Campus planning

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...

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drawings and prints for buildings that no longer exist, or for changes in interior or exterior design that have been superseded in later years.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...