working drawings
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Final drawings from which a structure, object, or work of art is made. For drawings done in developing a work, use "sketches," "studies (visual works)," "preliminary drawings," "preparatory drawings," or "design drawings."Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred Giles drawings
Collection
Identifier: GILES
Abstract
Architect Alfred Giles (1853-1920) was born in London and emigrated to the United States, starting his own practice in San Antonio in 1876. He opened a branch office in Monterrey, Mexico and extended into Northern Mexico, while maintaining his practice in Texas. Giles is known for his designs of county courthouses, public buildings, and private residences he designed in central Texas and Mexico. While the majority of the materials documenting his career were lost or destroyed, the collection...
Dates:
1878-1907
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
Alfred Zucker collection
Collection
Identifier: ZUCK
Abstract
Architect Alfred Zucker (1852-1913) practiced in Texas, Mississippi and New York. He was instrumental in the development of a new mercantile district on lower Broadway in the late 1880s and designed many warehouses and loft buildings in New York City. He formed a partnership with James Riely Gordon in 1902, but fled to Montevideo, South America in 1904 to escape a lawsuit filed by Gordon who alleged fraud and misrepresentation. Architectural drawings and clippings from architectural...
Dates:
1880-1904
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
Donald S. Nelson collection
Collection
Identifier: NEL
Abstract
Donald S. Nelson (1907-1992) spent the majority of his architectural career working in the Texas firm of Broad and Nelson, specializing in institutional and commercial works and planning. Personal papers, office files, professional association material, job files, specifications, books, visual material, artifacts, and drawings document the activities of the architectural firm of Broad and Nelson, and related firms; Flint and Broad; Thomas D. Broad; Thomas, Jameson and Merrill; and Jack...
Dates:
1910-1975
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
Goldwin Goldsmith collection
Collection
Identifier: GOLD
Abstract
Goldwin Goldsmith (1871-1962) was a well-known professor of architecture, taught at the University of Texas School of Architecture (1928-1955) and served as chairman of the department. Born in Paterson, N.J., worked as an office assistant at McKim, Mead & White (1888-1890), studied at Columbia University and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (1897), practiced in the firm Van Vleck & Goldsmith in New York (1897-1913), and established and taught at the University of Kansas School of...
Dates:
1896-1961
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
Greene LaRoche and Dahl drawings
Collection
Identifier: GLD
Abstract
Greene LaRoche and Dahl was a Dallas architectural firm formed from the partnership of Herbert Miller Greene (1871-1932), Edwin Bruce LaRoche (1885-c.1943), and George Leighton Dahl (1894-1987). This collection contains selective drawings from the firm of Greene LaRoche and Dahl, and its predecessor and successor firms, from 1902 through 1953, including Hubbell and Greene Architects, Herbert M. Greene Company, Greene and LaRoche, LaRoche and Dahl, and George L. Dahl Architects and...
Dates:
1902-1953
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
Harvey P. Smith collection
Collection
Identifier: SMITH
Abstract
Harvey Partridge Smith (1889-1964) was a San Antonio architect and early preservationist. The collection consists of measured drawings and field notes documenting Smith's work on Spanish missions in San Antonio.
Dates:
1929-1957
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
Henry J. Steinbomer drawings
Collection
Identifier: STE
Abstract
Henry Steinbomer (1902-1964) was born in San Antonio, graduated from the University of Texas in 1923, and was the most prolific church architect in Texas during the 1940s and 1950s. An active collaborator, Steinbomer worked with Ralph Cameron, Atlee B. Ayres, Ellis F. Albaugh, Jack L. Duffin and was a charter member of the Texas Society of Architects. He also worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps marker program and on the Historic American Buildings Survey. This record group consists of...
Dates:
1940-1964
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
J. Fred Buenz collection
Collection
Identifier: BUENZ
Abstract
John Frderick Buenz was a prominent architect who worked for San Antonio architects Atlee B. and Robert M. Ayres before opening his own office in 1936. In 1940 Fred Buenz was hired by the San Antonio City Council to direct the completion of the San Antonio River Walk (Paseo del Rio). Drawings, photographs and medals illustrate part of the career of J. Fred Buenz.
Dates:
1926-1927, 1939, 1940
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
James Riely Gordon collection
Collection
Identifier: GOR
Abstract
James Riely Gordon (1863-1937), an architect who practiced in both San Antonio and New York City, was best-known for his Richardsonian Romanesque designs of public buildings, especially courthouses. He was active in professional organizations such as the American Institute of Architects and its chapters in and around New York City, constantly seeking to improve professional standards. The collection contains personal and professional material that documents both the Texas and New York phases...
Dates:
1890-1937
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
J.L. Wees collection
Collection
Identifier: WEES
Abstract
Wees (1861-1942) was a German-born architect who practiced in St. Louis and Paris, Texas. He settled in Paris, Texas after being called there to rebuild the city which was destroyed by fire in 1916. Reports, an oral interview, specifications, newspaper clippings, and drawings provide information about buildings that architect Wees designed for Rufus F. Scott in Paris, Texas.
Dates:
1909-1983
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives