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Buildings--Designs and plans.

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Arch B. Swank Jr. collection

 Collection
Identifier: SWANK
Abstract Arch B. Swank Jr. (1913-1999) is one of the great innovative figures of Texas architecture, working on such projects as the semiconductor complex in Richardson (1958) for Texas Instruments and the Great Southwest Corporation's industrial park in Arlington (1958). Architectural drawings and reproductions, building specifications, financial documentation, correspondence, legal documentation, reports, photographic material, maps, minutes, creative works, printed material, and material samples...
Dates: 1951-1992

Chester E. Nagel collection

 Collection
Identifier: NAGEL
Abstract Chester E. Nagel (1911-2004) studied architecture at The University of Texas, graduating in 1934, and later studied with Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, receiving his Master's degree in 1940 and later returning as an assistant professor. Early in his career he worked for the National Park Service; later he was involved with The Architect's Collaborative and eventually set up his own practice in 1958. The Chester E. Nagel collection includes...
Dates: circa 1939-1971

Corneil G. Curtis collection

 Collection
Identifier: CURT
Abstract

Corneil G. Curtis (1890-1963) spent his architectural career in Texas, first in Dallas, then Paris, Houston, and Austin. The collection consists of architectural drawings and specifications that document the work of Corneil Curtis.

Dates: circa 1930s-1950s

Elgin-Butler Brick Company drawings

 Collection
Identifier: EBB
Abstract

The Elgin-Butler Brick Company, with central operations at a 1,000-acre site in Butler, five miles east of Elgin, and sales headquarters in Austin, is a fifth-generation family-owned business that ships bricks nationwide and internationally. The collection contains architectural drawings for projects supplied with brick materials from the Elgin-Butler Brick Company between 1959 and 1980.

Dates: 1959-1980

J. Eugene Wukasch collection

 Collection
Identifier: WUK
Abstract

J. Eugene Wukasch (1921-2001) earned his Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1943. He established practice as Wukasch & Associates, AIA, PE, Architect and Consultants at in Austin, Texas and was involved in local building preservation activity. Drawings, presentation boards, and papers illustrate the architectural and structural engineering career of J. Eugene Wukasch.

Dates: 1900-1996

John Astin Perkins collection

 Collection
Identifier: PERK
Abstract

During the better part of the twentieth century, John Astin Perkins was considered "the decorator of choice" in Dallas and was credited with bringing New York Style to that city. With a career spanning 70 years, his work encompassed schools, clubs, homes, office buildings, hotels, and department stores. Drawings, photographs, ledgers, correspondence, awards, ephemera, scrapbooks, and published materials document the architectural and interior designs of John Astin Perkins.

Dates: 1924-1994

O'Neil Ford collection

 Collection
Identifier: FORD
Abstract O'Neil Ford (1905-1982) was a prominent architect in the southwestern United States whose work also extended nationally and internationally. The collection demonstrates the origins and practice of Ford's dedication to native architectural forms and hand craft work, historic preservation, innovative design, and his tireless advocacy of education, particularly in the arts. Papers, plans, photographic prints and negatives, slides, exhibit boards, drawings, and sketches reveal the life and...
Dates: 1864-1983