Architecture

Lawrence W. Speck Associates was founded in January 1980. In 1988, Speck entered into a partnership with Page Southerland Page, later merging his practice with Page in order to concentrate on his duties as Dean of The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. The collection includes correspondence, specifications, job files, drawings, photographs, financial documents, presentation materials that document Speck’s career as an architect and as Dean of the School of Architecture.

Scholar Lisa Germany has written on architecture since the early 1980's, contributing to publications such as Architectural Record, Harvard Design Magazine, Progressive Architecture, Texas Monthly, and Texas Architect. The collection documents Germany’s scholarship on the career of architect Harwell Hamilton Harris. The collection also contains records created by Harris, and his wife, Jean Murray Bangs Harris.

Lucy T. Shoe Meritt began her career as a student, teacher, and scholar of classical archaeology and architecture in 1915. The collection includes documents reflecting her many publications (at different stages of publication), drawings, correspondence, personal papers, and photographic materials.

Ludwig Weinman (1867-1945) was a German-born architect who practiced in Fort Worth, Texas and the surrounding area. The collection consists of working drawings representing Weinman's architectural designs produced between 1890 and 1929.

Architectural drawings (prints), photographs, slides, maps, student work, and exhibition panels cover the core subjects of European architecture of the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly the Austrian Secession and the German Jugendstil. The materials were collected by Professor Martin S. Kermacy during his tenure as a Fulbright Lecturer at the Technische Hochschule Wien during 1955 and 1956. In addition, the collection includes 92 exhibition panels for "Art Nouveau and Vienna Secession.

Max M. Sandfield was an architect, sculptor, and artist, known for his mid-century modern design. Sandfield’s collection documents his career as a sculptor, architect, as well as his membership and leadership positions in the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Records include photos of Sandfield's sculpture and architecture, project records, meeting minutes, AIA committee notes, and architectural drawings.

Mike Mebane (1908-1997), born and educated in Texas, pursued his architectural career through the early 1970s in Texas, the United States, and in Mexico. Photographs and papers illustrate projects undertaken by Mike Mebane during his architectural career. Record types include, certificates, clippings, photographs, and correspondence.

Natalie de Blois (1921-2013) was active in the field of architecture from 1944 through the 1990s. Her professorship at The University of Texas at Austin spanned from 1980-1993. This collection contains working drawings of projects for which de Blois was designer and the work of students who participated in her studios at The University of Texas School of Architecture (1985-1987, 1989-1993). Record types include architectural drawings and models.

O'Neil Ford (1905-1982) was a prominent architect in the southwestern United States whose work also extended nationally and internationally. The collection demonstrates the origins and practice of Ford's dedication to native architectural forms and hand craftwork, historic preservation, innovative design, and his tireless advocacy of education, particularly in the arts. Papers, plans, photographic prints and negatives, slides, exhibit boards, drawings, and sketches reveal the life and career of the architect.

Peter Oakley Coltman served as an associate professor for the Community and Regional Planning (CRP) program in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin from 1968 until his retirement in 1995. This collection documents Coltman's work as an instructor, his contributions to the development and administration of the CRP program, and his service to the university as a member of various faculty committees.