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Gal/min VENTURI TALKS ABOUT FINAL "If there i\ any confusion," Venturi said Venturi explains that YRSB goe!> PLANS FOR AUSTIN MUSEUM during an interview in the museum 's tem through many ··refinement" ,tagei. on all porary downtown headquarter , "it prob of their projecb. though he admil!> that ably has 10 do with our first presentation he had never:,een so many VRSB schemes Principals from Venturi. Rauch and Scott just before the bond referendum. Shortly published prior to the fina l design. Brown, the nationally known Philadelphia after we received the commission. we "Our initial design featured big pilasters finn, came back to Austin in early October were asl.ed to present a dei.ign in time so with a giant order of columns to address to talk about what Robert Venturi called the voter. could see 11. " the giant scale of [planned neighboring] the last design "deve lopment" for the The mu <,eum 's fund-raisers believed downtown bui ldings. In between these ci ty's Laguna Gloria Art Museum . In an that an attractive rendering of the fini shed pilm,ter were large ex pan es of gla!>s . But unorthodox process. the fim1 ha., made design might help sway Au tin 's increas our client. like most mu eum..,, did not public. over the cour..c of a year that ingly tightfisted voter to support funding want all those windows. Museum curators \tarted with a local ta'< and spending for the project. It i uncertain what innu tend to be leery of natural light because of referendum, three dc, 1gn-, for the huild ence the rendering had on voters. but the it potential for damaging artwork. espe ing. Several ,chcmc, were publi,hcd in initial de,ign wai. widely praised and the ciall y prints. So we kept working on the the Austin ncw,papcr. The ... c designs were bond referendum carried by a landslide. de!>ign." al o included m an exhibit. organi,cd by "The functional a pect were carefully The site for the new museum presented the Rice Design Alliance. that was shown con,;idered, •· Venturi said of that early pro more than a few difficulties. Located in at Rice University in Hou ton and. starting posal. "Much of the thinking that went into what is currently Austin 's warehou e dis in mid-January. at the University of Texas the first pre entation ha remained. What trict, it is a sliver of land facing one of the at Austin The publicity from these pre you've seen [in later propo al I are ome city'\ first parks. which wa donated by liminary designs has caused confusion as exterior changes. It was always our inten developers Watson-Casey Companies. to which of VRSB 's de igns wa indeed tion to develop our initial pre entation The developers, who own a dozen blocks the final one. further.·· surrounding the site of the museum , are M1Hlrl of1/,r /U1t dr.r,g11 "dr,•t'lopmem" for Log1111a Glor,a Ar, Musrum 20 Tr.ms Arcl11tl'C'I Marclt ·Apnl 1986 planning to build a number ofoffice towers galleries should be lit spectacularly from additio n to Oberlin College ·s mu eum and 111 the area. Ventu ri had the challenge or above. a master plan for the Philadel phia Museum , ,.. uing the architectural precedent in a cur- The continuous barrel vault. not vi ible of Art. this is the firm· s fi r t full museum 1,· nt ly undeveloped area, in the ame way from the exterior, that will run the length project, and one on which he feels an that Edward Larrabee Bame ·s Dallas of the building will have what Venturi unusual harmony with the museum's 111 ,cum or Art et the to ne for the pro calls "a sense of division," with varying board. pm cd Dall as Arts District. ceiling heights to give the feeling that "you ''The client's view and our coincided," "The museum had to relate to many dif- are not in a corridor."' he aid. "We kept refi ning the design 1,· rcnt factor on the out ide," Venturi The exterior wi ll be built using local because or changing functional require , ,ml. "The main challenge was for the materials, including Austin cream lime- ments, not becau e of aesthetic argument huilding to hold its civic importance in a tone and Texas pink granite, and will with the museum ' board."' 'l'll ing in which it wi ll not be able to com include a series of nine bronze stars with He also has high prai e for the Wat on (~ tc in scale. The warehouse di trict i ring attached. designed to ho ld banners Casey Companies. which donated the , u,dy goi ng to become a high-rise. high during special exhibits. O n the ends of the land . " In general, they realize that in giving dl'n,ity area, while the museum wi ll onl y bui lding. the facade becomes more pl ay the land to the museum, they will have a h,· lourstorie tall. Solving thi problem i ful , recalling "a fluttering fl ag," in Ven connection with a prestigious civic in titu 11mdc a bit easier becau e the museum wi ll turi' word . tio n." he said. ··1 think they arc very com I.ire Republic Square and therefore will be "With the materials and colors we are mitted to the arts and to this facility ." W l ' ll from a distance [and] by car." using ; · he said , "it should have an Venturi's wife and partner. Deni e In the latest refinement, the firm tum tltl' f acade into a giant ign. a marquee that l ,ttt be read easily from afar. ··1 like the pt.11nnc~s ofthi feature ... Venturi said. " ll \\ ,II look good compared lo the razzmatazz 111 , rcculative office towers that will no dnuht encircle the museum. It will hold its own hccause the little scale wi ll look good 111·\I to the big cale ." cnturi fo und much to like in the tough 11·q111 rcmcnts or the ite . He aid he was , h.dlcnged by the tight parcel of land- 11,..,Kall y a long, thin rectangle . Like a 11 111 11:,tant on the television game show k11pardy, Venturi realized that ifa long. Lagww Gloria. section 1h11, 1cctangle was the answer given. then tit · tlc~ign question must be "What is a 1•,tllcry?" He was struck, he said , by the American-nag quality- without being too Scott-Brown, recently completed a plan , l1•111cntal meaning of the word and it corny." for the warehouse-district blocks owned .1pp111priateness for a museum. Venturi said the Austin design was not by Watson-Casey, entitled "Leaming "We began looking at great long gal inn uenced by other contemporary urban From Au tin." ll-11c, . like the Lo uvre and some of the museums. although he admitted to admir Although almost everyone eem 10 like p,1l:1ccs in Europe. So we organized the ing the mu eums or such disparate fig ures the final design. some have criticized it for 11111,cum in linear processional galleries. as Schinkel and Aalto. Instead of drawing being "unadventuro us" and accused Ven ,111d we broke these up into smaller spaces on outside sources, he has tried to relate to turi or trying to plea e the mainstream . hy changing height and scale ." the Au tin vernacular. The entrance, Laguna Gloria might, in fact, signal a O nly the galleries holding prints on the located on the northeast corner of the change in the designs of the dean of Post third noor wi ll receive no natural light. block, reached through a small courtyard Modernism- a term that, he is quick to I lie other gallerie will have a wide variety that, Venturi said, is an attempt to echo point out , he dislikes. "No architect wants 111 direct and indirect sunlight. The first Spani sh influences in the region. The 10 be pigeonholed. But of course writers floor. which will most likely house large building also exudes a Renaissance quality need words to describe architecture. I pre ,culptural pieces, will have largeexpan es similar to that of many other buildings in fer to say I am not a Modernist. I like 111 windows. The second fl oor north gal Austin, particularly in its abstracted arches buildings that are very functional but that h:r y wi ll be lit by clerestories. Along the and low massing. also include ornament. I accept contradic ,rn11h wall , a barrel-vaulted gallery will be Venturi claimed that although this is tions in architecture. I believe in paying , 1.. ylit indirectly through a complicated o nly a medium-sized building among duty to both the inside and outside of a ,cries or baffles. Ventu ri said that after larger projects in his office, Laguna is one building. Architecture is going through an looking at Kahn's Kimbell in Fort Worth of his " most prestigious commissions." eclectic period. There is no universal ,tttd Bames's OMA , he believed one of the Though VRSB did design the famous ideal. In a way this is good, because doc- I, u 1s Architect March·April 1986 21 trines hould be the la t resort o f an anist. overscaled and loud green. like Vanna But fro m 1966 to now there hasn ·1 been Venturi 's house. Laguna Gloria. like any great architecture. Probably that ha!. VRSB':, mo t recently completed work. to do with the chang ing clientele. Mo:,t the elegant Woo College building at I f client!. are interested in building better Princeto n. is proof that Venturi's Main mechanical systems. These days there il. Street-i:,-Almost-AII-Right theory can less of a chance 1.0 use good materiab. produce succcs ·ful architecture at the level C raftsman hip i a rare commodity. I think of important civic projects. yet in a non [practitioners of] Modernism did tum out monumental manner. :,ome great bu ilding!. . But people suffered The e qualitie seem to embody charac a lot from what wm, lost when Modemi m teri tics a ociated with Austin, where became an edict." important people and institution cohabit Laguna Gloria i VRSB's fi n.I impor with a laid-back presence. The museum tant civic-building com mi sion and o ne of follows his advocacy o f " both-and" con the finn' fi rst o pportunities to work with tradictory inclusivenes : sty le-gaudiness, very good materials. In lead of u ing the:,e elegance-humility, oafi hne1,:,-:,velteness. I- ..r111111J,, Bm, ,·r·, fint·fJ/ai-e dt·~11111 material as embellishment to unor The building i" not a radical. myth thodox massing. in the style o f Michael , haucring opu-; . It is a very good. cal TSA STUDENT DESIGN Grave . VRSB ha de ployed them in a cul atedly .,i mplc building that should di-, COMPETITION WINNERS way that bolsters the fim,·i. reputatio n u:, pcl the no tion that Venturi can write but ANNOUNCED tricksters of scale and mastcn. of "plain'' cannot build. "Anyone can build a hu1 :· decoration. What ,cparatc'> the mu,cum he !>U id . "hut a sublime work 1!. never an fro m earlier Venturi de'>ign, i'> that it accident. .. Fo ur winning entries in the fi n.I statewide doesn' t look "dumb," ltl.e something TSA <, tudent de ign compel it ion were cho straight out o f the dri vc-m America that Ruy Ydow1go -,enl in ate 1985 and di:,played at the TSA Venturi is so thoroughl y a-; ociated with. annual meeting. Architect Fred D. Cawyer Laguna Gloria 1:, not in the unas uming of Dallas. Chaim1an of the TSA Student vernacular of Guild Hall o f Philade lphia. Liai:.on Committee, say that widespread Custom designing and building offers the op portunity to make it flawless. 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Our I 118h The 1985 and 1986 compctitioni, systems work If 'f9lJ want o project to look great ond stay loOking great, picture COior and texture in concrete Then talk to ScoflelcS. 11c 111111tly sponsored by the TSA Student OUr p CONSULTANTS & ENGINEERS CIVIL • GEOTECHNICAL • STRUCTURAL • MATERIALS 2011 ANCHOR LANE• AUSTIN, TEXAS 78723 • 512/474-6651 II 111 /'l11//1pv' f thirtl-plau tles1g11 5900 BALCONES. SUITE 200 •AUSTIN. TEXAS 78731 • 512/452-8177 Ti, ,, Ard1itl't'I Morch·Apri/ /9815 Circle 23 on Reader Inquiry Card 23 and Partners , New York: Michael H. DaMore o f Skidmore. Owings & Merrill , Houston; Texas Capitol Architect Roy Eugene Graham: Daniel U. Kiley of Kiley-Walker, Charlotte. Vermo nt ; and Harry Weese . FAIA, o f Harry Weese & Associates, Chicago. The $ I ,000 fi rst-place statewide prize was won by Fernando L. Bracer, a third year architectu re student al the University .. o f Texas al Austin, who was spon ored by faculty member Michael Garrison. The j urors praised Bracer· respectful respon e to existing elements on the Capitol Richard Dobror wo11fo,ml, t>lace. grounds; he produced , they said, a simple. Phillip • a 6th-year g raduate tudent at the that jurors considered an exciting exten consistent propo al that provided great University of Texas at Arli ngton spon sio n of the Capito l rotunda. views of the Capitol and e tablished open sored by UT A Dean George Wright and In all $7 .250 in cash award wa distri ax ial circulation. Bracer al o won $500 in faculty members John Mc Derrnitt and buted . Fi nancial support for the awards the first phase o f the competitio n. Richard Ferrier. Jurors called Phillip ·s and the coordination of the competition Second-prize honors and $600 were design both elegant and intriguing , with a was provided by C riswell Development won by Brent C. Bowen. also a third-year good progression o f spaces. Phillips also Company and National Gypsum Com student at the University ofTexai, at Aui, won $250 in the UTA school competitio n. pany, both of Dallas. Both firrns contri tin sponsored by Michael Garriso n. Fourth-pl ace winner was Richard buted more than $2,500. Dalla firms Bowcn·i. entry , calling for a prominent Dobrot, who was awarded $250. Dobrot Marco & Associates and Brandt Engineer sculpture on the site, imprei.i.ed the j urors was a third-year student at the Uni versity ing, alo ng with Tribble & Stephens o f San with its wit; additionally they praised the o f Texas and was ponsored by faculty Antonio, each contributed $ 1,000. Four tronggeometry o f the design. Bowen also member Michael Garrison. Dobrol' entry teen other architectural , engineering. and won $350 in the school competition. wa called the mo l intere ting u e o f land- construction firm also contributed up to Third place and $400 went to Brian cape design, calling for an amphitheater $500 each. 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We often work with architects on controls, acoustics, audio visual system design, motorized walls and curtains and user-requested custom C,rc/e 24 on Reader Inquiry Card 24 Texas Architect March ·April 1986 11\liOURI PACIFIC DEPOT t Ill NOVATION PLANNED FOR S \ N ANTONIO \ \\ di known San Antonio landmark . the 111111 .:J Mi, ouri Pacific rail ,tation, has he II purcha,ed by City Employees Credit I 1111111 · " the future site of iti. new 111111,.: •., rhe cre<.lit union plani. to restore th , 1) year-old building 'i. e terior to its 11111 111al condition and add a 7 ,OOO-.,quare l1Kil , xtcm,ion to the ca!>t '>ide, all ai a co<,t t•f \ (I million. I o~ atcd m the hi !>toric Cattleman', Sl111u n, area on the west 'iide ofdowntown S 111 J\ ntonio, the m1ssion-i.1ylc. domed t 1111111 has bt.>en Ii ted on the National Re ·•~tcr of I lii.toric Pl aces si nce 1975. Sm, A1111111111 1 /If 1111111r, /'an /11 S1t1111m , 11ri 11 1912 I >r 1h Wall ln ve~tment !> owned the build- 111 • pr 1111 to ,citing it to CECU at an undi ,- 1 loM d pncc. cveral previou,; owners of th \ l11Pac ,tation have di cussed sheets that had heen <;tripped from the sur top of the building'!> dome. The two-story 1 1111, 1110n for the facility, but took no face of the dome. replacing the i.tai ned extem,ion planned for the back of the 1 111111 CECU General Manager Tim glasi. windows of the depot" s great bu ilding wi ll be built in the same Mylc and llit •d111 ,a}i. that is about to change. rotunda, and re mounting the ham mered with matching brick m order to blend I h c: rcd it union's plan!> for the build bron,e ,tatuc of an Indian holding a bo" In '", , tcnor include replacing the copper and arro\l. , which fo r 75 year:. adorned the NEWS. co11ti1111ed 011 page 27 Ctrcle 25 on Reader lnqu,ry Card I , , \n /11/ect Marll1 ·J\11r1/ /9H6 25 TEXAS COMMERCE BANK-RIVER OAKS, HOUSTON. TEXAS "IN OUR VIEW, A BUILDING MAKES AS IMPORTANT A STATEMENT ABOUT A BANK AS ANY PRODUCT Ben F. Love Chairman OR SERVICE IT PROVIDES." Texas Commerce Bancshares "Texas Commerce has deall with Tribble & Stephens for many years, and I've l louston, Texas viewed them from two differenl vantage points. As a banker, I find them to be exactly the type of banking customer we want-financially strong and success Tl:X:\S COMMERCE BA:o;K ful, with an excellent reputation in their industry. In fact, we've even fea tu red RIVER OAKS. Houston, Texas Jay Tribble and James Stephens in a television commercial for Texas Commerce. O\\~EI<. Corum Companies. As a result of the work they've done for us, l can attest to their professionalism, Ilouston, Texas the value of their team philosophy, and the exceptional quality of their construc ARCIIITl-:CT Kirksey Meyers, tion work-which is essential lo Texas Commerce. That's why we called on Architects. Houston. Texas Tribble & Stephens to complete three new buildings, three motor banks and MECIIANICAI. ENGINEER: 1bomas E. Lightfoot & five finish-out projects for Texas Commerce member banks." Asso<:iates, Inc .. Houston. Texas STRl'lTllRAL ENt:INEER: Haynes CORl'ORATE OFFICE: Offices in Il ouston, San Antonio, Whaley Associates, Inc. 10610 I laddington Drive Dallas, Austin. Atlanta Houston. Texas 1l ouston, Texas 77043 and Orlando. CIVIi. Esc:INEEI<. 1crra Associates. Inc .. for more information call Houston, Texas f'lu· Pt1rt11t'rsl1111 8111/ders Kent Leighton (512) 349-1426 Ctrcle 26 on Reader lnqwry Card "11h till' rc,1 of the building, Haegelin and costly changes to the interior ·pace in romant ic regime and at the same time give 1 I>, 1vc-up wi ndow will be designed order to use it. they were reassured when the movie indu ·try new ammunition in the 111 I, 1J.. IIJ..c the , tat ion's original baggage their St. Loui -based design and building war again t cable TV and YCRs. I 11111 ,,rca, fi rm , HB E Corporation. called them with Start ing in the I 960s. ornate downtown 1 h, intcrmrofthe build ing wi ll have its fre quent reports about how well the space movie palaces were clo1.ed or demolished. mnd ~1 a1rways refurbished and archways was working out. " It really turned out to and suburbia gave birth to the bare-bones, , 01x•11cd and new wa lls and Oooring be quite suitable fo r our needs, .. Haegelin tiny-screened cubicles known al> multiplex 111 t ilkd I lacgelin :.ays the credit union :.ays. theater:.. An Austin-based architectu re os 1111 tunatc that there were no load- Located at the corner of Medina and fi rm . with the help of film mogul George I 111111• "ull , inside the structure. allow Commerce streets, the Missouri Pacific Lucas, is reversi ng that trend, however. Ill • 1111l·rtor wall s to be built as needed. rail talion has been central in all pl ans to wi th it de ign fo r the nation· fi r t fi lm l Showroon 3637 West Alabama at Timmons Lane· Suite 490 6115 Denton Drive• Suite 105 Houston, TX 77027• Phone (713) 626-9172 Dallas, TX 75235· Phone (214) 358-1070 I 11 Ir« /111,•,·1 Marrlr•April 1986 C,rc/e 27 on Reader Inquiry Card 27 THOROS SYSTEM 'I ®PRODUCTS Texas Dealers Bes1 Service Building Materials P.O. Box 17379 San Antonio, Texas 78217 512349·4301 Blue Diamond Company P.O Box 15787 Dallas. Texas 75215 214 428-1331 Lynwood Building Materials 1201 West Elsmere San Antonio. Texas 78201 512 732-9052 Featherlite Building Products Corp. PO Box355 Abilene, Texas 79604 915 673-4201 Featherlite Building Products Corp. PO Box425 Round Rock, Texas 78664 512255-2573 Featherlite Building Products Corp. 5020Acom HouSlon, Texas 77092 C rmct' ""'" art'a, Arbor C 111ema I- n 11r . h, A11s1111' , Kmm•,• Kalt'r Sandus 1111d C rtws 713 956·6417 Featherlite Building Products Corp. PO Box 9977 unusually high tandards of the rest of Lhe " Back in the late I 960s," said Gerard EIPaso,Texas79990 complex. Kinney of KKSC. "the big palace, were 915859-9171 Instead of the typicall y cramped theater being split into multi-theater cinemas. This Featherlite Building Products Corp. PO Box489 entryway. the Arbor offer a double was largely due to the Holl ywood distribu Lubbock, Texas 79048 height lobby, with a set de ign that resem tion sy tem. which forced small-theater 806 763-8202 Featherlite Building Products Corp. ble · a Disneyland pavilion . Boldl y colored owners to bid for the right to show a fi lm. P.O. Box991 awnings, a ma i.iveclock tower. a concei. The more creens a theater owner owned, Midland, Texas 79702 sion stand that look like a collection of the more likely it wa!. that the operator 915 684-8041 Featherlite Building Products Corp. tilt le vi llage shops. and a second-story bal would get the film he or she wanted. Split PO. Box67 cony combine to create a space that is ting those g rand theater!. into lillle eg Converse, Texas 78109 512i 658-4631 corny (especiall y the cloud -puff and ment wa awful. More unfortunately, it Featherlite Building Products Corp. twinkle-tight sculpture on the ceiling) but al o set a design precedent for the sub PO Box47725 appealing, like Lhe best stu ff of Steven urban theaters that were then emerging. Dallas, Texas 75247 21 4 637-2720 lnMead of hi ring architect!> to explore a Spielberg. One cannot help but smile at Jewell Concrete Products this space, which gives back to movie completely new building type. the PO Box6396 multiplex-theater owners just went to Tyler, Texas 75711 goers some of the magic that has been mii.- 214 592-0752 ing from theaters for quite some time. drufting fin11s, which churned out draw Jewell Concrete Products Built by Pre idio Theatre . a local chain ings ofliulc black room with tiny screen PO Box5669 and terrible circulation. But the aesthetic Longview, Texas 75608 competing fora share of the Au tin market 21 4/759-4437 wi th the national General Cinema, Mann argument at that time wa n' t reall y impor Jewell Concrete Products and AMC chains, the expensive THX tant. A far a theater owner were con PO Box7115 Waco, Texas 76710 hou es were built to keep Presidio a jump cerned , when the lights went out no one 817'772-3440 ahead. Unique market forces in Austin- a cared what a theater looked like anyway. Jewell Concrete Products large, young populatio n in a growing city and they were probably right." PO Box3484 Temple. Texas 76501 with a lower-than-average creen-to It was functional problems and 817778-1396 population ratio- led Pre idio Theatres to concession-stand ale , rather than aes hire the Austin architecture finn Kinney thetics. however, Lhat led Pre idio Kaler Sanders and Crew . The finn gave itself the larger mission of returning to the theater the grand gestures of old bijous. NEWS, co111i1111ed 011 page 30 28 Tew~ Arl'lutt't'I M11rd1 ·Aprrl /986 DO OUR LEVEL BEST. HORD SELF•LEVEUNG DERLAYMENT. Thoro Spreader and Slurry Pump the right tools for the Job. ontractors who have used Thoro Underlayments job done and get the floor level. That's the objective. I now, that for superior strength in all categories, And Thoro gives you two ways to do it. Self-leveling lhl're is no tougher product on the market. Our or trowel-grade. The choice is clear. 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THE SEAL OF PERMANENCE ... against water, against weather, against time c 1985 Tho Theatre<, 10 1ry a new tad, the mult iple~ theater!> wercn ·, being " In profi1 -ma l...111 g tenn,. a 11111dem del,igned properly. the owner!, were lo!,ing movie hou~e i, really a cont.·cv,mn , 1a 111J, money to patron-, tired or wai ti ng in line. the l, t:rccn onl y tlrawl, cu, tomcr, fkcau\c Design wa!, gell ing in the way of ~a le,:· Kinne} ·l, firm , in ih fi r\l job for Pre,idio rheatre!,, addrel,,ed juM , uch functional prnble,m when they rcde,igned an cxiM- When the view'sgreat 1ng. theater 10 improve iti. circulation. In but the sun won't 1hc rrocc....,, they learned much ,1bou1 the pccult aritie~ or movic-hou,e economic~ . cooperate . .. "We did tudie!, on that theater and touml a ~unple fact: 90 pt:rcent of -,a lei. occur " h1 k pcnr le arc wailing for the 11111, ii! Ill ,tan . That mean, you have to ,c, ve. typically. 400 people in le,, than 20 111mu1c, We ,aw that employee, behind the counter were havi ng to \ tumble over thcir co wml...er, while patron, got fru-, tratetl and went 11110 the theater. In the lheatcr.. \\e', c dei.igned for Prc,id io. u concc,"on \\orl... er only , hare!'. a , iat ion with one other employee. and they never Specify Pease Rolling Shutters cro~, path -.. People get -,crv1.:d mucb fa,tcr anti Pr1.:, id iu ,ell, more popcorn ... A view location doesn't always anent as you would prefer. Prc,itlio liked the incrca,cd ~ale, and Pease Rolling Shutters-installed retained the finn to build other theater,. outside, operated from inside-may Meanwhile in Holl ywood . George Luca~ meet your need. and teven pielberg were not only ell ing We would like to talk to you in the new hi gh~ in box-offi ce rcceiph. but ab o design stage. ncw <, tandard,. if not fo r ani l, try. then at BROCHURE SENT UPON REQUEST RNAMENTAL lea!-t for techn ical quality in their fi lm!-. MASTERS ROLLING SHUTTERS making movie-. with ,ound anti brilliant IS 121699 8639 15121699-8499 - AIJITIN- 1111 us, sI1 tH anu n 11101 • C'12) u a- tJn color that mm t theater, ,imply couldn' t SAN ANTO 10. TEXAS deliver. Lucas reali1ed that h i!. expem,ive 30 Circle 30 on Reader Inquiry Card Circle 28 on Reader lnqu,ry Card fr111 .,A11J111,·, 1 M u11h•Ap11I /9H6 mphon1c soundtrack were being played cedented sophistication. number of cost-saving measures. For Ill ti. .1tcr, equipped for all the clarity Although the THX guidelines required example, THX required the installation of 1ml 1uahty of a kaLoo quartet. His added expen e, Lucas hoped the force four massive i,peakers directl y behind the I lll I him production company created a would be with him and Steven Spielberg creen, on a wall so massive that ''it acts Iii:" 11 division to combat the problem by in attracting theater owners to the system like mud so that the bass is not contained." 1lh mg theater owners and architect' on they thought would make their films even according to Kinney. His firm fi gured out th I lhnological aspects of theater more attractive to viewers. Hollywood' a way of installing the e speakers without I ,1 n glitter twin were not disappointed. Thea having to build thii, labor- and capital I h,• principal design imperati ve of this ter owners all over America embraced intensive wall . ( For obvious reason:-, Kin I uc "film division liei, in the use of THX THX and began retrofitting existing ney is secreti ve about the specific!.. ) 111111d conceived by Lucas's associate theaters. Luca..,film official!. were o impressed thal I III Holman (the TH ofTHX). But even the powerful Lucas wa · hav they have invited Kinney three times to , cordi ng to Michael Swinney, Presidio ing a hard time convincing theater chai ns their studios in northern Californ ia and 111 111c, · vice-president of theater opera- to build expensive nell' THX theaters. That incorporated some of KKSC's changes in 111111 n IX is a <;et of guidelines for theater is, until Pre idio and Kinney Kaler their specifi cation!> . d s1 n. covering ight line and acoustics. Sanders and Crewi. came along. Although Pre!> idio -.pent 25 percent md involving a highly advanced loud ''The Lucasfilm people are really more on the Southpark than it usually does pc,1kcr -,.y tern coupled with electronic geniui.es," Kinney i.ays. "but they just on new theaters, the gamble ha~ paid off H1 ,uvcn, that power low- and high- couldn't figure out how to lower COM . In company official Swinney say~ the extra hcl(IICncy unit!> separately. older theaters. acoui,tics and ound dam cm,Lw as recovered in le s than a month In addition, <,ays Swinney, THX pening are relatively good. 'io you don't and thal Southpark ha been among the I 0 I qu11c~ that theaters be soundproofed have to spend that much to come up to top-grossing theater in the state i,ince it 1111111 ,tdjoining theater· and have THX standard!>. But the THX standard!> opened. KKSC applied knowledge of 11 mely low ambient noise levels: that a for building new theatcn, and retrofiuing THX gleaned from the relatively spartan 1n1111hcr of very expen ive speaker be relatively new theaters make it prohibi Southpark 1hea1er in building the more 111 t 1lled in a structural system that help: ti vely expem,ive.'' elaborate Arbor. p11•1 ·1: 1 bass sound; and that projecti on Presidio wai, able to build Southpark. t 1111lards, ,ound '>yMems. and theater the nation's fi rst theater designed around 1 11 Iles be coordinated with unprc- THX. because KKSC came up with a NEWS. continued on page 72 Cm1111ic Tile• Cnrpl'I l,, P11d Rl'siliml Floor::. Is This A Common Problem? Let GYP-CRETE 2000 Smooth Out Your Problems! NEW! 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Such architec Davis, who teaches a1 1he University of tural !>earching , although hinted at in some Texas at Austin. The econd is a somewhat of the recent project we have ee n. ecm, baleful look at the le sons to be learned to be awaiting a later day. from the new wave of manufac1ured hom, ing about to descend on American shorei.. In lhi!> isi.ue we al o have the last work by by archi1ec1C har lei, Graham . who teaches Ray Ydoyaga as Associaie EditorofTexa.1 at Texa:. A&M Universi1y, and who e Ydorn,:,1 Architect. Ray has moved to Washington . research hai. gained him appointment to a D .C., directing his many talents to new U.S. Commerce Department panel on profe ional opportunities. M any of Ray·-. hou ing. former functions have been taken over by Fin,t however. we have a portfolio of Charles Gallatin. who joins the TA staff a-, eight new single- family hou!>e de igncd M anaging Editor with th is issue, and by by Texas architects. The project in our David Brooki.. who as Director of Com portfolio cover a wide range geographi munications edits the TSA Handbook and cally, although a glut in the Dallas-area Report. We mis Ray. and we will do our hom,ing markel meant we aw no new best to keep up the Mandard he left for U!.. houses lherc. A ll vary grea1l y in 1heir 1ylis1ic expres ion. One bulks large - Joel Warren Barna behind i1squie1 treet-facing facade. while another seem about to slide away 1hrough the underbrush, and anolher make · wonderful face!. at people pasi.ing by. What ill pcrhap surpri ·ing abou1 the houi.ei. , however. is how little they differ in olher respecls. All are housei, 1ha1 ex pre s rclaiionships bclween lhe phyi.ical and economic !.ituation!. and the per on ali1iei. of lheir occupan1i.. This is no criti cism. and thei.e house!> are designed exceptionally well from lhat standpoint. But what of the other issues of hou e design? In a maga1ine on ingle-family houses. you don'1 expecl 10 l:.ee designs concerned with the ameliora1ion of urban or social problems. But where are the ·urprises- like Buckmin!.ler Fuller demanding " Madam. do you know what your house weigh!.?" Where are the dei.ign · 1ha1 make gnomic descriplions of. or prescription:. for, 1he web of relation ships that form family life- uch as Frank Lloyd Wright · con1cn1ion that the hearth I, tm Art hite,t Mard1 ·AfJri/ /'JH6 37 ARCHITECTURE AS UNDERSTATEMENT By Joel Warren Barna Richard Keating. FA IA . a panner A 1wo-,1ory. gentl y bowed gal in the I loui.ton office of Skid lery. with clcar-gla,i. rectangular more. Owingi. & Merrill. ,ay, window<, framed in lacquered that even people fami liar with ha s wood and ,;ct into a robui.t grid , neighborhood tell him they can' t draw, atte nt ion ea.<,tward into the remember what hi'> hot"e loob garden area. The fcne,trntion pat like. The townhoui,ei. acroi.i. the tern ii. the i,ame 111 the ma<,Lcr bed i,treet. ye!> . The hou,e of one of room to the nonh: glass doors. set the i,tate ·, moi.t celebr.11ed de back imo a shallow wood deck. signers. no. "That', j u,t what I open to the garde n from the hoped for." Keating ,ny, down, tair. dining and kitchen He both entenain, and travel, areai.. frequently. and ha, hou,e " an :an What Kea11ngcalls1hehoui,e's "edge neighborhood," nctwl-cn a one failure , how, mo,1clea rly on down-at-the-heeh ,1re1ch t1f the garden-, 1de exterior. " I Mont rn,c and the alnucnt areu ;1 wanted the , tucco completely few bloch nonh and v.e,t of the covered v. 1th ivy. with JUM the Mui.cum of Fane An, 111 I lou,ton gla,s showing through. Then we Because of th 1, he wanted the had a frecLe and a couple of hou,e " nicl' on the anterior but drought,. 11 ·, not ea,y 10 get ivy underplayed lrom the ,treet." LO do what you want." Without There wa, a <,econd re:N>n for the ivy, Lhe curved wall b 100 pulling a modc,t. \lucco-covercd, imposing- a~ 1f II were the fir.t Mrect-hugg111g front - with a two noon. of one of SOM "i. walled garden on one , ide of the office towe~. n:1m>w entmnceway and a garage lndoon.. fine materials care on the other- on what may be fully u cd make up for whatever one of the more sparely opulent problem, nacure ·, uncooperative hou,e, 111 the city. Say, Keating. ne\l, may pre~ent el~ewherc. The " I didn ·1 want it to be architecture noori. are walnut. with wool car a!> a i.ta1emen1 : I didn't want to pet upstair-.. The heanh beneath get into a game with the next the ~hadow-boxed fireplace. architect who built a house in countenop . and work table~ are lloui. ton.·· made of i.peckled Sardinian gra What he did want wa!> to pre nite. A white marble ~hower c ul i.erve a.'> many trcci. as poi.sible on minates 111 the ma!> ter bathroom. the 60-by- 125-foot lot. This was Colors and detail!> throughout are accomplished by i. iting the 60- under~tated but preci~elycontrol foot-wide, 3 .000-,quare-foot led . Space in the houi.e wai. wood-framed houi.e (raii.ed on planned for en1 e11aining. The picri.. to avoid ui.ing a poured downstain. is "a 6<>-foot-wide slab foundation on Houston'i. room with pan itionl,." which ea.., notoriously i, hifty ,oil ) laterally ily accommodate~ up to 300 between two of the lot'i. largei,t gueM1- . Upl>tain. areai. arc con treei.. and actually building the nected bsy a long ky li1 balcony/ exterior wall around a redbud hall. opening onto the tree . An 85-foot-long backyard down1, tairs. WU!> prei.erved and the , pace ui.ed Although the hou~c tumi. for a lap pool and gardeni.. Sayi, inward . ii Mill maintai ni. connec Keating. ·· 1 like gardening ." tion~ with the rest of1he city. It ii. Te1w Artltitet·t Marclt ·Aprtl /9,'$6 deMgned . humidity and bug~ per mmrng. 10 allow maximum cro,, venlllallon. And the dining room b on axi, with the ,pire of a nearby Georgian-,tyle church --11 look-. great lit up when dinner gueM, are there ... Keating ~ay,. Privacy and careful de\lgn that wed~ di,cipline to ,pectacular ~cale make Keating'~ hou~c one of llou<,lon ·, be,1 be<,t-1..cpl ,ecret,. PROJECT: K1•uti11g Rc•11d,•11n•, f/011.fl I-AR LEI-T Gm11nd-flowplm1. UdT Sern11dj1tHJr (Jhm. ABOVE. Aw11<1111t•tnt kw, Artlme,·t Mt1rtl1 ·Apr1/ /986 A HOUSE LONG ON LIGHT By Joel Warren Barna ., Joe Ma~hbum or Ma,hhurn Ma,hhum began the de~ign of solve the problem of arr Maffei Archllcch dc\lgncd ,mu rhc hml\c wnh the idea ol u~ing conditioning u,e. II pcm1i1tcd buih th" unc11111prn1111, 1111• I> 11111:,11 ""~ (n,t. lnw maintcn.incc, di vi~ion of 1hc hou~e into two hou,c to ht nn a ,i\ UlrC ,11.. rnr,tl l11ol..1n 1• material~. lie ~et lone). each with a ,eparatc he.rt .r ' · I~ cnvcred wi rh ICX) )C,1r old tree, tkd 11 11 .1 \\11111.I tra111cd , 1ructure, pump controlled by a timed 1her ' / II! ... 1lu' ,/ '1 , Deed rc..int.:111111, rc,1u11 cd th,11 t.:11vc1cd III J!,ih ,1111,cd corrugated mo, 1a1, effecuvely reduemg elci: ' ,r~ '•l i,flllllt111 hi Ill ' nc\\ hou,e, he :11 le,1\1 I .XOO .11r , hcl'I ml·tul. ,1mt .ihgncd ea,t tncal demand by almo,t hulf. · .. ·1111!:,:- " . t.:u nurtmned 'llllill l" lci:l 111 .111:u Wl',t tn ll',pond In the ,nlarcondi- The hou!,C i?. heavily inloulated Onl) c lc t.: tm ,11rlond1t111111111• \\ :I\ 11nn, ul lhl' \Ill' I hc 1111.igery for 10 further reduce heal load. The the h11u,e 1,1\hhu,n , .,y,, grew .l ' uv,11lahh: . ,md fl\1111,' ..-lcc11 It.: rate, roof. for example. fea tures metal 1hn:.11cncd 111111,11..c th,11111uch air OUI 111 ,I l..1ml ol 11')-dlll l'lllh\llln , heet, above u vented air , pace t.:11nd111rn1ed , p,ll'c pmh1b111vcly ol two ,11111l c, , l'I 11 ,ll ulur metal on top of an in,ulatcd pine roof c,1x: 11 ,l\e '1 h" .. lung hou,c with , 1n1t:H1rc, 11, 11.111 \ ,u, tcd dccl.. Floor., arc abo pine. and u l.1111.. 111 the middle .. wu, the ,ol through. louml 111 the ,11e,1. ,md rntcnor walllo , except in the bcd u11011 . ,.iy, M,1,hbum the 111ad111tl'd llll'l,il luul.. 111 II., mom,. arc made of the ,ame Iran tram, ,md I 1)'i(1' , ,.,,le metal u,cd on 1he exterior. Win A1r-trea1n tt ,11k1, I lw hur ldrng do\\, and door.. urc alumrnum- would he a " "t•lc , 1111\ 111 111 ,1111 1ramed gla,lo . tarn pn\ tll'Y, ral\cd 1111 n111~, ~·tc The rc,u It . con, Lructcd for JU ~I ph111h, to prc'l.!ne 1lw n,11ur ,1I over 36 per ~quare foot , i, drainage ol the \I ll: ,111d to p1olc(. I frugal-lool-ing but full of light , ,evcral 1rcc, !,pcal..ing a futuril>ti c language The dc\lgn \\ ,r\ rchllell ,ii ,~·r with an Ea!,l-Central Tcxru. co~ullatmn with l,111d,1:,11lC accent. archilcct Tom Woodlin 111 l)alh1 , .. He ,aw a d ear lll!l 1ll lhl· , 11c lh,ll PROJl::.Cl": llou.1e for Joe, Julia, we haun ·1 nor iccd hclmc," and Marl Mashburn. Brwm M.r~hbum loay!.. wtuch lOuld llC ARCHITECT: M"l hburn-Maffei u,ed 1f Lhe hou\e wa, hcnl 111 the Archuects, Bryan middle. Mashburn added an .in BUILDER: Monte Trenckmann glcd "dogtrot" loCCtion in rhe 11111d CONSULTANTS: Carrol ified de!,ign. which in 1um helped Clm•cwn11 ( l lrttC/llral). Tom Woodfin (landscape). Julia Mashburn (i111eriors) 0 0 , , !ht I :I I I 0 0 J , I 0 1. ~ - 1l I • ' I • ' j I .. ; ., - Al11mi1111111-frnmed 111111do w.1, n1rr1111t11ed 111ett1/ , tmd p1111' dtck111g art' 11!.ed III the - "1l11111m1," TOP. lil'i1111 rfl(IIII , S£CONO FROM TOP. 1111d lmlrm1111-wi1111 hall. RIGHT A BOVF. Plflll .JO Tl'w, Arrl111er 1 /11flrch·Apnl /086 PIIOTOS Tl/IS PA Gt ltJ1111 w1d ltm . 1he h , w1 Arth11u1 Mt1rt'l1 ·Apr,/ /986 II A FAMILY OF HOUSES By Joel Warre11 Barna In rcnova11111,: "hat he call\ ··an elegance based in the simplicity Each block ha!> a hipped roof <;Ur undi,tmgul\hCd comer lot of the original house. derived fuced in matching striped shingle, hou,c" inro ,1 ,uitahlc ,cuing for from the armngcment of building and each "foce!." the ,1rce1 - for a la1111l y\ collcct1on ol art . elemen~. rather than adornment mality break!> down into playful antique,. ,ind other fine obJeCI<; or ,1ylc," Underhill ,ay,. nc.,!>. The pavilion,. painted u moved Imm another rc\ldence To create u,ahle , p:1ce on the unifonn gray with white trim, nc,1fb) , M1ch,11.: I Underhill fiN ea,tem pan ol the lot. and to comain di , tinct function~. The , tnppcd the ongrnal Mructurc ol mal..e the new adc.h11on l, addrCJ.l, main hOU!,C hol~ the l..itchen and .idd11111n, 11m. he ,ay,. revealed :.trceti. on the north and we,1. ma,tcr bedroom: the other!. con- ii lnmwl ""'J'lhcuy 1ha1 guided Underhill deve loped the hou~ a, 1a111 the living room and the Btf,1re 111ul, 1t1t1}11J1\h1•1/, /1111 h 11/, <111 "" de\lgn for the pmJcct. a linked wnc, of \1111ple bhx:k\ gamge. 111Jom1111g 11111p/1n11 "We were tryi ng 10 rccrc:11e 1he on the WC!,tern edge ol the lut. The main entry WU!> l..cp1 in the onginal building to the north . 111cc the brick of the facade was damaged when an old porch wm, removed, Underhill de,igned u ~,ucco cnl mnce "lronw,piecc:· which pl:1y, a part 111 the develop ment of the reorgani1ed plan . ln"de, a ~1airca.,e dircch pa~,agc 10 the newer part!, of the hou!.e. The i.equencc eMablibhei. a pro cc,!,10n through a variety of dis creet pace!> to the final dc !> tina tion. the light -filled living room, where the brick fireplace echoc!> the !.hape of the "fronti:.piccc," providing a conclud ing focu~ for the hou,c. PROJECT: Ti11e/ House, limn/OIi ARCHITECT: Michael U11cler hill Architect, with A1111e11e Fierro C111cl Chllrle.1 R11dolph CLIENTS: Fra11J.. wul Marill Tille/ CONTRACTOR: Ki11g/Mcu111ri11 CONSULTANTS: C111111i11ghc1111 Associates (Sfrll('t11ral). Joe£. Lee C111cl Alsociates (111eclw11icC1/) After o " ""' '1mr,/1Jpit!Ct'" for ,1,,. t!11/ra11ct! TOP. 011tl ,, """' ,.,,,,,1,os,, "" ''fcU'1 11g" the ,trut. ADOVI:. ,/'.! Tl'WS Arclllll'C'I Morclr ·Aprtl /9lt6 Tilt' br,cAfireplan•, I l!FT. ulrc1es 111011/from emry, eswb/1slr1111111process,01110 0 tire lw11, e J u 11ter ABOVE: Axo11ome1rir 43 SOUTH TEXAS RETREAT By Joel Warren Barna Lake/Flato ArchiteclS made thb porche and drawn up tllrough weekend house. built for the the louvered cupola. During the La:.aler fa mily in Hebbronville. winter. rolling barn doors close an evocation of the reward a the porches off ~o that it can be well as the demands of life in the heated by the large porch arid South Texa:. land,capc: a fi replace. celebration of the light and air of Materiab and fi nishes arc sim a hard hut beautiful country. ple and infomlal. The ceilings arc A central li ving room and made of tongue-and-groove pine kitchen. e nclo,ed by high. thick boardl,. Floo11, are made of Saltillo :.tucco-over-wood-framing ··Mor tile indoors. with Mexican bric k. age wall:.:· :,Lands under a low laid over sand. on the porchel,. sloped metal pyramid roof with a Every deiail bespeaks an easy iall . windowed cupola. Wide tran!iition to the outdoori.. yet pro screened pore he:. and breezeways vides a way to !,Oftene the ffect:. !,Urround Lhe house·:. center and of climate and l,ite. connect ii with two bedroom PROJECT: Rcmch House. wing,. fonning an entrance coun Hebbro111•ille yard around a stand of gnarled A RC HITECT: Lake/ Flu to Archi mc,4uite~. llle central living tects. Stm A111011io; Ted Flato. room and bedroom!>, compri!,ing par/lier in charge 3.000 :.quarc feet. arc air C LIENT: Molly and Garlwul cond1110ncd. Lasater In mild weather, the design CONTRACTOR: Phillip Storm allow:. breeze!> from the small pri CONSULTANTS: Danyshl ABOVE. llig/r. dup 11·C1llsw1d witltepure/r e, cleji11e the /rm,.fe·., vate lake to be caught by the L1111dy (struc111ra/J Cl'/1/er. 8 £1..0W: A /rottse for" hard lmulsrnpt•------ II Tents Arclutect Marc/r ·April / 986 TOP LEFT: Pla11: Porches. TOP RIG/fl. rn11 be clmed off III cold n·eather. L,1·111>1 rcH•m. LF.FT. a11d hedrtH1111 , c,re floored III w1/11llo 11/e fetm Arcl1i1ec1 March ·April /986 45 WESTU. COUNTRY HOUSE Br Clwrfl'J E. Golloti 11 TI1e Safi rc'1tknce rc, eli. in archi overscaled window at the back of tcctunil lloun, hc, w11hou1 im the hou&e crea1ci. a lighl, open p111g 111g on 11, ne1ghhor\ 111 this area, which 1s juxtaposed with a older. d1g111hcd , ulxl1v"11111 near larger-than-li fe arch. ,c1d eep into llou, t Senmtl-floor plan ·/6 Tew J Ard111ec1 /llard1·April 1986 \lrOV£. Tlrrlu,wr 111,.,,J~ 11 e/111 lflr If> flf!tNlrlx,rs FltHJtmg "'""· RICH r, Jt111ble1 "' "lr1·<1tlh,> • t;::1 = • n t-fluor pltm 1<11 Arclritt'C'I Mard1 ·Aprtl /986 47 • RESIDENCE ON A HILL-COUNTRY LAKE 81• Joel Warren Barna Si1ed on a , 1eep hill overlooking Local tradilions of ~tone con / Lake Travb west of AU!>lin, 1hi~ , truc1ion are echoed in~ide and hou;.e command, ex1en;,ive view, ou1 to evoke a country-hou,e ./ nonh and we;,t to the lake and the image. Cyprc;,;, siding and inte r wrrounding hills. The hou;,e hugs tor panelling are worked imo 1ex- the hillside conlouN tightly; the 1ure, and p,lltem;,; 1n;,idc they ./ plan i, ,kewed 10 prc~ervc rock play off ma;,,ively , caled ~< outcropping!> on the ;,ite. s tonework over 1he fireplace and While the weet-facing eleva- the ;.culptural fonns of twbtcd 1ion is low and unob1rus1ve. 1hc wood columns and cedar 1rce lake ,ide employs oversculed ele trunk po!>!;,. Tile noor. hannoni,e menb and den,c ma;,,ing in whut with i.oft ly colored interior Mains. architect Ger.ild Moorhead cull;, PROJECT: Residence u 11 Li1J..e .. a pile of fonm.. rising above a Trm•if base of spreading 1erraces 10 a ARCIIITECT: Gerald ..c a,1lc on the Rhine·· ,kyline. Moorhead/Architect, Houston Sculp1ed chimneys. an enlarged CONTRACTOR: Ma1111el C. ' ' eyebrow donncr. and a Ian iced Tllboodll, Ille. tower dominate the ndge as i.een CONSULTA TS: Luis Lemus, from 1he water. Jr. ( structural), Will Fle111111g ( lwu/scapi11g) 18 Te.1as Arcl111ec1 Marclr·Apr,I /986 • ,J OPPOS/Tf. PAGF.. TOP · "111r pln11, ROITOM A q111etfi-1ct11/e tmrnrd tit/' uren TIii PAGE, (OP: Toll'ard tltl' lake, tltl' lta11se prt'vr11t:, 1,g/11/\' m11Sud srnlp111ral farm:, LEFT frrrtu:es fll'fl dflll'II tltl' r(l('AJ Slit'. ABOVF. Sl'ctum.1 I 111s Arcl11tl'CI Marclt·April /986 -19 TRACT HOUSE TRANSFORMED By Charles£. Galllllin L. Barry Davidson Architects of studies nanking the bedroom Houston took thi~ ba,ic brick complete the addition. The fronted tract hou!>e on the !>hOrcl vaulted ceilings and large. ~emi of Lake M adeline in Gal ve ton circular windowi. overlooking and added a second ~tory and the pool and the lake give this numerous new windows 10 pro addition an eclectic Victorian/ duce a fresh, new home for the Jamaican/C!lpe Cod exprcsl,ion. owners. John and Letha Barber, A n L-shapecl wraparound porch both phy ician~. completes the exposure to the Built-in cabinets and a circular south and 10 the water. providing window were added to the c:iti,1- cooling shade 111 the ~ummer and ing vaulted living room and din a convenient ,pot from which to ing room. The vauhed ceiling!> enJOY the view and the breeze. A provided the de!.1gn d1rcc11on for large vault on the south end of the the additions: a new brcakfu\l master bedroom b echoed en the room. a new , lair hall, and a new vault on the porch. up tai~ ma~ter bedroom, ,omc Cool l,eai.ide color!., fanciful with beaded board and all with moldings. and i.pecial lighting all gabled ceilings. A solarium was con1ribu1e 10 give this home a new added off the living and dmmg look from the inside out. and a room~. capitaliLing on the ,olar new approach to the life that goe~ heat gain en the wmter and adding on in!,idc. a casual trnn<,111onal clement 10 the area next to the pool. A new PROJECT: Gero/ Dril'e Hm,.te, kitchen, reorgani,ed utility room Luke Madeline. Gali-eston Thr rrru111J- ,1<1ry porc:/1 ,r 1det1/ fur rtdtumg. and ma!>tcr bedroom tran!>formed ARCHITECT: L. Barn· into a pool party room with bar Dm1idsm1 Architects. Houston and TV complete the firs1-noor CLIENTS: Ors. John tmd Letha renovation. The fom1er den ha!, Barber become a billiard room. CONTRACTOR: Ho/lit/av A !>econd story. added over the Builders. Inc. garage. became a master bed CONSULTANTS : C11nninglm111 room. A bath suite. walk-in Ass()('ime~ ( stmcfltral) closet, cedar clol,et. loft. and (I fr1m Arc·/11/et·t Murch·Apr,I /9116 , I, \ti.I Architect M,mlt·Aprrl l9R6 5 / EARNEST RESIDENCE Br Joel Warren Bc1r11a r,,,.,,.furttrll I hi\ while country villa by Aui. land damage," explains architect tm ', I• I A A,,ociates seems at Thom l:.amest. hr, t tu , rcul. with a avoyard A ,quare. multi-,tory arrange .,n .cnt 11, hnl\h ,md ma,!.ing ment allowed the smalle!.t po!.i.1- h.'1.,1ll111r m part u more formal. ble footprint on the , ite and the , ot1cr \Cr.ion ot the hou,e greatest energy efficiency. With cll·, 11•11, 111 I f<'IKh Modeml\t 1wo exception,. 1111erior planning ,Ir< hllc, t I c Cmhu\lcr On clo,cr for the re;.ulting ;.imple box gen 1n, 1x~ 11un. however. the hou!,c erated the element!. of the ,11\11 rcvcul, the llucnt u,c 11f Pu,1- exterior Window, , balconie, Modcrn1,1 Hx,1hulJry w11h their , upporting columns. rhe h11u,c w." plunnc PROJECT. Earnelt Reside11ce S11111/te1111 ele1·u11on ewggeruted l..e1-sw 11e ulxwe t m n ·-11111 n 11w11lk /rums Jpiml stmrJ from bt clroom ta r,x>[ ,let I.. ARCHITECT: ETA Associates: Thom Earnest, project arcltitec1; Bar1011 DraJ..e. job ,·ap1Ui11 52 fr.ms Arcl111er1 Marrli ·Apr,/ /986 8u1h ... F1rM-/1cH1r plm, Se1·1111tl-flt111r plu11 I 111n•etl 11/ujJ-hhH A wall i111he ef//er111i 11111e111 w 11e So111h r /1'1·0110 11 It ws Arcl111ecI Murd1 ·A11ril 1986 53 THE REGIONAL HOUSE: STYLE OR SUBSTANCE By H oll'ard Davis Some critics mistakenly No building type i!> more a:-.).ociated with the idea l:>traint!> and problem!>. treat regional house design of place than the hou,e. To 1110,1 people. the But unfortunately. the argument about style as a purely visual stylistic word ho11.1·,, evoke:-. i m.1gc:-. of lio11w of belong tends to allow for only two possibilitie ·: a pic issue. Regionalism is ing to a place on earth. ol the , urmunding, of ture que regionalism that ignores regional founded not on style but on nature. neighborhood. and people. The hou,e realities. or a Modernism that also ignore response to climate and may be intensely personal. hound up with regional reali ties. Either way the point i mi ssed. landscape. The question is memorie!> and hope!>. with the important event , 130th these po ibilities deny human experience simply whether a house of life. 1m,epamhle from our identit ii.:!,. and deny the !>Ort of understanding that can find engenders connection with, Thc:,,e a,:-.ociation:,, arc not limited to the lmw,e it :-. way into people' heam and people's or alienation from, one's ihclf. , incc the hou !>e and the people who live in 111emorie11 of home. place in the world. it arc tied into their , urrounding, hy a complex The criticism of regionalist architecture a!. a weh of relationships. which are only in part vi, !,lylistic veneer ignores a ho t of evidence. ual one:-. . A house is open to the land'icape or Regional types can be found all over the world ncighhorhood. mediating climate or welcoming antl thrnughout history. none deriving from a visitor!> in a particular way. To all but prisoners reaction.try no:-.talgi a or a !,elf-conscious auempt and hennits. the house i a middle ground. a to mal-e a , tylc. lm,tead. they grow out of prag thre:,hold between an intimate world and the !> ur matic re, pon:-.e, to regional condition!,. In the roundings. It fonn is pan and parcel of the con ,mall town, nl the American Northeast. house!. nection that people in the house eM:tblish with were typically designed to save fuel- compact. the outside world. with l'lu, tcrcd room:,. with roof!> shaped to han tllc heavy ,now!.- and they tended to have a HOUSES AND REGIONS !.Orne\ hat formal relation hip to the street. In But since the natural and social surroundings of :-.outhern California. regional houses typically any particular house are at least in part hared have a long perimeter. allowing an easy flow among many hou es in a region. why shouldn' t between in!,idc and out. and a flat or low-pitched we expect that hou es in the same place wi ll roof. In the humid tropic!>. ranging from the mediate between inhabitants and surroundings Southi.:a:-.t U.S. to Malay ia to New Guinea. in similar way . in effect producing a regional regional hou!>e:. typically take on ome of the house type? And why shouldn' t de ign of hou es characteri 11tic:, of an open pavilion-shaded. be more directed to attend to regional is ue ? screened. raised to catch the breeze all around. There are many critics. ofco urse. who take a As many writer have pointed out. the superficial look at regional houses and then regional house i!> clo ely connected to vernacular deride them as worthless as a basis for design. architecture- buildings that are built most typi claiming that they represent just one more type cally and freely. with or wi thout architects. In of empty historical all u ion. The current debate the pa,t decision!. about how to design and build about regionali m among Texas architects is too homes were easier: houses were more lim ited in shallow to address the real i sue : it is dealing the technology and material!. that could be used. with style rather than substance. image rather For example, the lack of mechanical cooling than reality. And in many buildings, regionalism equipment dictated very specific natural means turns out 10 be a thin limestone veneer, a style of cooling. and in a particular place. the same veiling house that could be anywhere. material were u ed again and again. Today l/1.,111r1r' plwtograplL,for 1/ti, .,,on• The problem is that regional architectu re i there is more choice. Hou es that can be called tirt• 11st•d cottr/es,• a/Tiu•Arcl111e c/11rol nor and never has been a tylistic issue, except regional are not automaticall y built a the result /Jmll'IIIJIS Collt'c-111111 . Ard1t1t't'll1re to tho e who belittle it importance. Regionalism of ord inary building activity. The reasons to t1111l l'l111111i1111 Library. The Ce11era/ i simply what happen when many different design a house that responds we ll to regional I 1hmm•1 " ' 1/w U11il'er.111y o/TeJ. a1> a, A11,1111 houses in the same place respond to si milar con- character are a lot le~s clear. 5../ Tt•w, Ard1i11•c1 Morch·April /9R6 1111 DI ADLOCK OF STYLE 1\\ 11 1hc hou e i!, !ieen purely as a visual Im I the fac t that modem technology makes 111 t\lc cquall ypo sible lead us toadeadlock: In purely visual tenm , a regional hou e can have 1111 11 hcr va lue than a house of a different sly le. In · .1ny , tyle can be equally ,;uccessful from an 1 , hcllc point of view. It however. the house is seen as important for th hie that goes on im:,ide ii. and for the place it 1 111 then regional characteristics are inescapa hl mportant. Thi !. is not a vi ual mailer. 1111 ,,ugh h it a1- vi!iual con equences. Contrary to "I 1t , ume write,-., would imply, con-.ideration ol uch i-.sue., doci. not derive from a mi sguided 111 ,, 11',m. The question is imply whether a Ii 111,c engenders connection with. or alienation hom one· place in the world. l 1 \ ILLIAM WURSTER IN CALIFORNIA orthem Cal ifornia architect William Wurster. 1 n~ of this country's be!-tt-known regional isl!>. , rnte of him!>elf thi way: ··1 can bei,t describe r 1, views on architecture as follows: When a I ii b ide ii, given to me on which to place a hou e, I mbrace it and do not long fo r a meadow: and umversely, when a site comes on a meadow. I 111 brace it and do not long for a hillside ... ccording to architect Richard Peters , Wuri,- 1 r rejected the approach of selecting among t\- les and idiom in previou!-t ly built work. n,tea" d he refined a et of architectural ele- 1cn1 - the living porch. the glazed gallery. the rccncd veranda, the garden-li ving room .. . .I ·rived from vernacular sources and adapted 10 Plwto11raplu aj ,,,,.,,. ear/1 re ,w ln11/1l11111.1 ll't'Tt! 111S.e11 bl' Dand 1\11//1wns. I 111.1 Anhllt't'I M11nh •Aprrl l9X6 55 contemporary situations.·· Wun,ter'sa hou e re well within the modem vocabulary. More importantly, they have a feel ing of rightnes fo r their place and time. a well a ab olute comfort . Add Peters: "Wurster· contribution to local dome tic architecture is o subtly integrated into the prevailing scene that it is often invisible." Hi:, hou!.es encourage an ea,y relationship to the outdoor:. by placing large. multi-purpose room:.. which can be opened almost completely on two sides, at the center of the house. The room support a ca ual way of life. but the plan of the e houses display enonn ous control. Wurster·s is surely regional archi tectu re at its be t: respon ive. changeable, com pletely up-to-date, and above all recognizingju t how the hou e fosten, the connection between people and their urround ings. WILLIAMS. FORD, ANO TEXAS REGIONALISM In Tc as. much discussion about regional dome!.lic architecture centcn, on o ·Neil Ford and hi, mentor. David William . who tried to develop a ,pccifically Texas houi.e. But the pre vailing current view of these architects. and of Tc,a, n.:g10nalism. is one of entimental nostal gia- fo ll,.so whittling n the front porch while downtown I louMon and the world outside Texas are bounding into a wonderful future. This sort of view is a erroncou!. as it is unhelpful. Williams and Ford were looking to the old for the root of omcthing new. The hundred:. of photographs taken by Williams while he and Ford traveled Texa show very liulc interest in building with a strong tyli tic content. In their writings Ford and Will iams also demonstrated a clear understanding of the difference between image and reality in regional architecture. David Williams wrote: ·'These houses have hady places ... slatted shutter to keep out the glare of the un ... and ample chimney to cheer the winter through. We have gone to the e old hou es as sources. though with no intention of copying more than the general idea of plan and TOP W1lli11111 Wurster·~ 8 111/1•r Hou~e ( l 9J I 2 ). p/1111 : CENTER lle111/er,1c111 //0111e (195.Ji. lll'lt1J( rx1rd1. ABOVI: : function, the logical m,e of materi al:.. the mean Clt11Aeri11,: /Imm• I /9./ I I. 11/1111 ing. thefreedo111from habit and style that are to he fow ul in them ( italics added). O' Neil Ford might have been reacting to an anti-regionalist attack when he wrote: "We had not intended that our inve tigations hould lead 10 reproduction of these old hou es or imitation of their mellowed stone walli. and their tumbledown picture quenes!. ... . We sought and found in the e weathered Texas towni, a seed of good ,cn:,c: hou:,e!> built to Jive in, built of .. the mo:.t modem materials then available. And this is what we wanted to show Texans- that Te1<1s Art:l111ec1 Marclt•April l 9fl6 th !tC houses were as modem when they were I 1111l as a skyscraper is today. as purpo eful as a p1 ton in a motor ... machine!. to live in . .. tru: from manneri!tms and Myle .'' n1e houses that Williams and Ford de igned med in the degree to which they achieved thi in-neither architect was con i tent in eparat- 111" the pioneer image from those a peels of 1 °ionalism that have less to do with expression nJ more 10 do with the pragmatics of climate, , 1.11erial!t , and life tyle. But the best of Lhe hou e - for example, the Murchison and McNeel house· by Ford- show h,1w the lessons from their travels were succe s- t illy applied . They do for Central Texa what \\turster's house did for Northern Cali fornia. l 1mbi ning a modem- indeed, innovat ive- nsibility with a regional respon e to the need , client!.. They were oriented 10 catch the pre \ ,11 ling breeze; they tended to be ju!tl one room d ·cp, allowing for maximum cross-ventilation; lhcyd had eep porches hielding the holiest sun. dcre!ttorie to let out hot air. ventilating fans ,,hove lauiced ceil ing . and y tern of creen ,md hullers to control air and !tun. Their plans ,, '- re loosely arranged, allowing an in formal I I ' '>tyle- in both cases appropriately different I om the plan!. of the vernacular houses Ford and \\ ii Iiams had tudied . With thi sort of sensitive l ·.. ign, Ford howed a detailed understanding of th.. hou ea a re ponse 10 its place in the world- , n understanding that i all too mre today. 11 IE REG IONAL HOUSE TODAY C ,mdition are different today. With air-condi- 1 oning and low-cost, effi cient im,ulation to keep I 1c climate out , along with the car and television. , hich can take people or idea anywhere. one 1111ght well ask why the regional hou!tc ill , till 1 nportanl: why we should not be happy to be , lea ed from the hackles of place. indeed from ny constraint on the de ign of hou ·ell. Thi, i., uppo ed to be. after all , a time of "plurali-.m'' n architecture. with advanced technology free- 1:11,.-n ll'i/11t11111 11,11111•• 1>1 n,m,t 11 '""""' HI 10 111 P/111, ng up the ability of architect · to "design.'' Such an altitude, however. would have the ever e effect- it is already having the effect if homogenizing architectural style to a univer- 1I. "pluralist" average, denying the difference!- x:tween group of people. ob curing the funda nental attributes that make place!. unique in the , orld and important to the people in them, encouraging fragmentation and alienation from 1he envi ronment. tJ-· • The technical feasibility of building a com fortable house that does not respond 10 its place Joe not make it the best thing to do. It i indeed possible to be comfortable during northern win- I 111.1 Ard1ilt'CI Murch·April 19.'16 57 / 11 /Q5./ . w/11/t• hr •wH n,r,•uorofrhe ters, with suffic ie nt heating equipment , in a U1111·rrw,· of few, . 1 lux,I nf Ar, /1111•1·111rc• 111 A1111111 . l/11r,..l'f/ hou e made of large, loosely arranged rooms; H,11111/t1111 I lllrri, iJtl1/re.1.1etl the iJrth ju t as comfort is po sible, in the Texas heat, in We,1 ReJ11111111/ Cm111dl of the A/A i11 a house witho ut a deep veranda, screened leep l:.1111e11e. Ore111111 . rm .s:, Nagel l/1111te . •11wr dewil Howard Davis is Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture. Unil•ersity ofTe.ras at Austin. He is co-0111/wr, ll'ilh Christopher Alex a11dera11d others. ofT he Productio n of Hou e . recemly published by Oxford Universitv Press. 'i8 Te w sArclutect Marclr ·Apnl 19116 REG IONALISM ( ·ouNTERPOfNT T1•w1, tlte ret:11111al11111 h<11e 1w111·1 die I/ere art• 1•1ew1 oftltree miter d1ilt'CH 110/111/llll/\ J.11011'/I lie Joltn Pcw,er. from tlte ,11/ Wimer / 985 1.1111e of I ,a, Journal: P1•1er 11/dma11 , a11d Ala11 I 1rlchfit•ld. "'"" /11.t• I\ ald11u111 pruc11ce1 111 OIU/011 I LTER WALDMAN. I RANS F-ORMATlON. NOT ~ I.PETITION lemcnh of regional houi,cl, JOI-IN PASTIER: n become Mcreorypcl> in TA INTED ROOTS •ad of archetypes. Porchci. c good for shade but they As !,Cl OU I by [David[ olvcd too ru. i.ocial places. William,, [Texas 1'1.:oplc thci.c day, live rcgionah,m I wa, a form of ~ially at the bad. of the cconom11: elilil>m masquerad ,u<;e in glazed double-height ing a!. a democratic. common pacci. c:1llcd video rooms. ,cn<;e style .... Will iaml> ·, 11 on their porches. If you argument was h1Morically ,1cl. an clement on a currcni quc!,tionablc. for he claimed I ullding without 1ransfom,- 1he style wa!> i.omehow 4uint 1g II for the social condition, c,,en11ally Tcxun wherca!> 11 c face. you arc jus1 being wa, actually a tran,plant from ii.ta lgic. If a houi.c ,., uir Gcrmun and 1-rcnch ugmnan indi t1oncd, it llw11/d tool. culture, I 01' ,md ABO\ I Mt11N R t'11tlrr1n•. l'r111a11111. NJ , Pt'tt'r II uldm1111 W1lli,1m, ·, 1dcui. \\ 'lat 11 1i. ncccl,l,ary to trans economy ha, J real impact on bu1ld1n11 , 1h.11 .m: built for a time:. fai.1cr than m, rural one. om, forms and elcmenis from people'i. livci. and it ha, a real very 4u1cl. deprcc1,111on. u, 111, paradigms offered no gui n:gional or historical model 1mpac1 on how building form min11nal ti\ they 1:un be tor lhc duncc for building the sl.y ,r new social programs. 1i. developed current u-.c 1l1ey MC ,caf ,crapcri.. ho,pllals. gas \ rch11ccti. houldn't ignore Given the ab1l11y to a1r fold, holding "gn~ for 1he Marion!, , department , tore,. the past. bu1 they have a condi1ion building!,, we arc currc111 u,cr. The 1<,!,ue ol movie theaters. hoteli.. and .ipaci1y to proJcct the future. lel,l, dcpcndcnl on the per function and ,ub,tunce I whut public building\ 1ha1 contem imeter of the building. The mu11er... whether or not bu1ld- pomry Te~a, required \LAN MIRSCII FIELD: perimeter of buildings has 111g, arc dci,1gncd wilh a I Rcgionali,mf wa, Texas· VERNACULAR CODE become le\s impo11an1- Jus1 regional ucsthe11c. architectural myth ... a WON'T WORK a I.in. even though that ,., And 1ha1 's wha1 reg1onali,m fundamcnialiM state religion omcthing we all dislike. Bur end, up being, an ae!>l hetic It ready made for uninquisitivc '\lthough I am sympathetic to !he elaborate laycnng of cnd l> up generating a localiLed urchitcch. l.ccping housei. rei.ponsivc to space, regionalism calls for ver,ion of PoM-Modernbm. hmatc and place. I can't doc,n ·1 mal.e scnsc. You just can't U!,C a locah,cd .1cccpt regionalism as a basil> I lh inl. !he real i sue is 1hc vernacular Ill, a code. Hous1on lor dcl,ign. Trying 10 roo1 a state of permanence and ub is the capital of the Third urrcnt architecture on a stan1iality. the corporeality of World. What plucc ha!. vernacular or crafts-based tra- the buildings around us. regionalism in 1hi!, city? /r ,n ArrhUI'('/ Mt1rclr ·Apr,/ /986 59 (IMPORTED) MACHINES FOR LIVING By Charles W. Graham Architects directly affect The auto industry was the fi rst to go. Then. mailer of time before they introduce their prod only a small part of the U.S. before you knew what was happening. home ucts here. possibly in a joint-venture agreement housing industry. But that electronic had succumbed. Don·, look now. but with a U.S. company. Meanwhile the Scandina industry faces radical the American house-building indu),try had belier vian have already come ashore in Canada and change, says architect and start watching it), nank),: the Japanc!>c arc comi ng the northeastern Uni ted Stales. bringi ng their researcher Charles again. And th is time they arc using advanced advanced buil ding techniques with them. Texa Graham , who predicts that technology 10 involve owner.. in de!>ign for the seems an obvious market. and it is-wit hout a a new wave of foreign first time offering featu re!> that compete not only doubt either a foreign or joint-venture company produced high-tech man with the dot11e),lic man11fac111 rcd hom,ing ind w, bu ildi ng these ··high-tech" factory-built homes ufactured housing will try, hut wi th the type), or ),ervice~ prcviou!> ly wi ll be here within a year. and they will have a revolutionize the way Amer rc:.crved for :m:hitect- 60 fr11u t\rc/111e,·1 M11rd1·A11ril /98() St·Au111 llou<,· Cr, ltd Jt1fHJt1' r lt1rRl'll/11c111n lrmne b111/d111i:, tllllfH"" prt> t111 \rillllt'c-t Martl1 · Apri/ 1986 Those who doubt that Americans will be as have sponsored laboratorie in which full-size amenable to the idea of imported homes as to the houses arc tested against all climatic condition . home-grown variety should heed the words of Japanese housing companies arc also experi Chiyoji Misawa. founder of Mi awa Home menting with new buildi ng material. . Sekisui Ltd ., the second largest factory-made home buil has introduced Synselite. a compo ition of der in Japan. Misawa says, "We now build cement and wood chips, and Daiwa ha intro houses like we build cars:· a statement that duced a material called PALC. hort for pre-cast should immediately alert every builder in autoclaved lightweight ceramic. Both Syn elite America who remembers what the Japanese auto and PALC are extremely strong lructurally and industry has done to the Bi g Three in Detroi t over can be u ed to produce monolit hic modules, the past IO year . which can in turn be arranged in an infinite Six companies produce about 90 perce nt of number of design -. Entire bathrooms can be i the factory-made hou e sold in Japan. Some of fashioned from a single piece of a du rable plas ~ these, like National House Industri al Co., a divi- tic-like material in Sekisui plant . The constant _~- ion of Matsu hita/Panasonic. are industri al re earch and reevaluation have paid off: Daiwa ] giants wi th virtuall y unlimited financial and hou es arc o strong they have withstood earth ]'~ technolog.ica l power. Sekisui House Co. Ltd . i!, quake !> in the Midd le Ea t mea uring 7 .5 on the :;:- the largest factory home-building company in Richter scale. ; Japan, produci ng almo ·t 30,000 home a year in The Japane e carry their 1.cal for product j six factories. America's largest home factorie!, improvement far beyond what many American c produce about 15,000 units per year. companies would con ·ider necessary. Mi sawa ~ i I lou:.e produced in Japanese fac torie arc ha tudied and identified 20 possible medical aimed at middle-income buyers. and they are --~:::,._::,~_..,:::~:.I 1 link !> between the house and those who live in it. ---- .. !superior to comparable manufactured and ite- and in their design. decoration. and con truction ~ built hou !>e!> here. Con1-umers have benefited of homes they seek to limit or enhance those J from th \! attention to detail and quality con true- thing which wi ll affect the owner'!, health , such ~ tion the Japanese have made a part of their home a:. color,. textures, shape:-. of moms. and . o on . industry. One will find no sticking doors or For example, after tudyi ng color psychology in drawers, no gaps in miter joints. Woodwork and home . Misawa wi ll not use a red or pi nk in any finishing details. along wi th the olid. well -built of their houses bccau e the c color .. promote ··feel" of the house. leave nothing but a favorable fami ly violence.·· The company is al o experi impression on the potential home buyer. menting wi th a '"zero-energy" rotating hou e Model hou e!, are di splayed in giant "housing which fo llows the path of the sun for optimum parks'· sometimes containi ng a many as 120 energy effi ciency. house by different manufacturers. each immacul ately land ·caped outside and fum b hcd FACTORY-BUILT HOMES IN inside. For those who want omcthing a little SCANDINAVIA different. "customization" of a fac tory-made Although the Japanese are the undisputed leaders home i almost limitlcs as a result of the com of the manufactured-home indu try. no grass has puter-aided design and management sy. terns been growing under the feet of the Scandina u ed . A typical port fo lio for a Misawa hou:.c vian . Swedi h, Danish, and Norwegian factory include three-dimensional drawings of the home bui lders have also managed to ga in at lea t house viewed from eight different perspectives, an eight-year lead on an unsuspecting American detailed noor and foundation plans. a construc home industry. And while most of the houses /\11Nle/ farwry-lmilt l11111ses. w rit m tion schedule. and an accurate cost e timate. If produced in Sweden. Norway. and Denmark for tlw.,r Tokro H1111si11g Villt111e 1111i1s . the plans are approved by the potential buyer, sale in the U.S. are built for middle-income art• dis11laretl i1111iafll '" l11111 .1·i1111 1111rA.1 ... l11111e1imes cu11wi11i1111 a~ production can begin immediately. using sophis buyers. one Swedi sh company has targeted high 11111111• 11., 110 houses bi• tlifferelll ticated robotics and other highl y advanced income buyers with a large. well -appointed m111111fi11 ·111r<'T.. \ . assembly techniques. All of the housing fac- house selling for $575,000. tories in Japan are hi ghly automated- most The fac tory-built housing industries of Swe plant can produce an entire hou e, from top to den, Denmark , and Norway have been in exis bottom. in less than two days. Modules for a cu - tence since the late I920 . It wa in the mid- tomized hou e in one of the Sekisui plant can 1970 . however. when Swed i h government and be completed in less than one hour. housing industry officials worked together to The Japanese are con tantly seeking to make reall y significant advances in thei r home improve their product. Research programs, well building technologies. The result have been funded by government and industry. arc con exemplary. In the advanced Swedish plant , for tantly underway. Daiwa, Misawa , and Sekisui example, a hou e plan is developed by the con- (1 I Te111s Archi1,•c1 March-April / 98(, ,umer with the aid of a computer and a tcchni ex pression. improved workmanship. and com l lJn. Like tho e now available in Japan. Swedish munications may evolve. For example . u ing dc'>igns arc computer-aided. so a virtually unli - advanced telecommun ications device and 1111 tcd number of plans are available. The com desktop computers. architects at almo t any puter then fi gures the exact requirements of location will be able to create a new house design hu llding materials. the cost. and acts as lrJffic from librarie of stock modules or prefabricated thrector throughout the producti on proces . Raw component available from l> Uppliers in their 111a1erial , and whole logs enter one end of 1hcse area. allowing more time for the design process plants, and complete house ex it the other end . itself. Client!. will benefit as well . becau !.>e !.olu r,· Jdy for as!>embly on the building ite. ti ons to pas1probl em!- wi ll be applied to ucces Strict tolerance and excellent quality control sivc verl. ion!> of the product::, used to construe! 111 Swedish plant s mean the home buyer gets a house~. with a resulting gain in quality and house of superior quality. For example , win workmanship. dows and door!. arc installed wi th gaskets similar Such advances on the American scene are long 111 those u ed on refrigerator doors. Heavy in u overdue. Looking back over the hi story of con lauon i:. u ed th roughout. A. a result . Swedish vent ional home-building technology in the U.S .. l,u.:tory-made home u c half a much energy al. one will find onl y two real advances in the past l . house of comparable size. These how,ei, I00 year:- . One came with the shift from balloon il,o fea ture tri ple-glazed wi ndows, wood framing 10 platfo rm framing. The other came p,me lled ceil ings, and, of course. clean Scan- with the invent ion of engineered roof and noor 1ltnavian design. A typical house can be installed trusses in the early 1950s. There have been few on 1he site in two days or lcs::.. In some cases. real change in manufactured-housi ng technol ,uch m, with hou 'e produced by the Myre joint ::, ogy. either. Since 1928. when the fi rst houses ( ompany. owners have the option of economi1- we re produced on an a embl y line. manufac 111g by fini shing out 1he interior themselves. tured home!., have been built in basically 1he ame way. l~PLICATIONS FOR T HE U.S. It . cem,; ironic that in the 11 or 12 years Scan II OUSING INDUSTRY dinav ian and Japane!.,e manufactured-how,i ng I he implications for our housing industry arc industries have been developing their modem normous and exciting. U.S. home buyers arc 1cchnologie . they could have outd i lanced u ultimately going 10 benefit from th is new breed by as much as 10 years. With 1hi ::, new trend ,,r "" high-tech" houses. Unfo rtunately. the U.S . emerging in the U.S. housing industry , the next h.,, cont ributed very liulc to the advances made generation of high-quality home!> will more than 11, these foreign companies. U.S. companici, like ly be fac tory-made. usi ng marketing and h 1ve apparentl y fallen behind due to lack of technological ad vance:. imported from abroad. 1).!gressivene ·s. They !>eldom conduct ,criou:. u msumer research. an art the Jap.mc<,c ~cc m to have mastered. In the U.S .. the factory bu ild , 1hc house and sells it to a dealer. The dealer in Clwrfe., W. Grolw111 . AJA. i, w, 11rdti1,·,·1 m1tl lllm se ll s it to the home buyer, and as a result the ur ban p/0 1111t•r l(•,wlii 11K i 11 1/w /)1•pflrt111c111 of ·nanu fac turer may not know what change::, in ArC'/1il(•c11m• ,11 Tnm A&M U 11 il't•r1 11 1· whilt• unsumer taste are. The typical U.S. factory co111plt'ti11~ a !'I, .I) i 11 ur /111 11 and rt'l(io1111/ .1C1- /.1/,,e their Jllf)lllll'SI! cm1111erpttrt~. 1bo offers onl y 15 to 20 house pl an. . which t111 n •. Graluu11 i, " m111mwll1' rc1'flK lli=t'd e ,pert Sct111di11llvim1 f11r tori·-l111i/t homes. melt 11s these br l-losby /111emmirm11/ ,ccms minuscule nex t to 1he 2.000 option:. in jit•ld of u11101•llffrl' flwt11r1'-built housing. ,1,,, of De11r,wrk. pr01·id,• lrixlr ,•11erxl' offe red by the typical Japanese plant. If Amer- effirie11n 1 mu/ n ra11xe ofd1•sig11 1rnn are to compete . the technology of build ing possibilities. houses in 1he U.S. will have 10 change rapidly " ith the introduction of these foreign product~. For architects and builders. one of the most provocative change will be in how they come to \ ,ew the house- simply as another consumer product, rather than an individual art istic "crca lron." Although this may not be an easy or pleas .mt change for indi vidual architects. it does not , uggest the role of architects will be diminished. 11r that creati vity will be lost. Some readjustment 10 thi s new way of thinking may be nece ary. hut ent irely new opportunitie for creativity. /, IW Arclritl'CI /1111rclr ·April 1986 61 BUILDING TEXAS Tl,is rmn ·. h1 artl111ec11,rn/ /11mmn11 J1111S1et'ly. t\ thr 1enmtl 11111 \l'llr-/1111g Jt•r,e.\ 1111 Tew, 11rd1t1ec11tr11/ 1mme1•n wri11e11f11r 1/w 150th 1111111,•erJllf\ of Tt·w, · i1t1//•pt•1tdt•1tcl' }rum Ml' 1ic11 Thedrawi1111of1/teCapi1ol. LHFT. ts hr J11me~ Rnord Sa/eJ of/J THE FALL AND RlSE 1872 to GalveMon to ~upervbe OF NICHOLAS con~1ruc1ion of the Firl>t Pre:,bytc nan Church and the Tremont CLAYTON Hotel. With the Memphis firm ', blc,~ing ( according to hb daugh ter and :,on). Clayton remained in ichola.\ Jo~eph Clayton ( 1840- Galve\lon and opened hi:, own 1916) b a legend in Texru. archi arc hitectural office in 1875. teciure. Clayton 'i, emphatically Clayto n':, talenl caught the aniculmed. turreted. and c rene auention of three powerful force, lated compo\ltion\. found in Lhe city: lhe Catho lic Church. primarily in GalveMon but lhc railroad~. :ind the wealthy appcar111g abo at key Junction, business fomihes. From Bi,hop along the railroad line, that Claude-Marie Dububcame intro radiated Imm the Queen City, arc duction~ that led to dolen!. of among the mo,t acclaimed huild Church cornmi!>~ioni,, ranging rng\ to ,urvive lrom the Gilded Imm improvements to Galves Age ot Victorian Tc,a,. ton·, St. Mary·\ Cathedral to the Such attention and affectio n dc,ign of the main building and arc rchitivcly recent. howe ver. Ho ly Cro:,:, Hall at St. Edward':, After ~1 brilliant career between ni vcr.lly 111 Au"in. In 1881 1870 and the mid- 1890i.. Clayton built the firsl general layto n·l, l,tar dimmed with Gal office building fo rthe Gulf. Colo ve,ton·,. Younger architect~ won Niclui/a.1 J C /11111111 1·11111 pr1111d profilr 111 /111er 11•ar1. d1'1p11r j1111111c111/ setlu,cAJ rado & Santa Fe Railroac.J . fol commi\,ion, and younger inland lowed by depots for other rail citie~ ovenook the ii, land'i. wan boo!. introduced a new generation Thi.: approximately 800-piece roads on 1he mainland. From 1he ing economy. When he died in to hist o ne Galve~ton. and thus 10 collec11on of drawings. paper;. Moody\, Trucheam. Grc~ham~. 1916, Clayton left his wife and Nichola., laylon. Pon ofGatvc, clipping~. and photograph~ that Scaly~. and Ro~enberg~ came hve children with tittle more than ton puhlicbt Roben Ne:,biu, a ha, been a\!.embled by 1he library requeM:, for office buildingi.. a frail wooden house and friend of Clayton':, daughter document~ the architcc1 ·:, palatial homci.. and \ tatcl) monu- memorie, of hi, once-great repu Mary and of Nicholas Clayton. remarkable career. Of93 building tation. In following decades he Jr .. wrote about the archilecl in project,-, rcprc,ented. the o ldest was all but forgoucn- Clayton the early 1970 and u ed dmw dmwing in the collection are wa,n' t even mentioned in the ing!> of C layton· :, work 10 illu~ probably of 1he GalveMon Nell's Galvc~ton N ell's· cente nnial edi lrate the Pon·s promotio nal Building of 1883. a l>tructure 1ha1 tmn 111 1939. literature. survives in pan on The Strand 111c return 10 recognition began In the burst of local intere~t in under a lhick coal of \ tucco. 111 1957. when Clayton·~ pre:,erving Galve~to n·:, hiMory C layton·:, career in Galve~ton ,n.:,hurn Hou~e of 1886-90 ( be\t that followed . officiab al the datci. fun her back. 10 1872. Born l.nown a~ the Bii.hop·l, Palace) Rol>cnberg Library in GalveMon in Ireland in 1840. Clayto n emi ".i, tc.11ured in a publication in 1974 launched a campaign 10 grated wilh hi, widowed mother to lClchra11ng 1he American lnsli acquire or copy Clayton·~ draw Ohio when he wa:, three. He grew lull· 111 Arc h11cch· centennial. ing~ in order 10 compile a com up in Cincinnati. :,crved in the N,•\I wu, lloward Bam :,tone·~ plete inventory of hii. work. To Union Am1y during the Civil 1h, llnf Ul'hcd 1966 boo!.. The eMablish the drawing collection a War. and worked as an apprentice (,(l/1•1•1tn11 Ihm \Var Ahhoug h fund of $13 . 160 was secured ~tonema~on from 1865 to 1867. I h:1111 c· .J111cr-llrc"o11 · !, nwody from the Moody Foundation. the when he joined lhe Memphi :,. ph,11111•1.1ph, 111 reel mg paint and National Endowment for lhe Tennessee architecturnl firm of , 111t d111l.ed flll!'C1hread Am, and the American Rcvolu- Jone~ & Balc.Jwin. North elel'lllio11 . Church oftl,e Sacrl!d layton w:c, l,C nt by hi~ firm in 11111111,tl \'d , 11111c l'l,111ctcr., the 11on Bicentennial Commission. 1/eart, PalrMill<' ( 1890) Spire was 1w1 e_tec111etl 11/u,,·e roof li11e . '" Trws Ard111e,·1 1,-l/lrch ·Apnl 1986 ments. By 1887 Clayton's diary to begging a loan of$ I ,000 from the generous cause of spreading 11dica1es hi s office was won-ing wealthy developer J.C. League. the word about Nicholas Clayton 11n b4 i.eparate projects. to "complete the repairi, of my have either been returned to Gal But in the late 1890sClay1on'<, Wife and Childrens Home ... veMon or have been copied for t ,rtu ne:. changed. In I R97, he League died in 1916 before the Ro~nberg collection. placed a bid on a new counhou:,e Clayton received the full amount. An architecture tudent , Tom torGalvei.ton County. facing Miff The next fall, Clayton was Daly. who vbited the Rehms an ,1 mpe1i1 ion and , he later con- burned badly when hb clothing the early I 960s and carried away 1 nded. a bribe-tainted county caught fire at his home. He ,oon a few Clayton 1>ouveniri. , helped 1vemment out to rob him of hb contracted pneumonia and died Howard Barn1>tom: research hi , ,mmi:,:,ion and hi:, $25,000 on December 9. 191 6. 1966 book on Galveston. Daly Theoj]idlll stampfurC/a1w11 'j offia l•ind. The county commi si.ioneri, Sometime after hi i. widow later donated his Clayton drnw f 1884). ,erted that Clayton· $183.750 Mary Lorena died in 1944 . ings to the Uni versity ofTexll!. at Clayton·~ work . Tumeraided the hid repre~ented construction with Clayton· children decided to sell Austin. and aided Profesi.or Ro-cnherg Library in locating nferior materiali.. confiscated h1 i. the two-Mory frame house at Blake Alexander in establishing and copying Clayton drawing!> . ind. and awarded the contract Avenue Land 35th . A hurricane the university's architectural and he and architectural hi bton an 11 Sanguinet & Messer of Fort Stephen I-ox (like Turner now at \\ orth . Clayton sued, beginning Rice Univer... 1ty) undenook a long legal ordeal. Although he dchmtive biography of the Texa, 1. d the moral support of San architect. The Ro~nbcrg \ ntonio courthouse architect Library . which had planned 10 J 1mes Riely Gordon, who publish a catalog of Clayton', I urned that the same trick had worl.. . inbtcad provided financial l..:.:nh pulled on im elsewhere , a1>!, istance :,o that the biography l layton lost the i. uit and sub- might mcludean inventory of the 4uen1 appeals. drawmgs and the architect':, The next blow came on ep known work!> . Rice Univer.ity mber 8. 1900, with the hur Pres., anticipate!> a 1987 publica ,ine that devm,tated Galve:.ton tton date, according to Turner. nd dei.troycd or evercly dam Unlike his fellow archuect~ •ed sever.ii of Clayton·, lineM Jame~ Riely Gordon. who left 11 11ect,, including the Umver.1ty Texas at the height ofhb , ucce,,. Texll!> Medical School Building and Henry llob!>on R1 chardbon. 1 I ~89). The disll!.ter wiped out who died while hi\ work wa, , >\I of the investment propcrt1e\ bcmg imitated nationwide, 1 owned; neither he nor the c1ty Clayton watched h" hc,t work .:r fully recovered. /11111 h111111 -.'fra/1 8111/tlml(, Gr1frcjfll1t I I H95J pu,, Imm ma111,1rc,1m rccogni Clayton fil ed for banl..ruptcy in lulll But public acclaim lur 1()3, and sub:.bted on meager 111 1943 had damaged the roof, dm" ing collection ('la) mn " no" hnuly e,wb •mmi'isions until hi . death. makmg a n11ldewed me\b ol Drc,el Turner, anmher , 1ude111 l"hed It "1111lortuna1e that \lier the :,torm of August 191 5 Clayton·, dniwmg'> that were 111 the earl) 1970,. ,,1\\ th.: Cli1y11,n and mo,1 of hi, fami ly \ erely damaged Clay1011 '1, , turcd III the u111c. 1-ortunately. Cla) ton dmwrng<, 111 Au, 1111 and ne, er ,aw h1b worl.. !> recogmLed ,,u,e. the architect Wll!> reduced an archit.:ctuml drnu{! ht,man who hc{',111 .I lone lllVOIVC lllCnt Wllh .md c:1red for once again. - li ved nearby . Lawrence Rehm . wa:. asked 1fhe wanted ,tn} ol the trash they were d"card111g Imm the hou,e. Rehm and hi, wife Lilinn hauled home carload\ of paper.. furniture. and Clayton memorabilia. They wrted out the fo lded and rolled :.cmp,. and wound up with more than 70 drawing,. As Clayton·, reputa tion revived i,lowly in the next few yean.. the Rchms parcelled out the drawing!, to owner.. of Clayton building!> and interested s1ude111s. The Rehms have now donated mo!,t of their remaining drawings to the Ro,enberg Libmry. Most of the drawing!> II 11. Tr11t'he,m & Compam /heu,•r they gave away over the years in Th e Swffnrtl 011ern lfm,je i11 C1J/11111huj ( /886) l\'m tleJi,:11etl t,_1 C/11yt I w, Arc/111e, t M11rd1 •April /9,'lf> 65 NOW AVAILABLE! T EXA~ So<.rETY 01 ARCIIITEC"N 1986 HANDBOOK 1986 TSA HANDBOOK • The onJ y ro ter of Texas architecture firm • The only ro ter of members of the Texas Society of Architects-85% of the tate' registered architects • Complete listing by city and region contains the firm name, architect's name, mailing addre and phone number Order your copy by sending a check for $45 to: Tcxru ociety of Architects, 1400 Norwood Tower, Austin , Texa 78701. D Ye , plea e end me __ copies of TSA HANDBOOK 86 (a $45 per copy (include tax and po tage). D Payment enclo ed (receive a complimentary copy of the award-winning Texas Architect for saving u the billing cost) Name ______Firm ______Address ______City ______State ______Zip ______Authorized by ______ TSA HANDBOOK 86 Texas Society of Architects 1400 Norwood Tower Austin, Texas 78701 Restoring Te_,as By Michael McCullar Foreword by Frank D. Welch rexas A&M Uni versity Pre s . 1985 29.95, 16 1 page • clothbound Book on Texas architects arc u ually Jbout great masters of year- past. New publication!> about contemporary prac- 1tioner- arc rare enough to be anticipated ·agerl y by tho e interested in more recent uchitectural history. Mike McCullar' •lowing and affectionate tribute to one of f exa · be t-known pre ervation archi cc1 . Raiford Stripling of San AuguMine, ,. ill !>atisfy many uch architecl!,. The title Restoring Texas may be mis leading ir not .,imply ambitious. Thi i 101 a directory of re,toration in Texa<, but book about the life and worl. . much ofit e toration. ofone 1gnificant Te,:an arch1- 1ect. a man who. along wi1h a hoi.1 of others. ha been restoring valuable bu1h.l mgs for a very lo ng lime. While not an 1u1obiography. this i!> still a bool. written \tnt•/111 11 Ill / m lll 11/ 1/11 I ,·tu-I ("111/1 11 1/11111, • \ 1111 \ 11,:111/mr cry much through the eye of the 76-year- ,,ld Stripling- his predilectio ns and biases ,un through many a paragraph not el off 1ha1 thread, thwugh the hool. 1he cla,h ol nun" and not a completely re 1ored pres- ~ y quotation mark . two diffcrenl 1x1111h of VtC\\ on re,torulaon 1d10. Prc-.idio la Bahia's limestone walls The fascination with Stripling i under- worl . Welch pra1<,es Stnplmg lor h1, ,en would be left unplastered even though evi lJndable. He is a con ummate character, ~itive . <, traigh1forward arpruach to re, dence indicated that there had been pla ter Jcdicated both 10 hi" profes ion and to toration. "No embalmer'!> an here," on 1hc wall a, 1hc time they chose 10 repre- ha rd-hunting. pos e sed of a harp eye for Welch ays. !>umrnrng up the long-running ent. McCullar reports that they wanted lctail and for the Greek Revival style he controversy between pre,crvattoniw, of the ite to "look worn, so that a visitor' l,1vors. all accented by hi genteel East Stripling'i. cm, who leamcd the craft preconceived notions of 'vi ual hi tory' fcxas bravado. The uperior back cover through ob crvatton and experience. and wouldn't be 100 severely violated." Thi photograph by J. Griffi Smith i a perfect 1oday·," ccond-gcneration" pre erva approach is pure anathema 10 many preser r •presentation of the Raiford Stripling tioni t · more technically oriented in both vationists and historians. who would have ~ nown to all who appreciate him- head philo ophy and technique . preferred the affected portions to be rep u>eked under a horizon-level, narrow Author Mc ul lar refer to the differ re ented exactly as built. t>ri m hat. hun1ing jackc1 in place over a ence in approach as a "generation gap." In chronicling the growth of the pre er 11eles khaki hirt, cigarette in hand- a Stripling' approach. according 10 vation movement during this century, man who looks as ifhe would alway have McCullar. i one of careful research tem McCullar deals fairly with thi i ue and ready a taJe of experience. memory. or pered by a dose of personal interpretation. the controversial ubjecl of how others ee hction. Such was the ca e al Presidio la Bahia. Stripling' work. In hi plendid introduction to the text, where he and the project's major do nor The text is organized neatly. and the first I rank Welch et the tage fo r a topic decided at the o ut et 10 create a " restored five chapters pre ent a s1raigh1forward tas Archlll'Ct March·April /986 67 chronological approach to the subject w11h has also been innuenced by three modem -,omething of a focus on the ambitiou,; ma!.ler architects, wi th whom he had direct Goliad projects Stripling was as!>ociated working contact during hi!:. school days. In with in the 1930s and 1960!>. Transiliom,. 1965. he worked in the atelier of Le Cor however, arc rough: Some parti, i,eem busier on the Venice ho,;pital project. In transferred straight from index card!. to 1969. he helped with the presentation of print without benefit of thorough edi ting. Loui Kahn'sCongrc . Building proposal For example. a loving recitation ofa fam in Venice . And hi s i.tudi e!> at the Univer ily dinner story leads to a quote from sity of Venice. from 1964 to 1969, were Charle-. Jcnd,, about Post Modem ism and di rected by Carlo Scarpa. It is probably a discui,sion of current !>tyli tic trends the late work of Louis Kahn that i!> most exemplified hy an Au!>tin rc!>taurant. fo l apparent in Bolla's strong geometries. lowed in turn by a !>entence opening with, structurali 111 , and "cellular" or modular ··v.1.,cul ar , urgery in July of 1984 lo compo~ition . improve circulation in his leg!> ... "- all The introductory tex t to th is volume wllhoul anything more than an indentation deal!, with the wealth of in nuenccs on Boua in the !:.ame block of tex t. De. pile the c ture comes back to life." According to and divide!> his career into three ection : lapses. thi !> is Mill a very readable and Norbcrg-Schul7. Boua's work ,;how, what the earl y houses. the later houses. and the well-organi L.ed hi !> torical narrative- one "the return to archilccturc .. means. large-~cale public work . Unfortunately, that reads like a !.lory. not a !>lilted collee Though !>ome would perhaps disagree with the analysis is brief. Although the bib liog tion of facts added one to another. thi !> assessment. even !>keptiC!I will rind raphy on Botta contains 196 ent ries, mo~, We might expect a univer.ity prc-.s to much of interest in thi !> boo!.. . of its depths. and Botta'<; rich body of prc!>enl a glowing account uf one of its There arc three sources of inspiration work. go unplumbed in this volume (al- favorite -.on-.. and in fact the 1e,1 prclly and innuence on the architecture of Marin 1hough Mario Bo11a l 978- l 981. an earlier much prc<,e nt s all ol Tcxa., rcstora11on Bolla: Ticino. La Te11de11 :.a. and the mod book with French text published by Electa from Stripling ·s pcr.pcctive. Even so. th is ern masters wi th whom he has worked. Monitcur. provides a more thorough cx remain, a work to be proud of a fine The Swi!>!. camon of Ticino, where plorat mn). However. Yukio Futagawa · s piece ol h1 , torieal narrati ve and record of Botta lives and largely works. takes it <; lan photograph, arc gorgeous. and each pro the life', work of an influential graduate. guage and culture from Italy to the ,outh . ject ~hown has a tex t i.ummary and many Rt•.,rori11x Tt'w., i, a thoroughly enjoyable Ticino' beautiful landscape village~ pro drawings. The visual information in The and va luable wurl.. . and it deserves a pince vide the vernacular background that Bolla Architecture of Mario Bolla i!> certainl y on the bool.. <; helfofevery person intercMed hai. assimilated and reinterpreted (but not complete; every architect will find !>Ome in Texas hi:.tory and architecture. imitated) in hi s own design<,. The Ticino thing to learn here. Robert A. Stei11bo111er land cape al o presents challenging indi - Gerald Moorhead vidual !>itci. for Boua·._ hou'ic,. which Robert Stei11bo111 er i.1 011 archire,·r prrwri<· land in a clas!>ical balance. opp(>si ng. not Gerald Moorhead is principal of Gerald inx in A11.1ti11 . blending with, the land. Moorhead!Archirec1. I lo11sl011 . Bolla. according to an article in Oppositions 14 by Kenneth Frampton, is the architect who hc,t cxprcsse , 1hc tenets Th e Architecll/re of Mario 80110 of u, Te11de11:o. the Italian Neo-Rationali ~t Designs/or Ca.Hie., and Country Villa., IJ\· Introduction by Christian Norberg- chul, movement. Frampton ay · the movement Robert and James Ada111 Photography by Yukio Futagawa insiM upon: by Alistair John Rowan Ri11oli International. 1985 • .. The relative autonomy of architecture Ri noli Intern ational. 1985 29.95, 232 pagei.. 450 illustrations. and the need for its re-articulation a!> a di!, $65. 160 pages, 200 illustration<; . paper coursc in terms of types and rule.1 for the clothbound logical combination of its elements: Robert mid Jt1111es Ada111 In lw, introduction to this boo!... the emi • The socio-cultural importance of cxi!,l by Joseph and Anne Rykwert nent lrn.torian and theoretician Christian ing urban tructures and the role played by Rilloli International , 1985 Norhcrg-Sehult call Swiss architect monuments in embodying and represent $25,222 page , 2 17 ill u!.tratiom,. paper Mano Bolla one of the few univeri.ally ing the continuity of public institutions .,cccptcd arc hitcc1s. In Boua·s work , over Lime: and . In the early 18th century a group of Nrn hcrg chul1: argues. "sociological and • The fertile resource ofhiMorical form as Engli i,h architects headed by Colin w 1111olog1cal cun,idcratiom, arc left a legacy that i!> alway!> available for Campbell and Lord Burlington began an lx•h1 nd , ._,ntl even functional analysis is analogical reinterpretation in term!> of 1he architectural movement that affected 1 ·th11.cd 10 an aid of ,econdary impor- present. .. Engli!>h architecture for 200 years . They 1,111u: ln,1e,1d . Uotta tal..c~ the ba!.ic forms In addition 10 Ticino's ex traordinary rcjec1ed the visual scn!>uou ncss and ·'un 111 1111111.111 c\l,tcncc 111 a certain place as a land!>Capc and u1 Te1ule11:a·\ well naturalness·· of the Baroque style and p11111t ,1I dq1.11 lure • .ind a, a n.:, 11 II architcc- thought-out theories of architecture. Bou a ought to return to the purity of the r,8 Trw, Arcl111t•n March·Ap,·it /9116 br i dgehampton Stendlg International, Inc. World Trade Center Dallas. TX 75207 214 6981726 Decorative Center of Houston Houston, TX 77056 high stool 713 627 0070 and cafe chair. from the family of new amencan furniture classics designed by dav1s alien. sk1dmore. ow1ngs and mernll Clfcle 69 on Reader Inquiry Card Antique, lo t after Inigo Jone . care ed in the architect' mind and per e nced the development of the Adam style The beg innings o f the movement can be uaded into ome delicate discipline mutu and its acceptance. The mo t impon ant dated to 17 15 , whe n an English translation aJly enhancing that of the rooms before event in Roben Adam' education wa his of Palladio·s / Quattro Libri dell' Architet and behind it." Grand Tour: on it he engaged the e rvices tura a nd Colin Campbetrs Vitr11vius The Adam brother taned the extensive o f French an is1 Charles-Loui Cleris eau Brita1111icus-a urvey of the previous I 00 bibliography on their work with three pro as drawing teacher and began a long as o years of Engli h architecture focu ing on motional volume of the ir own , the first of ciation with the great Pirane i. In Rome he the influe nce of Pa lladio- were pub- which wa published in 1773. In the late made contacts with English society fi gures Ii hed . These books and the work of 1780 they prepared a cries of drawings who carried his reputation before him back Campbell, Burlingto n. William Ke nt, and of 26 unbuilt house projects, po ibly for to England and ensured the quick growth He nry Flitcroft spread Pall adiani m another book. The brothers died before of a busy prac tice whe n he returned. through England, Scotland, and Ireland. the project was realized , and the drawings The Rykwens present, amid the archi The next generation of architects, which passed to the Adam family. Sir John Soane tectura l descriptions. fascinating chapters included Sir Roben Taylor, James Pa ine, bought the e ntire office file , con i ting o f o n the situation of the Adams' cl icnts , on and John Wood the Elder, fi lled Engli h 8,641 drawing , at auction in 1833. Alis the brothers' working method • and their towns and country ide with buildings in tair John Rowan . in his Designs for Cos relationships with craftsmen, which the readily adaptable PaJladian sty le . ties and Country Villas by Robert and illuminate the plastering, painting. metal The revival of the influence o f the James Adam, has reassembled the e draw working. and furniture-making trades that antique, fi ltered through Palladio, took a ing from the collection of the Soane were so impon ant to the succe s of the new development around midcentury, a Museum. Rowan argue • fro m the draw !>tyle. more information became available ing method and conte mporary publishing The problems with this book derive primarily from Roben Wood' The Ruins procedure , that the Adam intended the e from its trength, this exte n ive back of Palmyrt1 ( 1753), The Amiquities of drawing for u ea illustration in a pat ground treatment. Some imponant arc hi Athens ( 1762) by Stuan and Revell, and te rn book. tectural and planning works are only Roben Adam· s The Ruins ofth e Palace of The projects in the Rowan volume also briefly inve tigated. The i sue of the tyle the Emperor Diocletitm at Spalatro indicate that the Adams may have been o f the Scotti h castle is given a summary ( 1764). attempting to how a new direction in their d h,missal, and the late de igns for the The purity and restraint o f the Greek did work. Wherea previous work had focused Scottish houses pre ented so well in not find much favor among the second on remodeling and adding to large hou es, Rowan's book are not even mentioned. wave of revivalists in the late 18th cen aJong with planning and some public One wishes that the Rykwens had spent tury, however. William Chambers, a lead work, and had involved the development more time o n analy is of the Adams' ing Scottish-born figure of this period, of rich spatial equences and ornament, designs and somewhat less time on the favored the more exotic and ornamented the house in the Rowan collection are genealogy of their c lients. Roman work he had encountered on the small to medium-sized, designed in an The influe nce of Roben Adam's style Grand Tour(an ari tocratic ocial and edu astonishing variety of geometrically based carries through to the pre ent: in Chippen cational activity gaining popularity at the plans, and bold, c lean mas ing . Octagonal dale furniture, in the palaces that Scouish time); o did hi fellow Scot and c hief and triangular villas, "D" - and "Y"-shaped arc hitect Charles Cameron built in St. rival, Roben Adam. Scouish castles, and a three-room thatched Petersburg for Rus ian Empress Cathe rine In practice with hi brother James, rustic lodge all di play a remarkable vir the Great, in the work of Sir John Soane Roben Adam developed hi mature sty le tuosity in geometric manipulation. Even and Thomas Jefferson (who was as isted very oon after returning from Italy in more surpri ing is the Adams· traight in the de ign of the Virginia state Capitol 1758. Combining e le ment of Rom~. faced u e of castellated exterior on c lassi by Cieri seau), even in the design of Pompeiian, Etruscan, Greek. and cally in pired plans. These ca ties are not Mc Kim, Mead & White. Raphaelesque Rena issance planning and Gothic, however, but have round Norman Perhaps the lesson of these two worthy decoration, Adam revolutionized architec arches, unadorned walls. crenelations, but different books is that Roben Adam tural orname nt. The style he developed and towers. ha more to teach u than ju this very suc proved equally adaptable to modest The Adams had prepared no text to cessful decorative style. In more architec remodelings and grand country estate . It accompany these drawings, o Rowan's tonic terms, his work wedded a skill with influenced not o nl y other architect but description and analysis of the designs and geometry in plan development to a still- craft me n and trade builder working from their ources make this book a superb urpri ing genius for patial creations. copy books. In addition, he howed a spe combination of primary reference and hi - Roben Adam wa entirely of his time in c ial skill for creating interior spaces . As torical interpretation. his altitude toward the use of historical Sir John Summerson wrote, "The rooms Robert and James Adam by Jo eph and sources, yet hi ability to transform this in an Adam house are not a simple aggre Anne Rykwen proposes to deal not only knowledge into a personal and conte mpo gate of well-propon ioned and convenie nt with the Adams' work but with the familial rary tyle of great richnes could provide boxes. but a harmo ny of space ... each and sociaJ background. including the us with a le on in our style-conscious room ... fits into a counterpoint oniving religious and political c limate of 17th- and time . space; every wall of every room has been I 8th-century lowland Scotland. that in flu- - Gerald Moorhead 70 Tuas Archi1u1 March·Apri/ / 986 WHITE BY DESIGN. 1::.WS . co11111111cd /ro111 page 3 1 " Prc,idio n.:ali/cd more qu1cl,.I) than other chai ns that in order lO compete v. ith VCRi.. ,1erco TV. and cable. theater., arc going 10 have to provide ,omething belier than v.hat you can get at home," ,ay, Kinney. The Arbor. mon.: than all) other recently completed theater. " trul) bc111.:r than the , mall ,crcen in the li ving mom. "Theater-. mu, t [offer I a b1ggcr-1han-ltfe experience. a fanta <, t1 c voyage. They have to be !>imply magic.ii !,pace., or the audiencci. wi ll forget about movie thcatcri.," according to Kin ney. With the healthy profiti. of Prei,idio proving Kinney correct. it look:- m, if the M ,·1r11 011 ,\11111/11111 , . \111111rt' rcnai'>\.Jnce of the movie theater m.iy have the Rice Uni veri. 1ty School of Archi1cc Merit A\\ard. General Dc"gn commenced. tun!. 1l oui.ton. Winner.. arc: • Mrnl,.er Residence. by Emery Young Rar Ydoral!," Mcnt Award. Gcnernl Oc~ign/Adaptivc ,,ociate,. Jury commcnh: "Reai.,unng Rc-U,c prool that Modcrm-.m i., alive and well . FORT WORTII IIAPTER W INNERS • l.rn1d111arl,. Bani,. of hin Worth . by Cauble Good -.11e ,olution to a d1l ll cuh problem. The Fort Worth Chapter ha, announced I h1,l,.im, Architect, . 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Martini bought the theater and made it part of hb Martini Theater Enter pril>el> movie chain. renaming it for hitm,elf. Renamed the State Theater in 1937. by the 1950s the opera hcmse had deteriorated so far that it could no longer be m,ed . Finally in 1974 it was purcha~ed for 125.000 by the Galveston Count y Cul tu ra l Art!> Society ( now called Galve ton Arts!). which began to repair and u-;e the structure. A !>cries of grants from a variety of sources enabled the group to slowly rebuild the theater. In 1982 the Moody Foundation of Galve:.ton i~sued a chal lenge grant for 750,000 to restore the 1894 Grand Opera Hou e 10 its original condition and renovate the adjacent hotel. 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A piece of carpet ing concealed in a balcony comer for nine decade was used as the pattern from which a carpet mill in England reproduced the crim~on noral design. ·'At times we felt like archeologists:· ays re toration architect Kiili Almond of Delara-Almond Architects, San Antonio. ··w e found clues about what it was like in ide and used photograph and old news paper 'ltorie\lo fi II in the gaps. Everything h~ been tripped back and returned to it 27 New Commercial Ideas original look." in Cedar. Free. The building was Mructurally upgraded Yours rree for lhe asking A unique collecl1on ol cedar shake and in place and modernized to meet present shingle clad shopping Cf'nlers. schools, rcslauranls. olflcc building and fire code . Air conditioning. buildings, banks ond a ~r,m1unl center. 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New Regionalism: Tradi squally dimensions into three slender sec of Texas at Austin ha ve been named win tion. Adaption. Innovation .. i the subject tion !> . So as not to ignore the college ner:. ofthe 1985 Annual Student Competi ofa symposium at UT-Austin. There will crowd. the first two tloor wi ll contain tion sponsored by the Texa!.chapterofthe be three se!.siom, : Tradition. Adaption. retail tores and restau rants. linked to a American Planning Association. They are Innovation; Innovation. Adaption. Tradi landscaped plaLa with beache:.. fountains. Steven Craddock of Montrose, Colo.: Bil tion: and Implementation. Pre-registration :..c ulpture, and an ou tdoor cafe. lie Gonzalez of Houston: Nancy Ledbetter fe e is $ 15 . 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Whether you are planning lo lake the entire nine-division Architect • NCARB's two new Handbooks are now available Regi tration Examination, or just parts of it, lhese NCARB-published 1986 Handbooks are structured lo satisfy your particular needs. to help you get ready for the June exam. \blume 1 offers comprehensive help in preparing yourself for Division A, B, and C (Pre-Design, Site Design, and Building Design). \blume 2 covers subject matter in the other six Divisions-D through I (Structw-al Tech nology-Gener.ii; tructural TechnolQro'-Lateral Forces; tructural Technology- Long pan; Mechanical, Plumhing, Electrical, and Life Safety ystems; Materials and Methods; and Construction Documents and Services). Volume 1 • Expert crits of actual solutions from last year's exrun • ·1mple q~estions from last year's Divi ions A ~md B ca • Contents of the test information booklets for the 198.5 ite and ARC"IIITEC"T Cl: Building Design Tests R.FX:ISTRATION • PracticaJ advice from NCARB EXAMINATION c:c on how lo prepare yourself for IIANDOOOK the June exam c.) VOU.IMEI DIVISION ATIIRUC z Volume 2 • Official test information pro vided for last year's candidates taking Divisions D through I • A definitive sample of the actm ca questions from Divisions D through I oflhe 1985 Archi Cl: tect Registration Examination. R.FX:IS'l'RATION EXAMINATION c:c HANDBOOK c.) VOUJME2 DIVISIONOTHRtll z ,,______----...... ,_.. _ • Your Handbooks Order Form VOLUME QUANTITY TOTAL The 1986 Architect Registr.11.ion Examination Handbook is pub- Set of two \blumes @ $70.00 1ished by lhe National Council of Architectural Registration \blume I (covering Divisions A,B,C) @ $50.00 Boards. 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