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Author Caragonne, Alexander.

Title The Texas Rangers : notes from an architectural underground / Alexander Caragonne
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1995]
©1995

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Description xix, 441 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Contents Foreword / Charles W. Moore -- Ch. 1. The Narrative. Dramatis Personae: The First Texas School, 1954-1956. The Background. The Scene: The Worst of Times, the Best of Times. The Plot: The Memorandum of March 13, 1954. The Script: A New Curriculum. Act I: The Plot Unfolds. Dramatis Personae: The Second Texas School, 1957-1958. Act II and the Final Curtain. Diaspora: The Myth Is Born -- Ch. 2. The Genesis. Bernhard Hoesli and the Process of Design. The First Experimental Year, 1953-1954. Colin Rowe's Background. The Pre-Texas Essays: The Foundation. The Texas Essays: The Superstructure. Rowe's Approach. Gardens of Faith, Thickets of Doubt -- Ch. 3. The Program, 1954-1956. "Something of Significance Might Be Constructed" Architectural Space and the "Transparency" Articles. Arc. 401, Freehand Drawing: The New Course in Vision. The Color Course. The Reintegration of Basic Design. The Nine-Square Grid Exercise. Hoesli and Hejduk: The Junior-Year Studio. Rowe: The Junior-Year Studio
The Lockhart Article: Precedence, Preservation, and Context -- Ch. 4. The Program, 1956-1958. The Architectural Idea. The Jury System: "They Weren't Sweet Reviews" The "Analysis" Problem. Arc. 510: The Sophomore Design Studio, 1955-1957. The Evolution of the Presentation Standard. The Basic Design Course and the "New Vision": Remnants of a Teaching Program. The "New Vision" Worlds of "If": A Speculative Assessment of the Texas School -- Ch. 5. The Aftermath. The Lines of Transmission. Cornell. The Cooper Union. Bernhard Hoesli at the ETH. Other Venues
Analysis Architecture Professional education
Texas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 430-[434]) and index
Subject University of Texas at Austin. School of Architecture -- Curricula.
Architecture -- Philosophy.
Architecture -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Texas -- Austin.
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Philosophy.
LC no. 94027395
ISBN 026203218X