
O'Neil Ford on Architecture
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O'Neil Ford on Architecture brings together Ford's major professional writings and speeches for the first time. Revealing the intellectual and theoretical underpinnings of his distinctive modernism, they illuminate his fascination with architectural history, his pioneering uses of new technologies and construction systems, his deep concerns for the landscape and environment, and his passionate commitments to education and civil rights. An interlocutor with titans of the twentieth century, including Louis Kahn and J. Robert Oppenheimer, Ford understood architecture as inseparable from the social, political, and scientific developments of his day. An introductory essay by Kathryn E. O'Rourke provides a critical assessment of Ford's essays and lectures and repositions him in the history of US architectural modernism. As some of his most important buildings turn sixty, O'Neil Ford on Architecture demonstrates that this Texas modernist deserves to be ranked among the leading midcentury American architects.
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"Dating back to 1928, the collection traces Ford's evolution not only as an architect, but also an early proponent of preserving landscape and the environment, today called sustainable development." (San Antonio Express-News) "[O'Neil Ford on Architecture is] an excellent argument for architects to take the time and effort in crafting their words in print and in talks, and for schools of architecture to teach writing as well was design." (A Daily Dose of Architecture) "This tight little volume collects within one binding the significant writings and lectures of the daddy of Texas architecture...[Ford] had strong convictions and expressed them with a bold directness that contrasts sharply with the shrinking and diplomatic public faces that most architects, wary of offending clients by voicing views that might prove controversial, usually affect." (Texas Architect) "These essays and lectures...enhance our appreciation for Ford's lifetime achievements and secure his place as an esteemed design professional...[O'Neil Ford on Architecture] makes clear the reasons many contemporary architects and designers, preservationists, conservationists, and those who love Texas architecture are still inspired by Ford and learn from him....To read Ford's words here is to see how his eclectic approach encourages our innate human capacity to observe and study our environment, a process that he was driven to teach others to pursue." (Southwestern Historical Quarterly)More details
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Content
Part I. The Making of a Modern Architect
1927. Architecture of Early Texas (with David R. Williams), Part 1
1927. Architecture of Early Texas (with David R. Williams), Part 2
1928. Architecture of Early Texas (with David R. Williams), Part 3
1932. Organic Building
Part II. Growth and Synthesis
1940. Review of Williamsburg-Today and Yesterday
1951. O'Neil Ford Lectures on Slab Lifting
1953. Statement on Behalf of the San Antonio Conservation Society
1955. Imagineering
1959. History and Development of La Villita Assembly Hall
1960. Response to J. Robert Oppenheimer, American Institute of Architects Annual Convention
Part III. In and Against the World
1964. Texas Idyll
1964. The Condition of Architecture
1965. History and Development of the Spanish Missions in San Antonio
1966. Mr. O'Neil Ford's Speech at the Sculpture and Environment Symposium
1967. The End of a Beginning
1968. Culture-Who Needs It?
1968. Physical Planning versus or for the Individual
Part IV. Looking Back, Looking Forward
1978. Foreword to Lynn Ford: Texas Architect and Craftsman
1981. Lessons in Looking
1981. Eulogy for Tom Stell
1982. Foreword to David R. Williams, Pioneer Architect
Acknowledgments
Image Credits
Index
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