder 28

Miscellaneous Ephemera and Programs, 1947-1952

Primarily from Cambridge University student groups, but also includes a booklet entitled "Architecture: Careers for Men and Women/series 4," issued by the UK's Ministry of Labour and National Service.


Box 10 Folder 29

Obituaries and Funeral Service, 1990


Box 10 Folder 30

Obituary photographs and clippings, 1990


Box 10 Folder 31

Official Register of Harvard University, The Graduate School of Design, 1955


Box 10 Folder 32

The Portmuthian, Vol. LXVI, No. 2, 1949


Box 10 Folder 33

Slides, Greece, 1960s

18 Minox Slides.


Box 10 Folder 34

Slides, Des Moines Lecture, 1990

11 items


Box 10 Folder 35

Slides, Miscellaneous Buildings and Architectural Details, undated

118 items


Box 10 Folder 36

Slides, Montreal Exposition, 1967

36 items


Box 10 Folder 37

Slides, Purchased Professional Slides, 1976