Academia
The Leedy Library
Spending time with Leedy’s library, one gets a sense of how deeply politically and socially engaged he was. The books reveal this social dimension of architecture. Design is not just about shaping space, it’s really about “How do human beings want to live in the world? How do we want to organize ourselves? How do we want to interact with each other?” — essentially about how and why architecture matters.
Anne-Marie Russell
Academia
The Leedy Library
Spending time with Leedy’s library, one gets a sense of how deeply politically and socially engaged he was. The books reveal this social dimension of architecture. Design is not just about shaping space, it’s really about “How do human beings want to live in the world? How do we want to organize ourselves? How do we want to interact with each other?” — essentially about how and why architecture matters.
Anne-Marie Russell
Academia
The Leedy Archive
A large portion of the Gene Leedy Archives are held at the “Special and Area Studies Collections” of the George A. Smathers Libraries at The University of Florida. The Gene Leedy Papers date from 1920 to 2008 with the bulk of material dating from 1952-2000. The papers include photographs, slides and negatives, rolled drawings, scrapbooks and models from Leedy’s architectural projects and are organized into five series.
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Photographic prints from projects Leedy worked on as well as photographs from his AIA advancement to fellowship nomination and of family and friends. The series is arranged alphabetically by project with unidentified projects stored at the end.
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Slides and negatives from projects Leedy worked on as well as other general images. The series is arranged alphabetically by project with unidentified projects stored at the end.
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Rolled architectural drawings of projects Leedy worked on. The projects are currently stored in their original housing and arranged numerically in their original order. A second numerical order with numbers marked in red is recorded after the main run. Unidentified drawings are listed at the very end.
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Large oversized, bound scape books with newspaper and magazine clippings covering Leedy’s major projects as well has his awards and a grant proposal for the Gene Leedy Walking Tour in Winter Haven, Florida. These are arranged in touch chronological order.
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A single model of the Merrill Lynch Office Building.
Identifier
MSS 0556
Access
The collection is open for research
Extent
40 Linear Feet (14 boxes, 7 volumes, 1 model, 326 (est) rolled drawings)
Additional materials from the Gene Leedy Archive are under the stewardship of Double T.
Academia
The Leedy Archive
A large portion of the Gene Leedy Archives are held at the “Special and Area Studies Collections” of the George A. Smathers Libraries at The University of Florida. The Gene Leedy Papers date from 1920 to 2008 with the bulk of material dating from 1952-2000. The papers include photographs, slides and negatives, rolled drawings, scrapbooks and models from Leedy’s architectural projects and are organized into five series.
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Photographic prints from projects Leedy worked on as well as photographs from his AIA advancement to fellowship nomination and of family and friends. The series is arranged alphabetically by project with unidentified projects stored at the end.
View Collection ↗ -
Slides and negatives from projects Leedy worked on as well as other general images. The series is arranged alphabetically by project with unidentified projects stored at the end.
-
Rolled architectural drawings of projects Leedy worked on. The projects are currently stored in their original housing and arranged numerically in their original order. A second numerical order with numbers marked in red is recorded after the main run. Unidentified drawings are listed at the very end.
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Large oversized, bound scape books with newspaper and magazine clippings covering Leedy’s major projects as well has his awards and a grant proposal for the Gene Leedy Walking Tour in Winter Haven, Florida. These are arranged in touch chronological order.
-
A single model of the Merrill Lynch Office Building.
Identifier
MSS 0556
Access
The collection is open for research
Extent
40 Linear Feet (14 boxes, 7 volumes, 1 model, 326 (est) rolled drawings)
Additional materials from the Gene Leedy Archive are under the stewardship of Double T.
Academia
Essays and Papers
Academia
Essays and Papers
The Sarasota School (1948-1960) ↗
Gene Leedy
Florida Architect: Journal of the Florida Association of the AIA, Winter 1983
Formative Years: The Gene Leedy Influence ↗
Anne-Marie Russell
Launching into Architecture ↗
Max Strang
Rooted in the Reefs: Max Strang Weaves a Miami Modernism ↗
Aaron Betsky
Beyond Vernacularity: Lessons of Elemental Modernism ↗
Byron Hawes
Shell and Shelter: Environmental & Experience in Florida Modern Architecture ↗
Robert McCarter
Lessons of Resiliency ↗
Max Strang
Academia
Notable Guests
Angela Brooks, FAIA Architect (Brooks + Scarpa)
Bert Brosmith, Architect
Gordon Bunshaft, FAIA Architect (SOM)
Hugh DuPree, CEO, Herman Miller Corp
Alexandre Georges, Photographer
Martin Gold, FAIA Architect, Professor
Mark Hampton, FAIA Architect
John Howey, FAIA Architect & Author
Morris ‘Marty’ Hylton, Exec. Dir. (Architecture Sarasota)
Jack Jetton, Architect
Sam Lubell, Author & Editor (Metropolis)
Robert McCarter, Author, Architect, Professor
Gram Parsons, Musician
Anne-Marie Russell, Exec. Dir. (Architecture Sarasota)
Paul Rudolph, FAIA Architect
Larry Scarpa, FAIA Architect (Brooks + Scarpa)
Ed Schwartz, Herman Miller Corp.
Eloise Owings Skidmore, Citrus Grower
Nathaniel Owings, Architect (SOM)
Louis Skidmore, FAIA Architect (SOM)
Syd Solomon, Artist
Ezra Stoller, Photographer
Max Strang, FAIA Architect
Ken Treister, FAIA Architect, Artist, Author
Eric von Schmidt, Musician, Artist
Andrew Weaving, Author
Al Yee, Structural Engineer