Design Workshop records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the business records of Design Workshop, Inc. where each project is organized into its own series. The boxes and folders are arranged according to Design Workshop, Inc.'s original filing and coding system as indicated in the parentheses. The first number represents Design Workshop's filing code and the second number is the project number. The landscape architectural drawings are currently being processed, but a spreadsheet containing the inventory may be accessed by inquiring at the Special Collections and Archives reference desk.
Dates
- Creation: 1979-2007
Language of Materials
Material in English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Design Workshop records must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Biographical Note
Design Workshop, Inc. is a leading international landscape architecture firm founded in 1969 by Joe Porter and Don Ensign while they were professors at North Carolina State University. Both received bachelor's degree from Utah State University in 1963 in landscape architecture. Other USU graduates who joined the firm were Richard Shaw, Todd Johnson and Terrall Budge. The firm's projects range from private gardens to resort development. The design teams are highly praised for their innovative use of attractive features while having the least impact on the site's ecology and natural views. Although based in Denver, Colorado, the firm has offices in Asheville, North Carolina; Aspen, Colorado; Austin, Texas, Lake Tahoe, Nevada; and Salt Lake City, Utah.
In addition to various awards received by Design Workshop, Inc., in 2008 the firm was named the top landscape architecture firm in the country by the American Society of Landscape Architects. For additional information, please refer to Design Workshop, Inc.'s website.
Extent
35 boxes (37 linear feet)
Abstract
This collection contains the administrative papers and landscape architectural drawings of multiple projects from Design Workshop, Inc.
Arrangement
The filing system has been kept substantially in its original form, only placing materials in archival folders and boxes. The processor devised the basic organization scheme for the collection, and where necessary, reorganized the papers within alphabetical order.
Physical Location
Manuscript materials are located in Row ARC 104 and drawings are located in the tube enclave.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials in this collection were donated to Special Collections and Archives by Design Workshop, Inc. in 2009, 2010 & 2012.
Separated Materials
The photographs and slides have been removed and placed into a separate photograph collection, P0394.
Processing Information
Processed in May of 2010.
- Title
- Guide to the Design Workshop records 1979-2007
- Author
- Finding aid/Register created by Sara Skindelien & Melissa Anderson
- Date
- ©2013
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
- 2013 February 12; 2014 February 27; 2015 October 19: Tubes for Small Projects (XC) added 2015 October
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu