Fonds consists of drawings, display material, models, and office files from the architectural practice of Baird, Sampson, Neuert.
Baird Sampson Neuert Architects, IncFonds consists of personal and professional records created or maintained by George Baird. The records document his activities as a renowned Canadian architectural studies teacher, critic, and writer. The files consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, presentations, awards, posters, research, and teaching files. The majority of the records are from 1950 to 2018, spanning his activities as a professor and dean at the University of Toronto (1967-1993, 2004-2009), professor at Harvard University (1993-2004), a visiting lecturer at schools and events around the world, and as an influential critic and writer on architectural theory. The fonds includes records relating to Baird’s many writings on architecture, his education at the University of Toronto (1957-1962), his service on associations, and his travels both personal and professional over the years. The fonds has been divided into ten series: 1. Correspondence, 2. Education, 3. Photographs, 4. Teaching, 5. Associations, 6. Awards, 7. Lectures, Talks, and Exhibitions, 8. Reference, 9. Work, 10. Writings.
Baird, George