Corpus Christi's former Memorial Coliseum

The following video on Corpus Christi's Memorial Coliseum was produced by students in Dr. Monica Penick's Modernism and Recent Past Preservation class at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. Unfortunately, demolition has already begun on this magnificent and historic thin shell concrete structure.

http://www.youtube.com/user/thememorialcoliseum

Landscapes for Living: Postwar Years In Texas

The Cultural Landscapes Foundation will be holding a symposium and tour focused on postwar landscapes in Texas:

http://tclf.org/sites/default/files/microsites/pioneers/dallas/index.html

Starr Building Reborn

The Starr Building, located in downtown Austin will be largely restored to it's original state by Kemp Properties(Littlefield, and Scarbrough buildings). While not the most universally loved building in Austin it has a certain charm and certainly it has historical significance do to a Seymour Fogel mural and an interior designed by Florence Knoll.


The principle tenant for the restored building will be the advertising agency McGarrah Jessee. Kemp Properties has stated a desire for other design oriented business's to move into the building in order to "be a very energetic, creative center".


According to the Austin American Statesman "the project's design architect is San Antonio-based Overland Partners, ... while the interior design firm will be locally based McKinney York Architects."