by Lynne Rostochil. Last week, we learned that beloved OU architecture professor and Bruce Goff scholar, Arn Henderson died after being ill for about a year. Here’s his obituary: Arnold “Arn” Glenn Henderson, FAIA, passed away on June 27, 2019. Arn was Professor Emeritus of the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture. […]
by Lynne Rostochil It’s hard to believe that we’re at the end of another year, but here we are and that means it’s time to take a look back and recap our favorite Mod Blogs of 2018. Here we go! 1964: The Year of the Sonic Boom This post was certainly one of the most […]
by Lynne Rostochil. To say that Bob Jones enhanced Oklahoma’s architectural landscape with his visionary designs is an understatement. Simply put and with no exaggeration at all, he was a creative genius who has left his home state with a treasure trove of modern buildings that I hope we will preserve for eons. Sadly, Jones died […]
by Lynne Rostochil I had never heard of Faith & Form magazine until I came across a couple of issues at an estate sale awhile back. It was especially exciting to open this October 1969 issue and find an Oklahoma building inside and also to read an article by my favorite architectural photographer and pal, […]
by Lynne Rostochil. photos by Julius Shulman. As the 1960s dawned, jet airplanes were just becoming a thing and one of the very first airports designed specifically for jet travel was the Tulsa Municipal Airport (renamed Tulsa International Airport in 1963), designed by Murray Jones Murray. Soon after the airport opened in 1961, architectural photographer […]
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 […]