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 This is the third of four installments about Kamphoefner’s career. To read the last installment, go here. In 1948, Henry L. Kamphoefner arrived at North Carolina State University ready to start work establishing an architecture school that would replace the architectural engineering curriculum that had been in place for decades. Before Kamphoefner accepted the job […]
by Lynne Rostochil It seems that there’s no limit to the great mid-century, Oklahoma-centric goodies to be found at local estate and garage sales. Here’s another of my favorite finds that I uncovered in a jam-packed garage a few years ago in a box filled with old kids’ drawings, craft magazines, and other ephemera. And what a find it […]
by Lynne Rostochil (Originally, this article was written to correspond with the opening of the Goff exhibit at OU in 2010. It is reprinted here in its entirety.) A new exhibit celebrating Oklahoma’s most famous architect, Bruce Goff, and his work opened last weekend at the Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art on the […]