In 2006, the Andrews University Architecture Resource Center (ARC) became the official repository of the EDRA Archive Collection, a place where retiring EDRA members could donate their personal libraries to EDRA and have the collections maintained. The collections received to date consist of books, documents, technical papers, syllabi, and other materials. After these materials were sorted, most of the books were cataloged and placed on the ARC library shelves. The rest of the items were placed in acid-free archive boxes, each labeled with a list of their contents. These lists are available here.
Upon request, scans will be made of unpublished archive documents in the boxes and sent in PDF format to your email address. Please complete the Materials Request Form.
The following individuals have donated their personal library collections and are listed here with a brief biography:
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EDRA Archives donated by John Zeisel and Jacqueline Vischer
Andrews University
Boxes #21-24 -- Books
Dr. Jacqueline Vischer is an Environmental Psychologist specializing in environments for work. She is a founder of the field known as workspace psychology. She has published several books, including Environmental Quality In Offices (1989), Workspace Strategies: Environment As A Tool For Work (1996), L’Évaluation des environnements de travail : la méthode diagnostique (co-author Gustave-Nicolas Fischer, 1998), and Space Meets Status: Designing Workplace Performance (2005). In addition, Vischer has co-edited two books with Wolfgang Preiser. She speaks at trade shows and conferences throughout North America and in Europe, Asia and Australia, and she has contributed numerous chapters to volumes on facilities management, building performance, workplace psychology and building programming and evaluation. As expert consultant, Vischer has advised a wide range of organizations internationally on managing workspace comfort, designing innovative workspace, and planning workspace change. She is Professor Emeritus at the University of Montreal, where she successfully ran the Interior Design program and founded the New Work Environments Research Group (Groupe de recherche sur les environnements de travail). Many of her writings are available at – and can be downloaded from – www.jacquelinevischerbiu.com
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EDRA Archives donated by Wolfgang Preiser
Andrews University
Boxes #1-20 -- books, folders, 3-ring binders, office papers, student work
Wolfgang F.E. Preiser, Ph.D., Professor of Architecture. School of Architecture and Interior Design, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Wolfgang F.E. Preiser holds a Ph.D. in Man-Environment Relations from Pennsylvania State University (1973), and Masters Degrees in Architecture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1969), and the Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany (1966). His undergraduate degree in Architecture is from the Technical University in Vienna, Austria (1963).
He has accumulated over thirty years of experience in teaching, research and consulting, with special emphasis on evaluation and programming of environments, health care facilities, public housing, universal design, and design research in general. Preiser was Principal Investigator for the Facilities Master Plan for the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. He has received many Awards, Fellowships and Honors, including: two Progressive Architecture Awards for Applied Research; two Fulbright Fellowships; two Professional Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts; the EDRA Career Award; and, the Rieveschl Award for Scholarly and Creative Works, the Faculty Achievement Award, the Outstanding Service Award, and others, all at the University of Cincinnati. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi.
He has had visiting lectureships at 39 universities in the United States and Canada, and 69 universities/venues and professional associations overseas. An international building consultant, Dr. Preiser was co-founder of Architectural Research Consultants, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico. Preiser has edited and written numerous articles and books, including: Facility Programming; Programming the Built Environment; Post-Occupancy Evaluation; Design Intervention: Toward a More Humane Architecture; Pueblo Style and Regional Architecture; Programming the Built Environment; Building Evaluation; Professional Practice in Facility Programming; Design Review: Challenging Urban Aesthetic Control; New Directions in Urban Public Housing; Directions in Person-Environment Research and Practice; Universal Design Handbook; Improving Building Performance; and most recently, Assessing Building Performance.
He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Environment and Behavior, and serves on the editorial boards of Architectural Science Review, Ultimate Home Design, and Research Design Connections. He is a member of the Environmental Design Research Association (former Vice-Chairman and Secretary), the Society of Human Ecology (USA, Co-Founder and President 1979-86), and the International Association for People-Environment Studies. He has served on national committees with the American Institute of Architects, the Building Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Institute for Disability Rehabilitation Research.
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EDRA Archives from the Architecture Resource Center
Andrews University
Boxes #16-17 -- books, VHS, CDs, papers
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Materials Request Form
Andrews University
Archive materials that are catalogued can be requested through Inter-library Loan.
Upon request, scans will be made of unpublished archive documents in the boxes and sent in PDF format to your email address.. Please complete this form, attach to an email, and send to EDRA Archives.
Items will be scanned and sent in PDF format to your email address.
