text and photos by Lynne Rostochil For those of you who are looking for a beautiful mod house that’s in need of a little love, this beauty in the Meadowood addition in Midwest City may be just what you’re looking for. Yes, this one is low and sleek and oh so sexy with jaw dropping details […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos from issue #57 of the New Homes Guide and the Norman Transcript, current photos by Lynne Rostochil. Recently, the Mod Squad was invited to tour the home that Dean Bryant Vollendorf designed for himself while he was a professor of architecture at the University of Oklahoma. Tucked away in a Norman […]
Recently, I spent a remarkable and extremely enlightening afternoon chatting with architect Gary McCowan about his experiences at OU during the architecture school’s “golden years,” his incredibly varied and fascinating career, and his deep and lifelong friendship with his mentor and best pal, Dean Bryant Vollendorf, who sadly died in 2008. Today would have been […]
Text and photos by Joshua McKinney There is not much information on the internet about architect Dean Bryant Vollendorf; there is a website called Friends of Vollendorf in his honor, but it is currently under construction. He once worked for John Randal McDonald (a Wisconsin legend with Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired designs), and he and his […]