by Lynne Rostochil. Do you ever wonder about the spaces mid century architects created for themselves? I do, too, and thought it would be fun to see where many of our favorites lived and worked over the years. Since we were so lucky to have a ton of very talented architects practicing throughout Oklahoma during […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. Vintage photos from the Oklahoma History Center and Lynne’s collection. During the Oklahoma Modernism Weekend, I put together a presentation devoted to the surprising number of domed structures scattered throughout Oklahoma to go along with a tour of the always fabulous Gold Dome. I thought I’d […]
Text and photos by Lynne Rostochil unless otherwise stated. A few weeks ago, Oklahoma lost one of its most outstanding architects when William Henry Ryan died in Tulsa at the age of 93. An Oklahoma City native, he attended OU and studied under Bruce Goff during the architecture program’s glory years. Afterward, he set up […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos by Bob Bowlby, current-day photo by Lynne Rostochil. Nestled among the rolling hills surrounding the aptly named Oak Hills Golf and Country Club in Ada is a mid-century sub-division filled with low-slung ranch houses that seem to meander for entire city blocks and split-level wonders built precariously into steep slopes. […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil Last week, I told you about some of the great mid-century architecture Ray James designed in Ada, but while we were tooling around town, I noticed quite a few buildings he didn’t design that I thought you might like to see. The downtown area contains quite a few interesting […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil As with most of the small towns in Oklahoma, Ada has an abundance of mid-century architecture, most of which is scattered throughout the downtown area, the more upscale residential neighborhoods, and the East Central University campus. During a recent stop, I was lucky to get to meet with one of […]