‘On Archives’ Masterclass Series Volume II

The Norman Foster Foundation announces the publication of ‘On Archives’ Masterclass Series Volume II, the second instalment in the Masterclass Series, an initiative from the Education + Research Unit, whose educational programme promotes an exchange of knowledge across a range of geographic and disciplinary perspectives.

Given by leading experts in the fields of archival science, architecture, art, design and heritage management, the Masterclasses explore the fundamental aspects related to architectural archives and libraries around the world.

The experts included in this second volume offer diverse knowledge across various fields and include Giovanna Borasi, Director, Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montreal, Canada; Sol Camacho, Cultural Director, Instituto Bardi, São Paolo, Brazil; Esther Cruces, Director, Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain; Estrella de Diego, Academician of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain; Michelle Elligott, Chief of Archives, Library and Research Collections, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY, United States; Patricia Hartmann, Director, Sitterwerk Foundation, St Gallen, Switzerland; Charles Hind, Chief Curator and H.J. Heinz Head of Drawings, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), London, United Kingdom; Barbara Jatta, Director, Vatican Museums, Vatican City; Valerie Maasburg, Director, Bookshop and Artists’ Books Collection, Ivorypress, Madrid, Spain; Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries, London, United Kingdom; Mar Pérez Morillo, former Head of Division of Digital Processes and Services, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid, Spain; Marcia Reed, former Chief Curator, Associate Director and Head of Special Collections and Exhibitions, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United States; Mathias Schwartz-Clauss, Director, Domaine de Boisbuchet, Lessac, France; and Bill Sherman, Director, Warburg Institute, London, United Kingdom.

Available here.