about The University of Texas at Austin
Architect, November 2008
“A Higher Education”
Written by Larry Speck
The narrow, politicized ivory towers of yesterday have been replaced by architecture schools that value diversity of thought and practice.
Emergent Urbanism, 2008
“Campus Architecture and Planning at The University of Texas”
Written by Larry Speck
From 1910 to 1942, the University of Texas at Austin (UT) built an extraordinary ensemble of buildings, transforming the university’s image from a sleepy, small-town college housed in a hodge-podge of mismatched buildings into a powerful, sophisticated institution whose campus exudes confidence and a memorable identity. During this relatively short time period, a core of 33 buildings was constructed by three different architects of significant distinction: Cass Gilbert (1910-1922), Herbert M. Greene (1910-1922), and Paul Cret (1930-1937).
The Texas Book, 2006
“The Heroic Decades”
Written by Larry Speck
Lawrence Speck is the W. L. Moody, Jr., Centennial Professor in Architecture. He has been a professor in the University of Texas School of Architecture since 1975 and served as its dean from I993 to I999. As a working architect, Speck designed the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport terminal building, the Austin Convention Center, and the Umlauf Sculpture Garden. He has written or co-written a number of books and is preparing a guide to the architecture of the University of Texas campus.
Cass Gilbert Life and Work, 2001
“The University of Texas: Vision and Ambition”
Written by Larry Speck
Chapter 13
Texas Architect, January/February 1999
“A Greater Whole”
Written by Larry Speck
Some of the most powerful and convincing environments we have produced in the United States over the last two centuries have been college and university campuses. Both in terms of architecture and urban design, the halls of academe and the lush grounds that surround them often are oases in the desert of commercial [...]