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James Riely Gordon Historical Art Contest and Conference June 10-11, 2016 |
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| Doug Kubicek, author of Grand, Complete, and Perfect: The Lavaca County Courthouse, has had a life-long love of Texas history, especially that of Lavaca County. As a child he explored fields, bridges, and graveyards, bringing home arrowheads, broken glass and other artifacts. Kubicek has taught history for 27 years, primarily in Hallettsville. He received the Linden Heck Howell Outstanding Teaching of Texas History Award in 2011. Kubicek, current president of the Lavaca Historical Commission, has said, “As a historian, it is my belief that the past is endlessly fascinating and worth knowing. Everything and everyone has a history. It is one aspect of life that binds all humanity together, especially as Texans.” | Wednesday, June 8
Deadline for dropping off art for contest
Friday, June 10
7:00 – 9:00 PM: Evening Photo Exhibition & Lectures
7:00 PM: Doug Kubicek “Business as Usual; Mercantile Trade in Hallettsville Ca. 1900”
8:00 PM: Richard Payne, FAIA “Texas Towns and The Art of Architecture, the Importance of Preservation.”
Saturday, June 11
9:00 AM – Noon Coffee and Doughnuts Book Signings by Brantley Hightower, The Courthouses of Central Texas; Chris Meister, James Riely Gordon: His Courthouses and other Public Architecture; Doug Kubicek, Grand, Complete, and Perfect: The Lavaca County Courthouse
12:00 – 1:00 PM – Brantley Hightower
1:00 – 1:30 PM – Break
1:30 – 2:30 PM – Chris Meister
2:30 – 3:00 PM – Break
3:00 – 3:45 PM – James P. Arnold, Preservation Specialist for Kahn & Stanzel Building Renovation
3:45 – 4:00 PM – Break
4:00 – 4:30 PM – Paul A. Bielamowicz, AIA, LEED AP, Closing Remarks and Contest Prizes
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Chris Meister is a graphic designer and independent scholar of architectural history living in Royal Oak, Michigan. His book, James Riely Gordon: His Courthouses and Other Public Architecture, received the Victorian Society of America’s 2012 Ruth Emery Award in 2012 and the San Antonio Conservation Society’s 2013 Publication Award. He is currently working to restore the historic architecture of the 1904 Belle Isle Aquarium in Detroit, Michigan, the oldest public aquarium in North America. His publications include an article on the early industrial architecture of Albert Kahn, and other historical subjects. Meister has been a consultant on restorations and National Historic Landmark listings for county courthouses in Texas. |
| Richard Payne, FAIA is a former practicing architect and one of the most respected, experienced, and widely published photographers of architecture in the United States. Known nationally for his work for leading architects, designers, contractors and corporations, he has completed assignments throughout the US, as well as projects in Australia, Canada, Venezuela, Mexico, France, Germany, Spain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Payne has published 9 books in addition to his Texas Towns and the Art of Architecture, A Photographer’s Journey and has received numerous awards. His work has been exhibited throughout Texas and in New York, and he has given lectures and seminars for the University of Houston, Texas A&M, and the Professional Photographers of America. | James P. Arnold, Preservation Specialist for restoration of the Kahn & Stanzel Building, has a BBA in Urban & Regional Studies from Baylor University and a Masters in Architecture from the University of Houston with a certificate in Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse. At the University of Houston he was awarded the Myron Anderson Prize, inducted in the Tau Sigma Delta National Honor Society, and elected into the 50 from 50 Hall of Fame for the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture. He co-authored On the Slopes of the Volcano-Documentation of UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Mexican Monasteries of the Sixteenth Century and Workshop for Historic Architecture (the first eighteen years). | |
| Brantley Hightower holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin as well as a Post-Professional Masters of Architecture degree from Princeton University. He has worked for Perkins & Will in Chicago, Max Levy Architect in Dallas and Lake|Flato Architects in San Antonio. He has won numerous awards and has been exhibited in Arizona, New York, New Jersey, Texas and Washington, D.C. He has taught at the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Tech University, Trinity University and the University of Texas at Austin. He has lectured on courthouses throughout the state and is a regular contributor to The Rivard Report and Texas Architect Magazine and has published in Platform, Constructs, Pidgin and Clog architectural journals. He is Vice President of Texas Society of Architects. | Paul Bielamowicz, AIA, LEED AP, President of Texas Society of Architects, creates environmentally responsible designs for large, complex projects. He received the 2009 Texas Society of Architects (TSA) Young Professional Achievement Award for his contributions to the architectural profession, exemplary leadership, and service as an AIA role model. In 2014, he was nominated for the position of TSA President, beginning with service in 2015 as President-Elect, President in 2016, and Immediate Past President in 2017. A design competition he organized in 2007 resulted in a $500,000 grant to the City of Austin from Texas Parks and Wildlife to turn an underdeveloped site into Gus Garcia Park. Paul and the other founders of the competition team received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Austin City Council. |
About J. Riely Gordon, Kahn & Stanzel Building Architect:
The Kahn & Stanzel building in Hallettsville, Texas, built in 1890, has recently been restored in the first part of this century and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. This edifice was designed by architect J. Riely Gordon, and is currently used as an art, performance and learning center.
James Riely Gordon (1863-1937), referred to as Riely, was born in Virginia, and moved with his family to San Antonio when he was around ten years old. He graduated from the public school at age 14 and worked as a civil engineer and a draftsman. His education as an architect was self-taught, making his extraordinary career all the more impressive. In 1902 Gordon moved to New York City, where he continued his successful career and served as President of the New York Society of Architects for thirteen years.
Texas was blessed with a number of fine architects in the late-19th century, but few were self-educated and most received their training outside the state. For example, Nicholas Clayton (1840-1916) emigrated from Ireland with his widowed mother, eventually apprenticed with a Memphis architectural firm that sent him to Galveston to supervise work there. He decided to stay. Alfred Giles (1853-1920) was educated in England at King’s College, London University and worked for a London architectural firm before immigrating to the United States and settling in San Antonio. Eugene T. Heiner (1853-1901), designer of the 1897 Lavaca County Courthouse, apprenticed with the Chicago architect William LeBaron Jenney before moving to Houston in 1878.
Built over 30 County Courthouses – 18 in Texas: J. Riely Gordon became known for designing county courthouses that were particularly well suited for the Texas climate and building materials.
Aransas County Courthouse in Rockport (1889-90, now lost)
Fayette County Courthouse in La Grange (1890-91)
Bexar County Courthouse (1892-97)
Erath County Courthouse in Stephenville (1891-92)
Old Victoria County Courthouse (1892)
Old Brazoria County Courthouse in Brazoria (1894-95, now lost)
Hopkins County Courthouse in Sulphur Springs (1894-95)
Gonzales County Courthouse (1894-96)
San Patricio County Courthouse in Sinton (1894-95, now lost)
Van Zandt County Courthouse in Canton (1894-96, now lost)
Ellis County Courthouse in Waxahachie (1894-97)
Wise County Courthouse in Decatur (1895-97)
Comal County Courthouse in New Braunfels (1898)
Lee County Courthouse in Giddings (1898-99)
Old Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall (1899-1901)
Callahan County Courthouse in Baird (1900, now lost)
McLennan County Courthouse in Waco (1900-02)
Angelina County Courthouse in Lufkin (1902-03, now lost)
Gordon also designed many buildings that were not courthouses. For Hallettsville, he designed the 1890 Kahn & Stanzel Building; an opera house (now lost); and the Rosenberg Building (remodeled). Other notable buildings by J. Riely Gordon include the Texas State Building for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1892-93, now lost) and the Arizona Territorial Capitol in Phoenix (1899-1900, now the Arizona Capitol Museum).