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The drawings featured here reveal the foundational craft
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Within each group of drawings (arranged by medium), click on the images to view a high-resolution version in the Harvard Viewer, which allows you to zoom in and explore the drawings in detail.

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The Rodolfo Machado & Jorge Silvetti Collection<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This site was made possible thanks to the support of Jorge Silvetti<\/strong>, Nelson Robinson Jr. Professor of Architecture, Emeritus and Ann Whiteside<\/strong>, Librarian\/Assistant Dean for Information Services at the Frances Loeb Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developed in collaboration with Ines Zalduendo<\/strong>, Special Collections Curator at the Frances Loeb Library, M.Arch ’95 and Ashleigh Brady<\/strong>, Archival Collections Website Editor, M.Arch ’26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital scans in collaboration with by Harvard Library Imaging Services, Alix Reiskind<\/strong>, Associate Librarian, Research and Teaching at the Frances Loeb Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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