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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David DillonPublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 25.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 28.00cm Weight: 1.261kg ISBN: 9780292716025ISBN 10: 0292716028 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 01 January 1999 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviews"""This book describes the arrival of modernism, regionalism, and postwar twentieth-century technology in an unlikely messenger from Pink Hill, Texas. O'Neil Ford was an American original, and this book does eloquent justice to that originality."" --Bill Lacy, FAIA, author of 100 Contemporary Architects: Drawings and Sketches ""David Dillon has stirred the embers of the fire of personality, conscience, and, yes, genius, that was O'Neil Ford, the ranking Texas architect of the twentieth century. That fire warmed and danced among many of us for several generations, and Dillon's evocation of Ford's era is touching and stimulating: it made me remember what kind of architect I wanted to be."" --Frank D. Welch, FAIA" This book describes the arrival of modernism, regionalism, and postwar twentieth-century technology in an unlikely messenger from Pink Hill, Texas. O'Neil Ford was an American original, and this book does eloquent justice to that originality. --Bill Lacy, FAIA, author of 100 Contemporary Architects: Drawings and Sketches David Dillon has stirred the embers of the fire of personality, conscience, and, yes, genius, that was O'Neil Ford, the ranking Texas architect of the twentieth century. That fire warmed and danced among many of us for several generations, and Dillon's evocation of Ford's era is touching and stimulating: it made me remember what kind of architect I wanted to be. --Frank D. Welch, FAIA Author InformationDavid Dillon is the architecture critic for the Dallas Morning News and the author of six previous books, including Dallas Architecture: 1936-1986 and The FDR Memorial. He currently divides his time between Dallas and Amherst, Massachusetts. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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