Architecture

Stewart King (d. 1970), a contemporary of O'Neil Ford, was a San Antonio landscape architect. Office files, job files, specifications, plant files, periodicals, photographs and landscape plans document Stewart King's work in landscape architecture from 1950-1969.

The Urban Innovations Group, founded in 1971, was a teaching practice at The University of California, Los Angeles' Architecture and Urban Design School. The collection primarily documents the group's work on various buildings and urban spaces throughout Los Angeles and the United States. Record types include project records, photographs, drawings, slides, and publications.

Walter Eugene George Jr. was one of the leading architects of the historic preservation movement in Texas. He reactivated the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in Texas during 1961 following a dormant period of more than two decades. While maintaining a professional practice, George also established a notable career as an educator. Papers, photographic materials, and drawings are representative of his work. Collection materials date from 1951 to 2007 and document historic restorations, new construction projects, teaching, research, and travel.

In 2001 the University of Texas acquired the private library of architectural educator and historian Colin Rowe, who revolutionized the teaching of architecture in the United States by introducing an appreciation of American heritage, the dynamic quality of early American settlements, and the American revitalization of the classical style. The New York Times described Rowe as one of the two most influential (architectural) historians of the twentieth century.

Charles Willard Moore (1925-1993) was an architect, educator, author, and traveler. His academic posts include serving as Dean, Chairman, and faculty member at six different universities, including the University of California at Berkeley, Yale University, and The University of Texas at Austin. Moore completed 180 commissions, and served as principal architect in firms in California, Connecticut, and Texas.

Robert James Coote was an emeritus University of Texas professor of architecture and architectural history, author, artist, and a prominent architect and designer of residential homes in the Austin, Texas area. The collection consists of papers, architectural drawings, paintings, photographs, 35 mm slides, and computer disks that document his work as an architect, author, educator, and artist.

Records from The University of Texas School of Architecture Archives document the activities and output of the school from its inception to the present. Due to the size of this collection, records have been divided up into several finding aids based on different functions and units within the School of Architecture.

The Buildings of Texas collection documents the research and scholarship produced for the multi-volume publication the Buildings of Texas , a comprehensive guide to the built environment of the state. The collection consists of records created and collected by two of the publication's contributors, Gerald Moorhead and Mario L. Sánchez. Record types include photographic material, drafts, administrative records, and research material. 

The Atlantic Terra Cotta Company was the largest producer of terra cotta in the world during the first quarter for the 20th century. Records in the Atlantic Terra Cotta Company collection provide a rich visual resource of terra cotta products and their use during the early 1900s. Record types include administrative documents, firm brochures, blueprints, periodicals, and photographs.

Karl Kamrath (1911-1988) grew up in Austin, Texas and earned his Bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin in 1934. His early career was spent in Chicago but he moved back to Texas in 1937 and became a partner in the firm of MacKie and Kamrath, one of the first Houston firms credited with creating modern architecture. The collection includes records of Kamrath's personal life, professional practice, interest in Frank Lloyd Wright, and association with partner Fred MacKie.