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Guest Editor I vnn V I . Herbert
M a n a g i ng Kditnr Mi tchel l . [ . Shit-Ids
Kdimrial Commit tee ( '.htitmtiM
N o n ya Grenader
Kathleen C author Terry Doody Stephen Fos
Lj nn I lerhi-rt Karl kill.in
Barrv M o o r e W i l l i a m 0 . Neuhaus I I I
Danny Samuels Christnl Spieler
W i l l i a m F. Stem K l i n 1 . I .11 lui
Drexel Turner Bruce C Webb
Graphic D o mil M inor Design G r o u p
Photography Paul I fester
Advertising I vim Kellv
Rice Design Alliance Board of Directors
President M a r i l y n Archer
President Tlccl lory Alexander
Vice President Thomas F. Bellows
Treasurer Larry K. Whaley
Secretary James D. Burnett
Na ta lye L. Appel Keiji Asakura
Jay Baker Minnette ti. Rood
Deborah Krochstcm Candy M . Burns
Wi l l i am Courtis I ares e l -Dahdah
Charles W . Elder Leslie K. E l k h u
Edwin A. Eubankt 1 Ion. Jessica Farrar
( ierry Tehn David T . George
Alfred {.las-ell I I I Gwendolyn 11. GofCc
N o n ya Grenader Ciuy Magstctir
lenniler I larding CI, N o r m a n I louver
Kalherine S. 1 Imve Susan Booth keetnn W i l l i a m D. Kendall
I ars I ernp China-Fung Lin K.it.i. I Longoria
Kick Lowe Charles D. M a v n a r d , ]r.
|ohn D. M i n e r W i l l i a m 0 , Neuhaus I I ]
Patrick Peters Char lot te A. Rothwel l
Jeffrey D. Hy.iu I inns I I Skidmore, |i
Wi l l i am I-'. Stern Rives T. Taylor
( yiiiln.i I ules Phoebe Tudor
James Vick Randall Walker
David I I . Watk ins Brace C Webb
Joe Douglas Welsh L. Burke W i n d h a m I I I
Executive Director Linda I.. Sylvan
Program Administrator Amanda l.ytz
Records Coordinator M a r y Swift
Hire Design Alliance Corporate Sponsors
Anchorage Fouiuution "i les.is S. L Atuli-TMin ( umpany W s Bellows I omtr i ic l ion I . up Brand » Allen Architects Inc. I I - ' K h - : . ! [ « • - I n c .
Brookstone Corporat ion I In Office nt |a mis Htirnett
C o m , Kose, Yale, H o l m , Rym.m & I I T , I't Copra Technologies Energy Group i onipsq Comptttct Corporation Comtroctonj At Associates, Inc. t realise Flooring Resources | ) M | M Keating 1 i.n Brawn l<ue, Inc. IVbncr + I (nnp.nu Btegsiu Additions Pnnin Property .mil S n i i u ^ i urp. Exxon hsk Electric Company l-olcy's I 111/ I OBlUUCliOfl Genslef I .illvMH' liinlilme l ninp.mv AlfredC. Class, II ill dol i l iua i i , Sachs \ : Cu./Phoebe . I IK ! Hubert IV tudi ir III H.iyni's Whaley Associates, Int . I lines lackwn Ac Ryan An'hiteets Kirksev and Partners Architects k l lo l l Knudson and Associates I'lie L e n a Croup I mine Is l. (instructMin t orporation Manhat tan < oiistruitlon t oinp.inv Marek Bnithers Systems, Inc. Mitrix/StructunU Eagjaecrt, Inc. I In M i ( li-.iry Partnership. Inc. M i l •'! Inc. M i lam , \ t ('• Painting, Inc. Minet -Dcdcnck Constructors, Inc. Mission t n i isOiMnts, Inc. Monttibano I umber Co.. Inc. Walter P. M imrc and A S M K i.ui's, lui Morr is Architects. Inc. I. A. Namai i • Assimatec, lite V u i m i s I iinstrnclioii Managemen t Inc. Newberry Design Studio, I I I O'Donnell/Siudcr Construction Inc. I .dward |. t lsowski P l l l i Corporat ion t lual i ls Woodwork Interiors P. I'. Reed Construction I. .C. ( li.trlotn- Kmliwel l I ouisa Studc Sarofim Sehenck and Company SJII ITII V i k m . i n Reid, Inc. T .A.S. Construction, Inc. Vanguard I mironnie ins. Ine-t K Ward ( oustrnctors, Inc W a i I iigiiicciitig Webb Architect! Welle Design, Itic. Wilson Architectural (rroup
Kicc Design Alliance Corporate Members A & I Products Co. Inc. \ IMIMI t •csriag t o. Balcer & hotts I I .P. bcrgrr Iron Works* Inc. British Aires ass Burns |)cl .aitc fie M c C o y , Inc. ccnl partners Clark Condon Associates C olouos IVosien & Voting A. Cram Construction Company, Inc. I . Barry Davidson Architects A IA . Inc. Dottguks/Gsltsgber Duke 1 nergy Corporat ion l u g n i M i s Iclland Ciuuu.i Construction Companv Creenwuod King PraperCks I loiisttm ( haprer. Associated Ciener.il
I nnir.ictiifs of America I Illusion I igliong cc Power Co. Kendall / I lea Ion Associates Lesley S: Associates, Inc. I uckwootl , Andrews cV N e w n a m M i l Associates, Inc M i DllK.ltil-Slcelc landscape Architects Minor Design C r i m p , Inc. Morgant i I l l l i , i I'avillon Pierce ( m i i J win Alexander *c' lanvil lr ITlf I 'owrll C roup Kidciss.iv's WiUHni F. stem eV Assodsta The Stone Kile Inn U)/ l i i tert i . i t ioi ial , Inc. Wal l C-ompany Printing Watkins I ianultoti Ross Weingarten Realtv Management Wil l is, Brisker Si t aniiadv. Archurcts 'Tom Wilson and Associates Architects Windham Builders Wvlie cV Associates. Inc.
Notes on Contributors
L y n n M . H e r b e r t is c u r a t o r a t the C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t s M u s e u m ,
H o u s t o n .
P a u l H e s t e r is a n a r c h i t e c t u r a l p h o t o g r a p h e r l i v i n g in
F a y e t t e v i l l e , T e x a s , a n d a l o n g t i m e c o n t r i b u t o r t o Cite.
The Elusive Cl ' fy, a n e x h i b i t o f his p h o t o g r a p h s o f H o u s t o n ,
w a s recen t ly s h o w n at T h e M e n i l C o l l e c t i o n .
B a r b a r a K o e r b l c is a n a r t h i s t o r i a n , j o u r n a l i s t , c o n t r i b u t i n g e d i t o r o f Texas Architect, a n d d i r e c t o r o f h is to r ic p r e s e r v a t i o n for the T ' a i r m o u n t A s s o c i a t i o n in F o r t W o r t h .
J . P i t t m a n M c G c h e c , an E p i s c o p a l pr ies t a n d J u n g i a n a n a l y s t
in H o u s t o n , lectures a n d w r i t e s ex tens ive ly o n p s y c h o l o g y
a n d r e l i g i o n .
H a r r y M o o r e , p r e s i d e n t a n d m a n a g i n g p a r t n e r o f S J K B / H o u s -
i n i i . is a n a d j u n c t p ro f e sso r at the G e r a l d D . H i n e s C o l l e g e o f
A r c h i t e c t u r e , U n i v e r s i t y o f H o u s t o n , a n d d i rec ts its C e n t e r fo r
H i s t o r i c A r c h i t e c t u r e .
B a r r i c S c a r d i n o w a s f o r m e r l y m a n a g i n g e d i t o r o f Cite. She i n i w lives iii Ness l u r k , w h e r e sin- is c o m p l e t i n g < layton's Galveston, w h i c h w i l l be p u b l i s h e d th is fa l l b y T e x a s A & M U n i v e r s i t y Press.
M i t c h e l l J . Shie lds is m a n a g i n g e d i t o r o f C i t e .
P a u l a J . W e b b is a u t h o r o f the nove l Domestic Life. She
o r g a n i z e s a n d teaches w r i t i n g w o r k s h o p s t h r o u g h th e W r i t e r s
C o l l a b o r a t i v e .
J i m Z o o k is a H o u s t o n - b a s e d w r i t e r a n d a c o n t r i b u t i n g e d i t o r
f o r Metropolis.
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A Publication of the Rice Design Alliance
43: Winter 1999
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Citelines: Revising Chapter 42/Rcthinking Main Street/ 16 Houses/RDA Gala
looking for Cod's House J. Pittman McCiehee and Paula J. Webb
Art and the Sacred I ynn VI. I lerbert
The Churches and Synagogues of Gary Cunningham Barbara koerhle
Houses of the Holy Phoio I ssa> by Paul I lesrer
To Die For Mitchell J. Shields
Building a Houston Practice: The Career of S.I. Morris Harry Moore
The State of the Park: Hermann Park Update Jim Zook
Places of Prayer Barrie Seardino reviews I leathcote and Spells' Church Huilders