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OverviewWinner, Publication Award, Southeastern Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH), 2019 Acclaimed for his designs of the Trinity University campus, the Little Chapel in the Woods, the Texas Instruments Semiconductor Components Division Building, and numerous private houses, O'Neil Ford (1905-1982) was an important twentieth-century architect and a pioneer of modernism in Texas. Collaborating with artists, landscape architects, and engineers, Ford created diverse and enduringly rich works that embodied and informed international developments in modern architecture. His buildings, lectures, and teaching influenced a generation of Texas architects. O'Neil Ford on Architecture brings together Ford's major professional writings and speeches for the first time. Revealing the intellectual and theoretical underpinnings of his distinctive modernism, they illuminate his fascination with architectural history, his pioneering uses of new technologies and construction systems, his deep concerns for the landscape and environment, and his passionate commitments to education and civil rights. An interlocutor with titans of the twentieth century, including Louis Kahn and J. Robert Oppenheimer, Ford understood architecture as inseparable from the social, political, and scientific developments of his day. An introductory essay by Kathryn E. O'Rourke provides a critical assessment of Ford's essays and lectures and repositions him in the history of US architectural modernism. As some of his most important buildings turn sixty, O'Neil Ford on Architecture demonstrates that this Texas modernist deserves to be ranked among the leading midcentury American architects. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kathryn O'RourkePublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.513kg ISBN: 9781477316382ISBN 10: 1477316388 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 22 April 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Language of O’Neil Ford, by Kathryn E. O’Rourke Part I. The Making of a Modern Architect 1927. Architecture of Early Texas (with David R. Williams), Part 1 1927. Architecture of Early Texas (with David R. Williams), Part 2 1928. Architecture of Early Texas (with David R. Williams), Part 3 1932. Organic Building Part II. Growth and Synthesis 1940. Review of Williamsburg—Today and Yesterday 1951. O’Neil Ford Lectures on Slab Lifting 1953. Statement on Behalf of the San Antonio Conservation Society 1955. Imagineering 1959. History and Development of La Villita Assembly Hall 1960. Response to J. Robert Oppenheimer, American Institute of Architects Annual Convention Part III. In and Against the World 1964. Texas Idyll 1964. The Condition of Architecture 1965. History and Development of the Spanish Missions in San Antonio 1966. Mr. O’Neil Ford’s Speech at the Sculpture and Environment Symposium 1967. The End of a Beginning 1968. Culture—Who Needs It? 1968. Physical Planning versus or for the Individual Part IV. Looking Back, Looking Forward 1978. Foreword to Lynn Ford: Texas Architect and Craftsman 1981. Lessons in Looking 1981. Eulogy for Tom Stell 1982. Foreword to David R. Williams, Pioneer Architect Acknowledgments Image Credits IndexReviewsDating back to 1928, the collection traces Ford's evolution not only as an architect, but also an early proponent of preserving landscape and the environment, today called sustainable development. * San Antonio Express-News * Dating back to 1928, the collection traces Ford's evolution not only as an architect, but also an early proponent of preserving landscape and the environment, today called sustainable development. * San Antonio Express-News * [O'Neil Ford on Architecture is] an excellent argument for architects to take the time and effort in crafting their words in print and in talks, and for schools of architecture to teach writing as well was design. * A Daily Dose of Architecture * This tight little volume collects within one binding the significant writings and lectures of the daddy of Texas architecture...[Ford] had strong convictions and expressed them with a bold directness that contrasts sharply with the shrinking and diplomatic public faces that most architects, wary of offending clients by voicing views that might prove controversial, usually affect. * Texas Architect * These essays and lectures...enhance our appreciation for Ford's lifetime achievements and secure his place as an esteemed design professional...[O'Neil Ford on Architecture] makes clear the reasons many contemporary architects and designers, preservationists, conservationists, and those who love Texas architecture are still inspired by Ford and learn from him....To read Ford's words here is to see how his eclectic approach encourages our innate human capacity to observe and study our environment, a process that he was driven to teach others to pursue. * Southwestern Historical Quarterly * Dating back to 1928, the collection traces Ford's evolution not only as an architect, but also an early proponent of preserving landscape and the environment, today called sustainable development. * San Antonio Express-News * [O'Neil Ford on Architecture is] an excellent argument for architects to take the time and effort in crafting their words in print and in talks, and for schools of architecture to teach writing as well was design. * A Daily Dose of Architecture * This tight little volume collects within one binding the significant writings and lectures of the daddy of Texas architecture...[Ford] had strong convictions and expressed them with a bold directness that contrasts sharply with the shrinking and diplomatic public faces that most architects, wary of offending clients by voicing views that might prove controversial, usually affect. * Texas Architect * These essays and lectures...enhance our appreciation for Ford's lifetime achievements and secure his place as an esteemed design professional...[O'Neil Ford on Architecture] makes clear the reasons many contemporary architects and designers, preservationists, conservationists, and those who love Texas architecture are still inspired by Ford and learn from him....To read Ford's words here is to see how his eclectic approach encourages our innate human capacity to observe and study our environment, a process that he was driven to teach others to pursue. * Southwestern Historical Quarterly * These essays and lectures...enhance our appreciation for Ford's lifetime achievements and secure his place as an esteemed design professional...[O'Neil Ford on Architecture] makes clear the reasons many contemporary architects and designers, preservationists, conservationists, and those who love Texas architecture are still inspired by Ford and learn from him....To read Ford's words here is to see how his eclectic approach encourages our innate human capacity to observe and study our environment, a process that he was driven to teach others to pursue. * Southwestern Historical Quarterly * This tight little volume collects within one binding the significant writings and lectures of the daddy of Texas architecture...[Ford] had strong convictions and expressed them with a bold directness that contrasts sharply with the shrinking and diplomatic public faces that most architects, wary of offending clients by voicing views that might prove controversial, usually affect. * Texas Architect * [O'Neil Ford on Architecture is] an excellent argument for architects to take the time and effort in crafting their words in print and in talks, and for schools of architecture to teach writing as well was design. * A Daily Dose of Architecture * Dating back to 1928, the collection traces Ford's evolution not only as an architect, but also an early proponent of preserving landscape and the environment, today called sustainable development. * San Antonio Express-News * Author InformationKathryn O’Rourke is an associate professor of art history at Trinity University. She is the author of Modern Architecture in Mexico City: History, Representation, and the Shaping of a Capital. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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