
Paul Schweikher House and Studio Collection
<p>Schweikher completed his bachelor’s degree at Yale’s School of Architecture in 1929. Moving to Chicago in 1930 he worked for several local Modernist architects, including George Fred Keck and Philip Maher. His early reputation as an avant-garde architect was bolstered by his inclusion in the 1933 landmark exhibition on modern architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Schweikher continued in various private partnerships until he was appointed chairman of the School of Architecture at Yale University, and subsequently, in 1958, head of the Department of Architecture at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). The collection consists of correspondence, research materials and photographs generated in the process of nominating Schweikher’s own house in Schaumburg, Illinois, to the National Register of Historic Places.</p> <p><a href=""http://digital-libraries.artic.edu/cdm/search/collection/findingaids/searchterm/Schweikher,%20Paul,%20House%20and%20Studio%20Collection/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/1"">View finding aid.</a><br><a href=""https://digital-libraries.artic.edu/digital/collection/caohp/search/searchterm/Schweikher,%20Paul/field/creato/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/1"">Paul Schweikher Oral History.</a></p> <p>Collection access:<br>Collections may be accessed in the Franke Reading Room of the Research Center at The Art Institute of Chicago, by appointment only. For further information, consult <a href=""https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/contact-usage-and-faq"">the FAQ</a>.</p> <p><a href=""https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/finding-aids"">Finding aids by subject</a><br><a href=""http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/findingaids"">Browse all finding aids</a><br><a href=""http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/mqc"">Browse images and media</a><br><a href=""https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections/oral-histories"">Oral histories</a></p> <p>Contact the Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives:<br>archives@artic.edu</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1964
- Dimensions
- 1 box: W.: 7.7 cm (3 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Paul Schweikher
Artist

Photography
Paul Schweikher was an American architect and designer active in the postwar period.
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More by Paul Schweikher
Structural Clay Projects Exhibition House, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective and Plan
1950 · Graphite on Bristol board
Rowland Watts Usonia Cooperative, New York, Perspective
1949 · Pencil on tracing paper
Philip S. Rinaldo House, Downers Grove, Illinois, Furniture Designs
1941 · Graphite on paper
Archie Schrom House, Highland Park, Illinois, Plans and Perspective
1938 · Pencil on paper
Schweikher Home and Studio, Roselle, Illinois, Design Sketches
1937 · Graphite on tracing paper mounted on board
Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Upton Beach House, St. Joseph, Michigan, Elevations
1937 · Pencil and ink on buff paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Paul Schweikher
- Year
- 1964
- Dimensions
- 1 box: W.: 7.7 cm (3 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1964-017728
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





