Authors in Architecture: Gerald Moorhead, FAIA

AUTHORS IN ARCHITECTURE with GERALD MOORHEAD, FAIA

Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast

September 5, 2013
6PM
Oak Forest Branch Library
1349 West 43rd Street | Houston, Texas 77018

Award-winning Houston architect, architectural historian and noted architectural photographer,Gerald Moorhead, FAIA  will present his book Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast, the first of two volumes, featuring photos, illustrations and maps.

• Reception and book signing will follow the discussion.
• A tour of Oak Forest Library guided by architect Donna Kacmar, FAIA will start at 5:30pm.
• Building of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast

This book, the first of two volumes, covers the natural and built landscapes of central, southern, and Gulf Coast regions of Texas spanning more than 300 years of European settlement and 10,000 years of habitation by native peoples and includes four major cities--Austin, Corpus Christi, Houston, and San Antonio. Gerald Moorehead, FAIA and his contributors consider the contributions made by various cultures--Native American, Spanish, Mexican, Anglo, African American, German, Czech, Polish, and Italian--to the state's rich architectural heritage. More than 1,000 building entries canvass the most important and representative examples of Spanish missions, log cabins, German stone houses, Victorian courthouses, Moderne stores, contemporary ranch houses, modern skyscrapers, postmodern retail strips, and incursions by internationally renowned architects.

The Presenting Author
Gerald Moorhead, FAIA is an architectural lecturer at the Rice School of Architecture and an architect with over 40 years of experience. Mr. Moorhead is recognized in professional circles for excellence in architecture, architectural writing, and photography. In addition to spreading and preserving the knowledge of Texas architecture through this two-volume Buildings of Texas, published by the Society of Architectural Historians, Moorhead also contributed to the recent 3rd edition of the AIA Houston Houston Architectural Guide.

Oak Forest Branch Library
As part of the the Houston Public Library, this branch library has serviced the Oak Forest Neighborhood since 1960. Architect's Natalye Appel + Associate Architects, James Ray Architects and Donna Kacmar, FAIA recent renovation of the mid-century modern building has been awarded with an 2011 AIA Houston Design Award, 2012 Houston Business Journal 2012 Landmark Award for Community Impact, 2011 Greater Houston Preservation Alliance Gold Brick Award and now one of six worldwide bi-annual AIA/ALA Library Award from the American Institute of Architects and the American Library Association.