Buildings Of Texas

Author : Gerald Moorhead,Joel Warren Barna
Publisher : Buildings of the United States
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0813942349

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Buildings of Texas by Gerald Moorhead,Joel Warren Barna Pdf

From Dallas-Fort Worth to El Paso, Goodnight to Marfa to Langtry, and scores of places in between, the second of two towering volumes assembled by Gerald Moorhead and a team of dedicated authors offers readers a definitive guide to the architecture of the Lone Star State. Canvassing Spanish and Mexican buildings in the south and southwest and the influence of Anglo- and African American styles in the east and north, the latest book in the Buildings of the United States series serves both as an accessible architectural and cultural history and a practical guide. More than 1,000 building entries survey the most important and representative examples of forts, courthouses, houses, churches, commercial buildings, and works by internationally renowned artists and architects, from the Kimbell Art Museum's Louis Kahn Building to Donald Judd's art installations at La Mansana de Chinati/The Block. Brief essays highlight such topics as the history and construction of federal forts, the growth and spread of Harvey House restaurants, and the birth of Conrad Hilton's hotel empire. Enlivened by 350 illustrations and 45 maps, Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West affords local and out-of-state visitors, as well as more distant readers, a compelling journey filled with countless discoveries.

Author : Gerald Moorhead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0813932556

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Buildings of Texas by Gerald Moorhead Pdf

"This book, the first of two volumes devoted to the Lone Star State, covers the central, southern, and Gulf Coast region (the earliest areas of Spanish and Anglo settlement and the majority of the counties that won independence from Mexico in 1836) and includes four major cities--Austin, Corpus Christi, Houston, and San Antonio."--Publisher's description.

Author : Terry G. Jordan
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780292788442

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Texas Log Buildings by Terry G. Jordan Pdf

Once too numerous to attract attention, the log buildings of Texas now stand out for their rustic beauty. This book preserves a record of the log houses, stores, inns, churches, schools, jails, and barns that have already become all too few in the Texas countryside. Terry Jordan explores the use of log buildings among several different Texas cultural groups and traces their construction techniques from their European and eastern American origins.

Author : Clovis Heimsath,Maryann Heimsath,Lisa Hardaway
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002-07-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0292731450

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Geometry in Architecture by Clovis Heimsath,Maryann Heimsath,Lisa Hardaway Pdf

"Geometry in Architecture, a revised edition of Pioneer Texas Buildings, juxtaposes the historic structures with works by twenty contemporary architects who are inspired by the pioneer tradition to show how seamlessly the basic geometries translate from one era to another. As in the earlier book, sketches and brief commentary by Clovis Heimsath explain how squares, triangles, and circles take shape in the cylindrical forms that comprise houses and other buildings. Then black and white photographs, the heart of the book, illustrate these geometric forms in historic and modern buildings."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Jay C. Henry
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0292730721

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Architecture in Texas by Jay C. Henry Pdf

Written in an accessible style, Henry's work places Texas architecture in the wider context of American architectural history by tracing the development of building in the state from late Victorian styles, and the rise of neoclassicism, to the advent of the International Style.... His work provides a welter of new facts, both about the era's buildings and the architects who designed them, and he has catalogued and described most of the important landmarks of the period. -- Southwestern Historical Quarterly ., .a significant contribution to the study of Texas architecture.... -- Drury Blakeley Alexander, author of Texas Homes of the Nineteenth Century Texas architecture of the twentieth century encompasses a wide range of building styles, from an internationally inspired modernism to the Spanish Colonial Revival that recalls Texas' earliest European heritage. This book is the first comprehensive survey of Texas architecture of the first half of the twentieth century. More than just a catalog of buildings and styles, the book is a social history of Texas architecture. Jay C. Henry discusses and illustrates buildings from around the state, drawing a majority of his examples from the ten to twelve largest cities and from the work of major architects and firms, including C. H. Page and Brother, Trost and Trost, Lang and Witchell, Sanguinet and Staats, Atlee B. and Robert M. Ayres, David Williams, and O'Neil Ford. The majority of buildings he considers are public ones, but a separate chapter traces the evolution of private housing from late-Victorian styles through the regional and international modernism of the 1930s. Nearly 400 black-and-white photographs complement thetext. Written to be accessible to general readers interested in architecture, as well as to architectural professionals, this work shows how Texas both participated in and differed from prevailing American architectural traditions.

Author : Nancy T. McCoy,David G. Woodcock
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781623495534

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Architecture That Speaks by Nancy T. McCoy,David G. Woodcock Pdf

When the A&M College of Texas opened its doors in 1876, its early buildings followed a Victorian architectural style. Classical architecture came to the campus with the Academic Building, after the 1912 fire that destroyed Old Main. Subsequent buildings generally followed this neoclassical path, but the growth of the campus in the Depression era saw the addition of an extraordinary group of buildings, sited in accordance with a master plan developed by college architect F. E. Giesecke and designed by S. C. P. Vosper, each of whom also held faculty positions in the first architecture program at a state college in Texas. The buildings designed by Vosper are arguably the finest buildings on the campus, uniquely expressive of the agricultural and mechanical origins of the university; they delight the senses with color, sculpture, and wit. Nancy T. McCoy and David G. Woodcock, distinguished preservation architects and scholars, review the history of Texas A&M campus architecture and provide in-depth coverage of Vosper and his legacy. Illustrated by the sumptuous photography of Carolyn Brown, Architecture That Speaks concludes with observations on recent approaches toward the reuse and rehabilitation of campus heritage architecture and a view to the future, as plans evolve for further development of the campus that maintains a respect for both strategic vision and historical heritage.

Author : Bronson Dorsey
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781623496173

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Lost, Texas by Bronson Dorsey Pdf

In Lost, Texas: Photographs of Forgotten Buildings, Bronson Dorsey takes us on a tour of old, abandoned buildings in Texas that evoke the mystique of bygone days and shifting population patterns. With a skilled photographer’s eye, he captures the character of these buildings, mostly tucked away in the far corners of rural Texas—though, surprisingly, some of his finds are in the midst of thriving communities, even, in one case, the Dallas metroplex. Most of the buildings are abandoned and in a state of decay, though a handful have been repurposed as museums, residences, or other functional structures. Encompassing all regions of the state, from the Piney Woods to the Panhandle, the images in Lost, Texas evoke distinctive memories of the past. They grant a sense of how those who preceded us lived and how the Texas of earlier days became the Texas of today. Some of the historic sites include a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Beeville, a lumberyard built over two generations, a beautiful, mission-style schoolhouse raised in a small farming community, the skeleton of a boomtown gas station near the Yates oilfield, and what remains of the only silver mining operation in Texas. With Dorsey as a guide, readers may explore these hidden and neglected gems and learn the basic facts of their origins and intended uses, as well as the principal reasons for their demise. Along the way and in the background, he quietly makes the case for preserving these buildings that, while no longer central to the ongoing function of their communities, still serve as important emblems of the past.

Author : Kenneth Hafertepe
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781648430848

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Historic Buildings of Waco, Texas by Kenneth Hafertepe Pdf

Community life takes place in the spaces where business is transacted, where worship and fellowship take place, where goods and services are purchased, where students are educated, and where working and professional people ply their trades. In Historic Buildings of Waco, Texas, architectural historian Kenneth Hafertepe delves into the stories behind 90 such structures in Waco, discussing their original and current-day purposes, the individuals associated with them, and their context within the architecture of the city and state. As with his previous, award-winning books, Hafertepe has investigated archives, city directories, public records, and other sources to uncover fascinating details about the architects, builders, merchants, educators, and others whose work gave these buildings shape and substance and whose use gave them life. He discusses the styles, sketches the historical circumstances surrounding the buildings and their occupants, and actualizes the social, commercial, spiritual, and educational enrichment these structures housed and facilitated. Churches, synagogues, skyscrapers, banks, filling stations, and even the famous “silos” that now mark the location of Magnolia Market, made famous by the television series Fixer-Uppers, all factor into Hafertepe’s scholarly and entertaining treatment, accompanied by rich, full-color photography.

Author : Gordon Echols
Publisher : TCU Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780875652238

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Early Texas Architecture by Gordon Echols Pdf

Gordon Echols traces the development of various styles form the most rudimentary and little-known rural dwellings to the sophisticated Greek Revival governor's mansion in Austin and the Victorian buildings that were made possible by new wealth earned in trading cotton, cattle and petroleum.

Author : Clovis Heimsath
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780292788824

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Geometry in Architecture by Clovis Heimsath Pdf

Pioneer Texas Buildings opened people's eyes when it was first published in 1968. At a time when "progress" meant tearing down the weathered houses, barns, churches, and stores built by the original settlers of Central Texas, this book taught people to see the beauty, simplicity, and order expressed in the unadorned geometric forms of early Texas buildings. It inspired the preservation and restoration of many of the remaining pioneer buildings, as well as the design of modern buildings that employ the same simple geometries. This revised edition of Pioneer Texas Buildings juxtaposes the historic structures with works by twenty contemporary architects who are inspired by the pioneer tradition to show how seamlessly the basic geometries translate from one era to another. As in the first edition, sketches and brief commentary by Clovis Heimsath explain how squares, triangles, and circles take shape in the cubic, triangular, and cylindrical forms that comprise houses and other buildings. Then black-and-white photographs, the heart of the book, illustrate these geometric forms in historic and modern buildings. The book also includes two essays in which Heimsath discusses the factors that led him and his wife Maryann to document early Texas buildings and the results in historic preservation and timeless architectural designs that have followed from their efforts.

Author : Clovis Heimsath
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015025999056

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Pioneer Texas Buildings by Clovis Heimsath Pdf

Author : Willard Bethurem Robinson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015009417968

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Texas Public Buildings of the Nineteenth Century by Willard Bethurem Robinson Pdf

Todd Webb and Willard B. Robinson describe the warmth, fine scale, and beauty of churches, courthouses, federal buildings, hotels and commercial palaces.

Author : Jen Waldo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Addiction
ISBN : 1910050784

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Old Buildings in North Texas by Jen Waldo Pdf

"Before they'd let me out of rehab someone had to agree to act as my legal custodian. There it is, the snappy truth about why, at the age of thrity-two, I live with my mother. She now has control over every aspect of my life, from my finances to my laundry. One little cocaine-induced heart attack and it's back to my childhood to start overs.

Author : Brent Fortenberry
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781623499129

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A Field Guide to the Vernacular Buildings of the San Antonio Area by Brent Fortenberry Pdf

The rich, multicultural heritage of San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country provide the backdrop for this first comprehensive guide to the culturally significant vernacular buildings of this diverse and historic region: structures designed and constructed by the people who used them rather than by professional architects or builders. A valuable, easy-to-use resource for heritage travelers, historic preservationists, and local historians, A Field Guide to the Vernacular Buildings of the San Antonio Area pairs incisive interpretive essays with detailed building descriptions, photographs, and architectural renderings. Featuring contributions from noted architectural historians and preservationists including Ken Hafertepe, Lewis Fisher, Maria Pfeiffer, and Sarah Z. Gould, this handy, generously illustrated guide will not only provide context and insight for understanding the importance of these buildings but will also engage readers with the challenges of preserving our cultural heritage as represented in the built environment. Professional and avocational preservationists, along with interested travelers and general readers, will appreciate the thorough discussion and analysis of such well-known sites as the San Antonio Riverwalk, the San Antonio missions, and the public buildings of the historic Westside district. Reaching beyond the immediate vicinity of San Antonio, the book also offers expert commentary on the German settlements in Central Texas and east of San Antonio, providing an inclusive and inviting survey of how settlers of various origins placed their unique imprints on Texas.

Author : Francis Edward Abernethy
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 157441092X

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Built in Texas by Francis Edward Abernethy Pdf

Photographs and text describe historical buildings across Texas that were built with nature-made materials such as rocks, logs, and mud.