about Life as an Architect
Discovery, Summer 1984
“O’Neil Ford”
Written by Larry Speck
Believing architects should be environmental advocates for their culture, Ford set a pattern for Texas architecture.
Architecture, September 1, 1983
“O’Neil Ford’s ‘Caring Campus’”
Written by Larry Speck
His work for Trinity University spanned a quarter century.
Teaching Architecture, Paper presented at Professional Meeting 1982
“A Method for Incorporating Values into Design Instruction”
Written by Larry Speck
During the past four years we have attempted in one section of our advanced architectural design studio to help students explicitly incorporate individual values/philosophies/ principles/prejudices into their own design work. The studio addresses, in a particular way, those subjective, value-laden decisions which are a part of any design process. We accept the notion that design [...]
Australia Architecture, May 1979
“History and Design: Where to Next?”
Written by Larry Speck
In the mid-twentieth century there has probably been no more confusing and neglected issue in architectural education than what to do with history. The debate has gone on long enough (and the historians have been adamant enough) that the advisability of some inclusion of historic consciousness in any architect’s thinking seems beyond question. But what [...]