University of Oklahoma. College of Architecture

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Architect. Chayo Frank’s typescript reminiscences on Bruce Goff and the University of Oklahoma School of Architecture during the period of 1962-1967. The collection also contains a full-color printed brochure on Frank’s self-designed “sanctuary paradise” home in Miami, Florida.

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College of Architecture. Original drawings by students and architects associated with the University of Oklahoma’s School of Architecture. The organic architecture style depicted in the drawings resulted from the influence of OU professor Bruce Goff and others, and is now known as the American School of Architecture. The school later became the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture.

Scope and Contents Architect. Professional papers, project files, and drawings (1946-2020) from the career of University of Oklahoma alumnus Donald MacDonald and his San Francisco-based architectural firm, MacDonald Architects. The project files and drawings document five decades of architectural work across the United States, Canada, and abroad, with particular focus on the San Francisco area of California. The materials document MacDonald’s efforts to create affordable housing solutions, his extensive work with California’s most iconic bridges, and the creation of mixed-use communities combining residential and commercial units within shared spaces. Notable projects among the files are the Golden Gate Bridge safety and seismic retrofit project, the east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and South Carolina’s Cooper River (Arthur Ravenel Jr.) Bridge. The files contain correspondence, photographs, slides, and drawings that document proposals and construction plans for built and unbuilt...

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Architect. A collection of printed materials and ephemera on architects Bruce Goff and Frank Lloyd Wright, gathered by Iowa architect Norman Rudi. The materials pertain in part to the University of Oklahoma School of Architecture, where Bruce Goff taught and from which Norman Rudi graduated.

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"Architectural Research Report: Low Cost Housing for Urban Renewal.".