The Architectural Plans and Drawings collection includes proposals and “as-built” designs and plans for renovations to the historic house, its orangery, and other out-buildings, as well as designs and plans for new construction, especially service buildings and museum and library additions at Dumbarton Oaks.
Architects represented in this archive include:
- Frederick H. Brooke (ca. 1921–1923)
- Beatrix Farrand (ca. 1933)
- Lawrence Grant White, McKim, Mead & White Architects (ca. 1923–1929)
- Armand Albert Rateau (ca. 1929–1930)
- Thomas T. Waterman (ca. 1938–1946)
- Frederic Rhinelander King, Wyeth & King Architects (ca. 1960–1964)
- Philip Johnson (ca. 1959–1963)
- Macomber & Peter Architects (1961)
- Hugh N. Jacobsen (1975)
- George E. Hartman, Hartman–Cox Architects (ca. 1983–1988)
- Robert Venturi, Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates (ca. 2000–2005)
- Cunningham – Quill Architects (ca. 2011–2012)