Philadelphia architect Paul Philippe Cret was retained by the University of Texas at Austin as a consulting architect for the development of a master plan for the campus (1930-1945). Cret was born in Lyon, France in 1876, attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1897-1903), and specialized in the design of public buildings. The collection contain drawings, floor plans, elevations, sections, details, landscape plans, diagrams and presentation renderings of Cret's work at the University of Texas at Austin (1930-1945). An addendum to this collection consists of photographs, drawings, postcards, and papers which accompanied the purchase of the library of Paul P. Cret in 2000.
Image: Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945 (architect), Alan C. Davoll (renderer), J. Floyd Yewell (renderer), University of Texas (client). 1933 University of Texas Perspective for Future Development - ©H2L2 Architects/Planners, Paul Philippe Cret collection, Alexander Architectural Archives, The University of Texas Libraries. 1933. https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utlarch:86f7c2d9-bf6e-4f35-8df8-25e4f73571fa.
