Official Publication or

THE TEXAS SOCIID OF ARCHITECTS

The Teus Regional Orgenhation of The American Institute of Architects

James D. Pfluger, AlA Editor

Don Edward Legge, AlA Managing Editor

904 Perry-Stools Building Ausfn, Teras

Published monthly by tho T caes Society of Arclutecfs In Austin. Subscription price, $3.00 per year, in advance Copyrighted 1951 by the T.S.A., end title registration applied for with the U.S. Patent Office.

Ed torial contributions, correspondence, end advertising in.,ifed by the Editor. Due to the nature of the publication, ed"toriol contribu· tions cannot be purchased. Publisher gives permission for reproduction of all or pert of ed toriol material herein, and requests pub· lication credit be given THE TEXAS ARCHI· TECT, and author of material when lndi· ceted. Publications which normally pay for ediloroel material are requested to give con· s'deration to the author of reproduced by­lined feature materiaL

Appearances of names and pictures of pm· ducts end services in either editorol copy or advertising does not constitute an en· dorsement of seme by either tho T eaes Society of Architects or the American In· &titulo of Architects.

TEXAS ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION

904 Perry-Srooh Building, Austin. T exes

TSA OFFICERS fOR 1970

Douglas E. Steinman, Jr., Beaumont Thomas A. Bullod, Houlton

President President

Elect

Clinton McCombs, El Paso Pat Y. Spillman, Dallas Alan Taniguchi, Austin

Vice President Vice President Vice President

Jay S.rnes, Austin Daniel Boone, Abilene

Secretuy-T rea surer Regional Director

Past President Howard R. Barr, Austin Reginald Roberts, San A11to11io President

TAF Eaecutive Director

Don Edward Legge, Austin

TSA DIRECTORS FOR 1970

Richard Buzard Abnone Chepfor

Fred W. Dey W. R. (Dede) Matthews

Ausiin Chapter Bruos Chapter

Christi Chapter Dallas Chapter

John M. Olson Corpus Harold Box David E. HiUes Robart Chambers Preston M. Bolton

E Peso Chapter

Marvi11 l. Boland, Jr.

Fort Worth Chapter Houston Chapter

Lower Rio Grande Volley Chapter

Almer L Atkinson Ann Bint!iff Vernon Holm•• Charles Bullock Jimmy E. Bailey David Carnahan John W. Gary Charles Harper

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Lubboc• Chapter Northeast Teras Chapter

Son A11tonio Chapter Southeast Chapter

Teres Panhandle Chapter Waco Cliaplor

West Teras Chapter Wichita Fells Chapter

VOLUME 20 DECEMBER, 1970 NUMBER 12

INDEX 3 The Br~niff lnte rnation•l Host ess

Colleae is an extension of tho a~r· line's strong corporate 1den1tty. The

Pierce, Lacey Partnership, Architects, uttl1zed strong forms contrasted w1th in· tricate detatlmg to provide variety and intere~t m designing a home •way from home for I -40 11rls.

8 Citize"ls in every city o f the Stllte of Texas are becommg mcrel!Sing­ly concerned with the envtronment

around them. MAny are appalled lit the m1sues & dcstruct10n of the lltr, water, land. sighu, r.mells & sounds thllt they know and love. The Austin Environrnen· tal Council IS one of many groups of citizens of all walks of life band1ng tO· gether to formulllte realistic pl•ns of action.

11 Seven Tex•s buildings have re­ceived •wards for excellence m dcs1gn 1n the Austin ' 70' De• ian

Awllrdt competition.

14 Mr. W. C. Smith, a prosperous Taylor land owner and cotton farmer constructed his modern

home at the turn of the century, a time when Texans all across the state were building $how houses like those in "Ladies Home Journal".

Oops The Te••• Architect featured the Houtton Po1t new helldqullrters

buildi .,, •nd plant on pages 1.4 • 17 of the November 1970 issue. lnlldvertently the name of the •rchitects were not mentioned W1lson, Moms, Cr•1n and Anderson, AlA, of Houston were a rchi· tects for the awa rd wlnnirra project.

Texaa Architect Ad,.rtfHrt: P. 19 TexliS Glls Util1t1es Co-op P. 22 Southwest Terrazzo Associlltion

Inc, P. 22 JoSllm Mllnufacturing Co. P. 23 Electric Utility Companies of

TexliS

TEXAS ARCHITECT

BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL HOSTESS COLLEGE D LLAS

THE PIERCE, LACE

ARClii TECTS A 1 0 DALLAS

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TJ:XAS

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ENGINEERS: SPI A\\ N, Ml NJR (STRt C'I l HAl) GUERRERO A "D McGt.:IRI. (Ml CllA ICAI..

LANDSCAPI~: H. DAN HEY

DECI~IEl, 1970

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AND CHt:CK AX

GENJ"RAL CO?\"THACTOR: Jt.;LIAN P. BAHRY. INC.

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BRAniFF The Braniff International Hostess College is an extension of the airline's strong corporate identity created by Mary Wells and Alex­ander Gil·ard which extends through their aircraft terminal facilities and the clre:-s of the ho!"tesses themselYes.

This senm story building on a Yery small urban site is a complete mini-community. It contains li\'ing and dining facilities; dormitory rooms for 1 to girls, each room with its own individual character; training mot·k ups of aircraft; classrooms; a beauty salon and a g)·mnasium.

All of these requirements were brought together, balancing quality of construction and finish with initial cost and future maintenance costs.

The interiors of the building were designed by Pierce, Lacey with Chuck Ax, con~ultant to Braniff. The original .native are and arti­facts used extensively in every area of the building were collected by ~lr. Ax to represent all parts of Braniff's route system. This use of museum quality items made it possible to give each classroom, lounges and every girl's bedroom indiYiduality and distinction.

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FIRST FLOOR- SITE PLA N

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STUDENT LIVI NG

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AUSTIN the by

austin environmental -rou~'fll

MRS FAGAN OICKSqN

In Austin today important en­vironmental relationships are endangered. The Austin Envi­ronmental Council, made up of concerned Austin citizens, formed in response to a growing feeling of alarm that "The way things have always been done" is not good enough.

For instance, Austin's urban grov.:th rate and population in­crease is beginning to threaten an already inadequate storm sewer and sewage treatment system. The recreational and health needs of a burgeoning population arc making severe demands on our streams and reservoirs which arc threatened, abused, and polluted. The Coun­cil had hoped to see a relation­ship between the Original City Plan, an orderly growth scheme reflecting surprising environ­mental cogence, and our city to­day. However, 1970 Austin is being penalized by land abuse and cxploit<ttion and by hap­hazard, development. Natural drainage patterns, reasonably used by those who are sensitive to Austin's topography, are largely ignored in preference to the swift "cut and fill" method.

Austin's gracious endowment of natural vegetation is daily ig­nored by myopic zoning codes which reserve no urban green space, a loss to all citizens, pres­ent and future, of our great Capitol City. We must all be­come sensitive to the environ­mental needs of land manage­ment and the interrelatedne.-.s of watershed management and a healthy water supply.

Architects can help preserve and conserve natural necessities vital to healthy lives. They can help to influence the land de­velopers who seck practical ad­vice. They can demonstrate the value of Cluster Planning which is economkally feasible and use-

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ful in preserving Austin's slopes and streams.

Developers should have the op­portunity to see that everyone can gain both in profit and life quality when more sensitive land planning is employed.

Austin is still relatively small in size with much of its growth ahead. Austinites do not have to make the same grave mistakes evident in larger cities today. Our present course can be re­charted to avoid the obvious pit­falls if we properly assess our potential now.

The Purposes and Priorities of the Austin Enviro nmcn tal Council today are: to cause the civic decision-makers to realize their environmental responsibil­ity; to try to prevent further de­spoilment of Austin's creeks and watershed areas; to designate these waterways as the Austin Enviromental Corridors - The Planning Key; to design a city which will combine the natuml and human potential in the full­est way that human wisdom can create.

Basic to our purposes arc con­cepts and information from the finest minds available repre­senting the widest variety of disciplines and backgnmnds. \\e seek advice from the Honorable Charles Herring, State Senator from Austin, f1·om Dean Alan Taniquchi, Dean of the UT School of Architecture, and from Dr. Earnest Gloyna, Dean of the UT School of Engineer. ing. \\'e rely on legal talent from ~Ir. Frank Booth, former Direc­tor of the Water Rights Com­mission of Texas; draw upon Mr. Marcus Yancey, Adminis­trative Engineer for the Texas Highway Department and con­sult with Dt·. Frank Blair, Di­rector of the UT Bracli:enri<lgc Field Laboratories.

Austin Topographical Structure

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Governor Preston Smith is Hon­orary Chairman of Austin En­vironmentnl Council. Distin­gui hed Honorary Trustees are Judge .Tames W. McClendon, Mrs. Goodall Wooten, Mrs. Will Caswell, Mrs. J . Frank Dobie, and Mr. Walter Long. The Aus­tin Environmental Co unci I Tru tees were cho en for tlteir genero ity and their lack of ex­ploitive intere ts: Mr. Fred Adam , Sr., Mr. Richard Brown, Mr. Mike Butler, Mrs. Fagan Dickson, Mr. Ru ell Fi h, Mr. Paul Keller, Sr., Mr. Hobert Davis, Mr. and Mrs.John Kings­bery, M1·. ancl Mrs. Lowell Leb­erman, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mc­Bee, Jr .. Dr. and Mrs. D. J. Sib­ley, and Mr. Julian Zimmerman.

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The broad spectrum of citizen participation is i n d i c n t e cl through associates or affiliates: The American Association of University Women (Austin Chapter), American Institute of Architects (Austin Chapter), The Austin Heritage Society, The Austin Woman Federation, Conservation Coordinat , Ecol­ogy Jnvoh·ement, The First Uni­tarian Church, The Junior League of Austin, The League of Women Vot.crs, The Natural Science Center, The Natur·al Science Guild, The Sierra Club, The Society of Prof ional En­gineers (Travis Chat>ter), The Texas Landscape Architects and Par.k Planners, The Travis Au­dubon Society, The Travis Coun­ty Medical Society, We tlake

Committee on Environmental lntegrit,r, The Women's Archi­l<.>ctural League, The \\'omen of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, the Austin Area Garden Coun­cil, Austin Council of PTA's, Barton Bills PTA, Barton Hills Garden Club, Highland Park Gardeners, Men's Garden Club of Austin, Violet Crown Garden Club, Western Trails Garden Club, Wil hire Garden Club and Zilker Garden Club.

Much can be hoped for and ac­comt>lished now that the need is manifest. The challenge of crisis ha Jll'escntcd ALL the task of creating "A better life in Aus­tin-Now.'' The Austin Envi­ronmental Council has accepted thi challenge in 1970. •

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AUSTIN '70' DESIGN AWARDS Seven Texas buildings have re­ceived awards for excellence in design by the Austin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The buildings were selected in the biennial awards competition sponsored by the Austin Chapter as part of its continuing program to recognize Architects and honor the own­er'S for their concern and sensi­tivity for outstanding design.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

austin

barnes, Iandes, goodman and youngblood; pages, southerland,

page architects

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS COLLECTION DEPOSIT LIBRARY

austin

jessen, jessen, millhouse, greeven, crume, day and

newman, architects; brooks, barr, graeber and

white, consulting architects

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VINCENT MARIANI RESIDENCE

austin-westlake hills

tan• uche, shefelman, vackar archetects

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l. B. J . STATE PARK

johnson city

brooks, barr graeber and whete archetects

TIXAS AltCHITICT

MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING

austin

jessen, jessen, millhouse, greeven, crume, day and newman architects

DECEMBER, 1970

OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH

wichita falls

o'connell and probst architects

BRIARCLIFF GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB

lake travis near austin

taniguchi, shefelman, vackar architects

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THE W.C. SMITH HOUSE TAYLOR, TEXAS

TEXAS HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE

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Mr. W. C. Smith was a prosper­ous land owner and cotton farm­er in Taylor at the turn of the century and was the builder and owner of the home until his death shortly after World War II. The site )lr. Smith chose for the house was a mile northwest of town on a forty acre tract of cotton land.

Encountering the home from the south, one is struck by the domi­nating form of the Classical Re­vival two story porch, reminis­cent of Southern plantation houses. The basic style of the house is a very restrained Vic­torian design with several addi­tional elements that make it a "hodge-podge" of various styles. Examples of these are the Vic­torianesque finials on each of the polygonal roof structures, the curious (almost hidden) lit­tle roof dormer on the front roof and the Richardson-influenced limestone lintels and sills. Upon closer obsen•ation, the size and shape of the south facade seem to be out of proportion to the commanding porch. However, like many aspects of the house, this juxtaposition is curiously pleasing and has been carried out in a manner in keeping with the restrained manner of the overall plan. The other eleva­tions (east, north and west) nrc quite plain when compared with the south elevation.

Moving to the plan, it is immedi­ately apparent that the house is laid out in a very simple, almost symmetrical Latin cross. The dining room-living room-entry hall axis, almost nine feet longer than the living room-kitchen axis, is quite open and yet the three front rooms are definitely separate. This is due, in pari, to the tlll'ust of the central fire place core and to the verticality of each room creatt'cl by the tweh·e foot ceilings. On exami­nation, the plan is reminiscent

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of some of Wright's from the 18!1:>-1901 period. The rather small fireplace is at the center of the cro s (in the ll"UC wright­ian Manner) and is abutted by the huller's pantry, kitchen hall­way ancl finall}', the kitchen it­~elf. Here, the re emblance to Wright end hut the possibility of a Wrightian influence is not remote ns many of his hou~e plnns were puhli hed in such magazines a l-adies Home Journal cluring this period.

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plain. The three chambers on the south side of the second floor are almo:;t identkal in size to the rooms below them except for the gue t chamber which is two-third. the size of the entry hall. 0\·er the kitchen is the pas­sage to the only bathroom and to the ~en·ants' quarters.

Detail of the oligin of the de­!'ign of the Smith house nrc sketchy. The architect whose name appears on the plan, Henry Struve, was a German builder in Taylor at the turn of

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the century. Mr. Struve, it seems, noted that the same house had been built in another Texas town and he obtained the plan~ from its designer. Wheth­er the original plans were con­ceived by this other, unk-nown architect, is not certain and the location of the house is not known.

Of changes to the structure by the Smith family, the following were made:

1. The original carriage house, located approxi­mately 50 feet northwe."t of the kitchen wing, was razed in 1918 and a garage built adjacent to the we."t side of the kitchen wing.

2. The front porch was en­closed at the first floor I eve I with multilighted panels in 1925. At this time the south windows of each chamber were con­verted to French doors that opened onto Ute second floor pon:h.

3. The !'econd story was en­clo ed in Hl28 in the same manner a" the first floor.

4. In 1954, the back stairway was removed and an ele,·a­tor was inl'talled.

In HlG9 Mr. and Mrs . .M. M. Ray of Dalla bought the Smith hou~e atl(l began renovation and modernizatiou. The following changes were made by the Rays:

1. The south porch enclosure~ were removed and the di­viding first floor pon:h ceil­ing was removed, leaving a clear two story porch. Flut­ed Ionic columns from an Austin hou e were added a· '' n:. a new hand of f1 et­work around the fascia of the porch roof.

2. Three small balconies were added at each French door on the south chambers.

3. The old attached garage structure was torn down and a modern den was add­ed in its place. The original one-story columns from the front porch were placed on the west porch of this den and part of the old balus­trade from the f1·ont porch roof was used here as well.

The Smith hou!'e is rather diffi­cult to place in the main:;tream of architectural history as it re­lates to national and interna­tional stylistic trends. In Vien­na, Wagner was completing his Postal Savings Bank, Gaudi was supervising construction of the Casa Mila in Barcelona and Mac­kintosh had completed the inter­ior of the Cranston Tearoom (Sauchiehall Street) in Glasgow the year before. The two Fl'enchmen, Perret and Tony Gnrnier ''ere striking out for new horizons in the design and use of concrete.

Probably the closest the Smith house comes to being influenced by a majo1· architect of the pe­riod is its similarity to ~ome of Wright's designs from 18!li>-1901. Tempting as it may he to align the Smith house with Wright's turn of the century de­signs, it is far more-likely that the plan was derh·ed f1·om sources such as The Co.opcra­tive Building PJan Association.

In summary, the Smith house can be said to represent the trend in large homes of the pe­riod in Texas. Its size, shape and ornamentation is in keeping with those houses huilt around 1900 hut the restraint shown in its plan's symmetry is some­what a})m1: from the vein of Southwestern architecture of the period. •

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Who dumps old tires Into our bays?

Who picnics at our beaches and leaves litter for the tides to wash away?

Who runs factories that pump refuse into our lakes?

Who pours sewage into our rivers?

Who throws all those beer cans over­board?

Who's going to unpollute it all?

What Can You Do About

Environmental Pollution

The crisis isn't in our cities;

The crisis I sin our hearts.

With 1 change of heart, we can change the picture.

DECEMBER, 1970

1. Don't use colored fncl81 t1ssucs. paper towels. or to, let paper The pap­er diSsolves properly m water, but the dye l.ngers on.

2. If you accumulate coat hangars, don't Junk them, return them to tho cleaner Boycott a cleaner who won't accept them

3. Don t buy non-returnable con tam­ers Hold aluminum-can purchases to a mm1mum

4. If you smoke 111tor-t1p c1garottes. don't flush them down the JOhn They'll rum your plumb1ng and clog up pumps at the sewage treatment plant They're practically mdestructlblo Put them m the garbage

5. Stop llttenng Now If you soc a lltterer. ObJeCt very pollloly ("Excuse me, s1r, I thmk you dropped sornc­thmg")

6. If you're a homo gardener, make sure fert1llzer IS worked deep mto the so11 - don 1 hose It off Into the water system Phosphates (a key In­gredient) cause lake and nver algae to proliferate w1ld ly

• 7. When you see a JUnked car, report 11 to your local Samtat1on Department If they don't care. scream 1111 some­one does.

8. Burmng leaves or garbage IS al­ready 11iegal m many towns Don't do tl 01spose of 11 some other way

9. There's only so much water. Don't leave It runmng If II has to be re­cycled too fast, treatment plants can't punfy 11 properly.

10. Measure detergents carefully II you follow manufacturer's mstruc­llons. you'll help cut a th1rd of all de­tergent water pollutiOn.

11 . Help get antipollution 1deas into k1ds' heads. If you're a teacher, a Scout leader. a camp counselor, a summer playground assistant; teach children about litttH. conservation, no1sc .•. about be1ng cons1derate, wh1ch 1S what1t all comes down to

12. When you shop, take a reusable tote with you as Europeans do - and don't accept excess packagmg and pap­erbags.

13. Caro. Who Will, sf we don't.

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DENNIS JOHN KJLPER : from Skidmore Owin.. Merrill, Chicqo, where he wu aenior architect. He had previously worked u a planner with Samuel Darick on land clearance for the Development Authority, Univ•­aity City, lliuouri, and with The Architects Co-Partnership, London. llr. KUper received hia Bachelor of Architecture d..,_ from Wuhlq­ton University in lHi, and wu awarded final honors from the School of A.m=ulture.

WINTON FORREST SCOTT, J&: baa been uaoc:iated with Louis Kahn and the late Eero Saarinen. He served u vlaitins critic In architectural de­alp at Yale University in lHI. llr. Scott ia a eractuate of the University of Teua, where he rec:eind hia Bach­elor of Architecture decree in lHO. He ia a member of Phi Eta Sipla and Tau Sfsma Delta, and wu pre­sented the Tile Council of America A ward for Scholutic Excellence and the AlA'• Henry Adams Award for excellence in the study of architec­ture.

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Tbia beautiful new Baptiat church ln Texu City ls a perfect example of how contemponry architec­ture and modern electric power can be blended to provide both functional beauty and comfort.

The church utillzea two Z7-ton air condltionln& UDita. two 85-kw electric beaten and two 7'h h.p. air laaadleia to iDaure ita conanaation year 'round comfort.

The focal point of the interior Ia, of coune. the wonhip area in the center of the church. It Ia located UDder a canopy of natunl Jlaht orisinalln& from a siyJiaht blab above the room. And at nl&ht. electric Jlaht provid• thla sune effect.

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