Photographs

The photographs featured here are a small selection of
the photographs within the archive that document the significant people, places, and events in the academic, professional, and personal lives of Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti. They are categorized here as GSD events, professional events, academic events, office photos, and personal. The complete set of photographs and additional information can be accessed through the collection finding aid where they can be requested for a visit to the archive.

Machado & Silvetti Associates with Gomez and Otto, the corgi and doberman pinscher, 1998.

gsd events

Group of people sit around a table and hold up Jorge Silvetti masks.
“We are all Jorge” Jorge Silvetti’s 25th Anniversary at the GSD celebration.
Gerald McCue, Mack Scogin, Toshiko Mori, Jorge Silvetti, Henry Cobb, Rafael Moneo all standing in line against a white wall.
Department of Architecture Chairs: Gerald McCue, Mack Scogin, Toshiko Mori, Jorge Silvetti, Henry Cobb, Rafael Moneo, 2006.
Jorge Silvetti shakes the hand of a graduating student.
Harvard commencement, 1985.
Option studio lunch with students and guest critics sitting around a table.
Option studio lunch with guest critics, 1978
Fumihiko Maki and Jorge Silvetti shaking hands.
Fumihiko Maki and Jorge Silvetti at a reception for Maki receiving the Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design,1993.

professional events

I.M. Pei, Rafael Viñoly, and Rodolfo Machado standing in the White House for a ceremony.
I.M. Pei, Rafael Viñoly, and Rodolfo Machado at the 1998 Pritzker Prize White House Ceremony for award recipient, Renzo Piano
Henry Cobb, Rodolfo Machado, Michael Graves, Edward Larrabee Barnes, I.M. Pei, Jorge Silvetti, and Richard Meier standing together at the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Henry Cobb, Rodolfo Machado, Michael Graves, Edward Larrabee Barnes, I.M. Pei, Jorge Silvetti, and Richard Meier at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1991.
Mack Scogin, Rafael Moneo, Rodolfo Machado, Jorge Silvetti, Elias Torres, and Merrill Elam standing together at a private celebration.
Mack Scogin, Rafael Moneo, Rodolfo Machado, Jorge Silvetti, Elias Torres, and Merrill Elam at a private celebration in L.A., 1996.
Jorge Silvetti, Charles, Correa, Ada Louise Huxtable, J. Carter Brown, Gianni Agnelli, Bill Lacy, and Toshio Nakamura standing together.
1998 Pritzker Prize Jury: Jorge Silvetti, Charles, Correa, Ada Louise Huxtable, J. Carter Brown, Gianni Agnelli, Bill Lacy, and Toshio Nakamura
Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti receiving an award from a presenter on stage.
Jorge Silvetti and Rodolfo Machado Accepting a Progressive Architecture Award for “The Fountain House” at the Plaza Hotel in New York, 1976.

academic

Rafael Moneo, Jorge Silvetti, and Gerald McCue engaging in a conversation while standing.
Rafael Moneo, Jorge Silvetti, and Gerald McCue, at Henry Cobb’s 80th birthday celebration, 2006.
Rafael Moneo, Jorge Silvetti, and Gerald McCue sitting on a panel.
Rafael Moneo, Jorge Silvetti, and Gerald McCue, at Henry Cobb’s 80th birthday celebration, 2006.
Rodolfo Machado, Jorge Silvetti, and a third man sitting on a panel.
Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti on a panel at a Carnegie Mellon University symposium with David Gebhard, 1976.
Students stand on three outdoor balconies on a Sicilian building.
Sicily Studio, 1977.
Two students stand on a balcony in Sicily while one looks into their own camera and gives a thumbs up.
Sicily Studio, 1977.

office

Jorge Silvetti standing outside with Roosevelt Island Housing Project Model.
Jorge Silvetti with Roosevelt Island Housing Project Model, 1975.
Jorge Silvetti, Stephanie Randazzo Dwyer, Rodolfo Machado, and Jeffry Burchard standing in the Machado Silvetti office.
Jorge Silvetti, Stephanie Randazzo Dwyer, Rodolfo Machado, and Jeffry Burchard.
Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti sitting in their Buenos Aires office
Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti in Buenos Aires.
Jorge Silvetti and Rodolfo Machado standing in front of their Machado & Silvetti Associates with Gomez and Otto, the corgi and doberman pinscher.
Machado & Silvetti Associates with Gomez and Otto, the corgi and doberman pinscher. 1998.
colored image of jorge silvetti and nader tehrani going over architectural drawings.
Nader Tehrani and Jorge Silvetti.

personal

Rodolfo Machado and Brook Hodge look back at the camera while sitting at a ceremony.
Rodolfo Machado and Brooke Hodge at Pritzker Prize event in Jerusalem, 2000.
Jorge Silvetti and a man smile at the camera at a reception.
Celebration in honor of Rafael Moneo receiving the Pritzker Prize.
photograph of rodolfo machado and jorge silvetti standing with classmates at their graduation.
Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti at their graduation in Buenos Aires, 1966.

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The Rodolfo Machado & Jorge Silvetti Collection

This site was made possible thanks to the support of Jorge Silvetti, Nelson Robinson Jr. Professor of Architecture, Emeritus and Ann Whiteside, Librarian/Assistant Dean for Information Services at the Frances Loeb Library.

Developed in collaboration with Ines Zalduendo, Special Collections Curator at the Frances Loeb Library, M.Arch ’95 and Ashleigh Brady, Archival Collections Website Editor, M.Arch ’26.

Digital scans in collaboration with by Harvard Library Imaging Services, Alix Reiskind, Associate Librarian, Research and Teaching at the Frances Loeb Library.