Home, Heat, Money, God - Texas and Modern Architecture

Thematically focused analaysis of modern architecture throughout Texas with gorgeous photographs illustrating works by famous and lesser-known architects.

List of contents

• Introduction: History and Mythology in Texas Architecture
• Part I: Priorities
  • 1. Home
  • 2. Heat
  • 3. Money
• Part II: Preoccupations
  • 4. God
  • 5. Government
  • 6. Care
• Part III: R&R and R&D
  • 7. Sports and Leisure
  • 8. On the Road
  • 9. Knowledge and Power
• Part IV: Assemblage
  • 10. Precious Objects
  • 11. Hearts and Minds
  • 12. Contact Zones
• Coda: What We Save and Why
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Further Reading
• Address List
• Index




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Text by Kathryn E. O'Rourke, Photographs by Ben Koush

Product details

• Authors: Ben Koush, Kathryn E O'Rourke, Kathryn E. O'Rourke, Kathryn E. Koush O''rourke
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781477328927
• ISBN: 978-1-4773-2892-7
• No. of pages: 280
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture