College buildings
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Frederick Ernst Ruffini collection
Collection
Identifier: RUF
Abstract
Frederick Ernst Ruffini (1851-1885) was trained in architecture in Cleveland before moving to Austin in 1877 to become a partner to Jasper N. Preston and then continuing architectural practice on his own. His work included courthouses, jails, and buildings for institutions such as the Texas School for the Deaf and the University of Texas, for whom he designed the Old Main Building. The Frederick E. Ruffini collection consists of drawings, specifications, and photographic prints that document...
Dates:
circa 1883-1904
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
Paul Philippe Cret collection
Collection
Identifier: CRET
Abstract
Philadelphia architect Paul Philippe Cret was retained by the University of Texas at Austin as a consulting architect for the development of a master plan for the campus (1930-1945). Cret was born in Lyon, France in 1876, attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1897-1903), and specialized in the design of public buildings. The collection contain drawings, floor plans, elevations, sections, details, landscape plans, diagrams and presentation renderings of Cret's work at the University of...
Dates:
1930-1957
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
Preston M. Geren drawings
Collection
Identifier: GER
Abstract
Architect and engineer Preston Geren (1891-1969) established his architecture firm in 1934 and worked in Fort Worth and throughout Texas on a variety of building types - schools, universities and colleges, office buildings, public housing projects, and defense facilities. Born in Sherman, Texas, he received a degree in architectural engineering from A&M College of Texas (1912), taught at Oklahoma A&M (1921-1923), and was employed as chief engineer at the Fort Worth firm of Sanguinet,...
Dates:
1937-1969
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
Sanguinet, Staats and Hedrick records
Collection
Identifier: SSH
Abstract
Sanguinet and Staats, headquartered in Fort Worth was one of the largest and most influential firms in Texas (1903-1930), was best-known for design of steel-framed skyscrapers and transformation of architectural practice from the small studio to large office. Wyatt C. Hedrick joined the firm (1922), bought it when Sanguinet and Staats retired (1926), and he continued doing business under his own name. At one time the firm was the third largest in the country, known for modern style buildings...
Dates:
1910-1969,
1991
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
University of Texas Buildings collection
Collection
Identifier: UT
Abstract
The University of Texas Buildings collection consists of architectural drawings and manuscript material documenting buildings on The University of Texas at Austin campus and from other University of Texas System campuses. The Collection includes original drawings and prints for buildings that no longer exist, or for changes in interior or exterior design that have been superseded in later years. The majority of the collection consists of records generated by Robert Leon White during his...
Dates:
1882-2022
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives