Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction The Language of O’Neil Ford 1
4. PART I The Making of a Modern Architect
5. 1927 Architecture of Early Texas PART 1 49
6. 1927 Architecture of Early Texas PART 2 53
7. 1928 Architecture of Early Texas PART 3 57
8. 1932 Organic Building 67
9. PART II Growth and Synthesis
10. 1940 Review of Williamsburg— Today and Yesterday 83
11. 1951 O’Neil Ford Lectures on Slab Lifting 85
12. 1953 Statement on Behalf of the San Antonio Conservation Society 91
13. 1955 Imagineering 93
14. 1959 History and Development of La Villita Assembly Hall 99
15. 1960 Response to J. Robert Oppenheimer, American Institute of Architects Annual Convention 103
16. PART III In and Against the World
17. 1964 Texas Idyll 113
18. 1964 The Condition of Architecture 123
19. 1965 History and Development of the Spanish Missions in San Antonio 143
20. 1966 Mr. O’Neil Ford’s Speech at the Sculpture and Environment Symposium 151
21. 1967 The End of a Beginning 163
22. 1968 Culture—Who Needs It? 179
23. 1968 Physical Planning versus or for the Individual 199
24. PART IV Looking Back, Looking Forward
25. 1978 Foreword to Lynn Ford: Texas Architect and Craftsman 211
26. 1981 Lessons in Looking 215
27. 1981 Eulogy for Tom Stell 243
28. 1982 Foreword to David R. Williams, Pioneer Architect 247
29. Acknowledgments 257
30. Image Credits 261
31. Index 263