by Lynne Rostochil Last week, we heard of the passing of Jerri Hodges Bonebrake, Bruce Goff’s devoted secretary during his years at OU. Her death is a sad loss for anyone who appreciates architecture and an entertaining yarn — she had many of them! Jerri and Jean Eckenfels standing in front of a drawing by architect […]
by Lynne Rostochil Last February, we profiled some of the great renderings of Oklahoma architecture that we’ve stumbled across over the years. Well, in the last year, we’ve found another batch of great drawings that you might be interested in, so take a look. Let’s begin with this stunning rendering that Mike Brown over at RetrOKC found at […]
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 Robyn Arn unless otherwise noted When I lived in Norman in the ’90s, I found myself in need of a new dentist. I was referred to Dr. Stephen Weichbrocht and knew it would be a good fit immediately upon my first visit. His modest international style office building north of campus […]
by Lynne Rostochil Last week, you caught a glimpse of some of the goodies in a small-but-gorgeous brochure produced by the OU School of Architecture for prospective architectural students. We wrap up our look at this ’60s-era stunner this week with a look at more student work. NOTE: All brochure text is in italics. Three sketches […]
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 […]