OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE TEXAS SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS

1 9 5 4

DECEMBER

-- IN THIS ISSUE--

Texas Arc:hitec:ture-1954

+ Picture Report On Fort Worth Convention

• Grayson Gill, TSA-AIA, Elected President

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THE TEXAS ARCHITECT VOLUME 5 DECEMBER, 1954 NUMBER 8

INSIDE THE TEXAS ARCHITECT

Grayson Gil l Elected TSA President

Texas Architecture-19 54 Picture Report

Pictures Of Fort Worth Convention

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The American Institute of Architects

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PUBLICATION BOARD

Edwin W. C a rroll, TSA-AIA El Paso

David C. Bur , Chairman, TSA-AIA Houston

Lee R. Buttrill , TSA-AIA Beaumont

Albert S. Golemon , TSA-AIA Houston

James C. Morehead , Jr. , TSA-AIA Houston

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Appuruce of namu •nd picturu of products •nd services in either edilori•I copy or advertis­ing do.s not constitute •n endorsement of s•m• by either the Tnu Society of Architects or the Americ•n Institute of Architects. POSTMASTER-If undeliverable for •ny rHson, notify sender •I lox 1733, Fort Worth , Texu , sl•I· ing , .. son on Form 3547, post•ge for which is guu•nlHd. Return Post•ge will be p•ld by TEXAS ARCHITECT.

TEXAS SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS OFFICE RS

Edwin W. Carroll President 1001 E. Yandell, El Paso

Grayson Gill Vice-President 1913 San Jacinto, Dallas

R. Max Brooks Second Vice-President 20S E. 8th Street, Austin

Louis F. Southerlend Secretary-Treasurer b02 West Avenue , Austin

John G. Flowers , Jr. Executive Director Perry -Brooks Building , Austin, T Has

DIRECTO RS

Macon O. Carder Amarillo Panhandle Chapter, A.I.A.

Arthur Fehr Austin Central Texas Chepter, A.I.A.

A. B. Swenk, Jr. Dallas Dallas Chepler A.I.A.

Robert P. Wolh, Jr. Fort Worth Fort Worth Chapter, A.I.A .

Reginald Roberts San Antonio San Antonio Chapter, A.I.A.

C. P. Donnelly Corpus Christi Coastal Bend Chapter, A.I.A.

Eugene Werlin Houston Houston Chepler, A.I.A.

Warren C. Suter Mission Lower Rio Grende Chapter, A.I.A.

William G. Wuehrmann El Paso El Paso Chapter, A.I.A.

Ernest Langford Bryan Braios Chapter, A.I.A.

David S. Castle Abilene West Texas Chapter, A.I.A .

R. C. Hea rtfield Beaumont Southeast Texas Chapter, A.I.A.

Albert S. Golemon Houston A.I.A . Director

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

J onuory 8-T SA board of directors winier

meeting, Austin.

TEXAS AIICHITECT

February 7 - 11 -UHAS symposium at Uni­

versity of Houston .

A New Regional

Architecture

More Texas Architecture-1954

Winners

New Officials Named By 12 TSA

Chapters

Experiments With Classroom

Lighting

Groyson Gill, o Dallas orchilecl well­

known over the stole, is named to succeed

Edwin W. Cor,roll of El Paso os head of the

TSA, os o climax to the Fort Worth conven ·

lion. Other new officials ore R. Mox Brooks

of Austin , vice pre•idenl; and Fred J. Moc­

Kie of Houston, second vice president.

Picture layouts show oll the prize -winning

en tries in the "Texas Architecture - 1954 "

compe tition seen by more than I 00,000 ot

the Dallas Stole Fair. The entire exhibit will

be seen over the stole ol special showings

in coming months .

Another picture section shows events ot

the Fort Worth TSA convention with cover ·

age by Jimmy Laughead, toking pictures for

the Feotherlite Corporation .

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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Cover I 10 8

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FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT-AMON CARTER FIELD Chosen as No. I of Texas Engineering Wonders

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Architects : Joseph R. Pelich, AIA

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TSA Annual Convention-1954

George Bain Cummings delivering the keynote address. Left to right , William Stanley Parker, FAIA, of Boston , Mass.; Mr. Cummings; Murrell Ben­nett, TSA-AIA of Dallas who presided at the seminar session; and David C. Baer, TSA-AIA of Houston, another speaker at the seminar.

Officers and directors of TSA, with th ,e newly-elected 1955 officials seated in front with Edwin W. Carroll, TSA-AIA of El Paso, retiring president. Le~ to right, seated in front: Louis F. Southerland of Austin, secretary-treasurer; R. Max Brooks, new vice-president; Mr. Carroll; Grayson Gill of Dallas, incoming president; and Fred J. MacKie of Houston, second vice-president, all TSA-AIA.

TEXAS ARCHITECT PAGE 5

Grayson Gill Named President As TSA Concludes Convention

The Texas Society of Architects con ­cluded one of the most successful con ­ventions in the orgonizotion 's 15-yeor history with the election of Grayson Gill of Dallas as incoming president at Fort Worth November 5.

Elected to serve with Mr. Gill as top officers of TSA were R. Mox Brooks of Austin, vice -president ; and Fred J. MocKie of Houston , second vice -presi ­dent . Mr . Gill succeeds Edwin W . Carroll of El Paso, and Mr. Brooks moves up from the second vice -presi ­dency to his new post.

Fort Worth chapter officials in charge of the convention were Her ­mon G . Cox, president; Preston Geren, Jr ., chapter chairman, and John Floore , state chairman .

Keynote Address

The features of the three -day con­vention were the keynot addrss , " Ori ­nting the Younger Practitioner ", by George Boin Cummings of Binghamp ­ton , New York , national secretory of the American Institute of Architects; and speeches by William Stanley

Porker of Boston; David C. Boer of Houston , chairman of the AIA com ­mittee on office practice; Albert S. Goleman of Houston, AIA director; Wolter Megronigle of Pittsburgh, Po., public relations consultant to the AIA; and Edward L. Wilson of Fort Worth, immediate post director to the AIA and president of the Texas Archi ­tectural Foundation .

Great interest was also shown in the exhibition of prize -winning entries in the $2500 Featherlite Competition for architectural students in T exos col ­leges and universities ; in o special exhibit of winners of " Texas Archi ­tecture - 19 54 ' ', the statewide competi ­tion sponsored by TSA, the Dallas Chapter of the AIA, and the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; in 40 exhibits by producers and manufacturers; and in on outstanding social program .

Traditions And Ethics

Mr . Cummings stressed the impor ­tance of alerting the younger architect to the traditions and ethics of the profession in his keynote address ,

which also stressed the many ways in which the ethical practice of archi ­tecture is built around maximum serv­ice to client and community .

Mr . Porker spoke on the importance of a sound knowledge of the standard AIA documents .

Consultant To AIA Mr . Boer, who is also o consultant

to the AIA, presented the AIA account ­ing syste mond standardized office practice aids, pointing out how sound office procedures enable the architect to do o better job for his clients .

Mr . Goleman, o former TSA presi ­dent, gave o concrete example of cost estimating on on actual hospital job. Mr . Megronigle outlined the key role that public relations concepts con ploy in advancing the younger architect in his profession, and Mr . Wilson dis ­cussed setting proper fees and earn ­ing them by thorough attention to the needs of the client and ethical standards .

Feotherlite Winner The first prize in the $2500 Feather ­

lite Competition, which this year cen ­tered around the designing of o teen ­age recreation center , went to George 0 . Richie of Princeton , Ky., o student

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Scenes at the gala " Bookland"

costume party

TEXAS ARCHITECT

TSA

Annua I Convention

-1954

All pictures by Jimmy lougheo:I,

lougheod Photos, Oollos

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Above and at right, the annual awards luncheon. Top, famed go lfer Ben Hogan rewards Fred J. MacKie, convention tour ­ney winner. At right, Fea therlite Compe­tit ion winners with George Bickel of the Featherlite Corporation.

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Prinz and Brooks, TSA-AIA , Architects, Dallas

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at the University of Texas. Second prize went to o Houston student at the University of Houston , Bernard H. Rogers . Winner of the third prize was David C. Groeber of Austin , University of Texas .

Previously, the five Texas universi ­ties offering on architectural course hod held campus competitions in which on additional $2000 donated by the Feotherlite Competition was distributed , $400 at each school. The first place winners at each school were Texas A & M, F. C. Kirkham of Victoria; University of Texas , Mr . Richie; Rice Institute, Julius L. Pryzont of Houston ; University of Houston , Donald . Tomos ­co; and Texas Tech, Kenneth E. Yancey of Lubbock .

Continued In 1955

Mr . George Bickel of the Feather ­lite Corporation announced at the convention that the competition would be continued again in 1955 .

Also announced at the convention were the four winners of the $600 T exos Concrete Masonry Association Competition : Mr . Kirkham , Mr . Smith , Charles R. T opley of Rice, and Don Wrightmon of Texas A M. Prizes of S 150 each were awarded.

Featured in the exhibition of " T exos Architecture - 1954 " winners at the con ­vention were the two first place de ­signs . In the commercial and institu ­tional class, the first award went to the new home of the Oak Cliff Savings & Loon Association , by Prinz & Brooks of Dallas . Top entry among homes was the design for Mr . and Mrs . Peter Cromerus of Houston , by Wilson , Morris & Crain of Houston . Several clients were present as honor guests when award p laques and certificates were presented at on awards luncheon al the Ridglea Country Club , on out ­standing convention affair attended by almost 400 persons .

Ben Hogon Presents Prizes

Also featured om the social program al the convention were the golf tour ­ney, won by Mr . MocKie in men 's competition; and by Mrs . MocKie in the women 's division ; tours of the Fort Worth Art Center and the Inter ­national Airport ; a gala " Bookland " costume party; and the traditional President's Dinner - Dance at the River ­crest Country Club .

Ben Hogon , noted golfer , presented the golf tourney awards at the Ridgleo luncheon .

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Training end Workshop Building for Harris County Association for the Blind, Houston

Wirtz, Calhoun, Tungate and Jackson, TSA-AIA, Architects, Houston

A Photographic Studio and Apartment for Mr. Fred A. Winchell, Houston Harwood Taylor, TSA-AIA, Architect, Houston

Auto Convoy Company, Dallas, for Mr. Waldo E. Stewart Harwood K. Smith and Joseph M. Mills, TSA-AIA, Architects, Delles

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TEXAS ARCHITECTURE - 1954

Awards of Merit-Commercial and Institutional

Phi Delt a Theta Fraterni ty House, Austin Page, South er land e nd Page, TSA-AIA, Architects, Austin

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TEXAS ARCHITECTURE· 1954

Awards of Merit-Residential

House of Mr. •nd Mrs. Lawrence Blum, Beaumont Bolton and B.,nstone, TSA-AIA, Architects. Houston

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A full page advertisement m the November issue of the TEXAS ARCHI TECT, showing the Arrow Park plant of the Parker Pen Company, designed by John J. Flad & Associates, archi· tects, gave the impression that the body of the plant was built of Cor­dova Cream limestone.

Actually the sills and coping are of limestone The body of the plant is of Snow White " Rockface Romon, made by the Malvern Brick & Tile Company of Malvern , Ark .

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small crews can do the job. The pre· cast units can be held in place with simple bracing.

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Photos ore construction scenes ot St. Louis Produce Morket. The concrete floor of the two 114 x 1235 ft. one-story buildings was a giant casting platform (center). Precost concrete wall panels were tilted into place (bottom). More than 23 miles of precost concrete joists went into the roof (top). L. Roy Bowen & Associates, of St. Louis, were the orchitects ond engineers. Robinson Construction Company, of St. Louis, was the contractor.

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