by Lynne Rostochil Last week, I got to speak about Oklahoma’s mid-century modern architecture at the annual Oklahoma Preservation conference, which was held in lovely Enid this year. My topic was MCM Preservation Successes and Failures — fun stuff, except when I had to talk about the failures, of course. Here’s the presentation: […]
by Lynne Rostochil I love vintage issues of Oklahoma Today because the magazine’s reporters did a great job of covering the modern architecture that was popping up all over the state from the ’50s through the mid-’70s. So, in my research, I often find myself browsing through the OT archives looking for the history of architects […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Of all of my great vintage discoveries, I think this might be one of the best. While digging through a box of old maps and tourist brochures at a flea market recently, I stumbled upon what I believe is a dedication brochure for the Bavinger House. It’s not flashy or graphically exciting, but […]
photos by Terri Sadler Last week, Terri had a chance to go to the Statewide Preservation Conference in Norman and tour Bruce Goff’s beautiful Ledbetter House. Here are some of her photos of the house and a few displays of Goff’s work at OU: […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil On my many trips to the Bavinger House when it was still open for tours, I often paused to appreciate the semi-circular, A-frame delight next door: The home was designed in 1950 by OU architecture professor and Bruce Goff associate, William H. Wilson, as his personal residence, and his family lived […]
by Lynne Rostochil Last night, I participated in the AIA Chit Chat that was organized as part of Architecture Week. Each speaker had 20 seconds to speak about each of 20 slides, and if you know me and how chatty I am, you know that was a big challenge! For those who missed this fun […]