圣澳门金沙赌城线上游戏 is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, becoming the only Texas campus to be designated a modernist historic district and one of just three in the country.
The National Parks Service designated the 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 campus as a National Historic District in late May, four months after the Texas Historical Commission approved 澳门金沙线上赌博官网’s nomination as a Historic District. The designation honors the architectural work of O’Neil Ford, who designed most of the University’s mid-century buildings, and will enable 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 to shape a modern campus that honors the past.
“I am pleased that the National Parks Service has listed the 圣澳门金沙赌城线上游戏 campus on the National Register of Historic Places,” says 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 President Danny Anderson. “This distinction honors the legacy of renowned 圣安东尼奥 architect O’Neil Ford and the vision he shared with 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 President James Laurie. Our historic district calls attention to the forward-thinking, modern vision that guides 圣澳门金沙赌城线上游戏 and the spirit of entrepreneurial innovation, expressed in bricks and mortar and construction techniques, that has differentiated our campus for generations of students.”
O’Neil Ford (left) with 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 President James Woodin Laurie (right) at the Skyline Campus.
This designation is a key component of the 校园总体规划, which pairs the University’s academic mission and the strategic plan objectives with 澳门金沙线上赌博官网’s design history. The district will contribute to the creation of a vision for the campus that is inspiring, 功能, 和持久.
As a historic district, the University will seek to preserve the exteriors of buildings. With the exception of notable interior features, 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 will be allowed significant latitude to renovate the interiors of the buildings within the district.
The district was proposed by a Master Plan committee that worked in partnership with the architectural group Page. 拉里斑点, senior principal at Page, says Ford's contributions to 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 deserve national recognition. “The stature of its architect, the consistently high quality of design work over decades, and the intact nature of much of the work now are all extraordinary distinguishing features that combine to make 圣澳门金沙赌城线上游戏 a premier architectural ensemble that will now be preserved in the foreseeable future,斯派克说。. Ford was the founding partner of Ford, Powell & 卡森建筑师 & 规划公司. 在圣安东尼奥.
Ford designed most of 澳门金沙线上赌博官网’s campus buildings from the 1950s to the late 1970s using the site’s unique topography to fashion modernist red brick buildings connected by walkways and lush native landscaping. 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 has the largest concentration of Ford-designed buildings anywhere in the world, and 26 buildings on the campus contribute to the historic district.
The Texas Historical Commission voted unanimously in January to approve the proposal by 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 to preserve Ford’s mid-century modern buildings. The Commission then forwarded the district to the National Parks Service for final approval.
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