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St. Patrick’s and Sts. Peter and Paul in Liturical Arts Magazine
by Lynne Rostochil. The Liturgical Arts articles and photos from the OU Architecture Library collection in Norman. Vintage images by Julius Shulman, and the modern-day photos by Lynne Rostochil. Last week, the Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture sponsored a tour of one of my very favorite buildings of all time, the glorious St. Patrick’s […]
On the Market: A Contemporary Oasis That’s Full of Surprises
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil As one of those dorks who loves to explore every urban artery, suburban thoroughfare, and dusty pockmarked maybe-road in search of a previously unknown and very cool house, I thought I had become familiar with just about every street, alley, and dirt road in Oklahoma County. Well, I thought wrong. There’s one off-the-beaten-path, block-long street […]
St. Pat’s in Progressive Architecture: Medieval Forms Transformed
by Lynne Rostochil When it was completed in 1962, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church created quite a sensation, especially when architectural photographer Julius Shulman came to town to take pictures of this elegant piece of modernism then shared his images with various publications upon his return home. The editors of Progressive Architecture were smitten and decided to put […]