Architecture

San Antonio Library

San Antonio Library

ArchitectureSan Antonio, TXThis building is commonly referred to as the “Big Enchilada” in San Antonio, Texas. It was designed by Mexican Architectural firm of Legorreta and Legorreta. Next time you visit San Antonio check it out – it is an interesting – and award...

Frank Lloyd Wright Kraus House

Frank Lloyd Wright Kraus House

ArchitectureKirkwood, MSI think every person remembers very well the first time they visited a Frank Lloyd Wright designed house. We visited this house during a recent trip to St. Louis, Missouri. If you are ever in that area plan ahead and visit. Visits are strictly...

Great News for Bauhaus

Great News for Bauhaus

ArchitectureBrownsville, TXThis past month of August, I had the privilege of visiting the Bauhaus Archives and Museum in Berlin. If you love modern architecture like I do, you can understand why this was the highlight of my trip. The building’s architecture which was...

First National Bank Building

First National Bank Building

ArchitectureBrownsville, TXYear Built - 1960 Architects - Alan Taniguchi and William H. LambethFrom the Newspaper Archives: “Brownsville Bank Plans Are Released,” AGC News Service, 10 June 1958, p. 7. Phelps & Dewees & Simmons (San Antonio) architects for 6-story, $1...

Harry Katz House

Harry Katz House

ArchitectureBrownsville, TXYear Built - 1960 Architects - Alan Taniguchi and William H. LambethThe process of misunderstood modernization is also visible in Brownsville, where the superbly sited Harry Katz House by Alan Taniguchi and William H. Lambeth in Río Viejo of...