O'Neil Ford Monograph 8: The Little Chapel in the Woods

As part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Works Program Administration building projects, the Little Chapel in the Woods was constructed Denton, Texas, toward the end of the Great Depression, by O'Neil Ford(1902-82), a leading architect of the American Southwest, and protege Arch Swank (1913-99). With the help of 300 students from Texas State College for Women and Young Men from the National You Administration, Ford and Swank created a simple configuration wit surprising features on the interior: parabolic arches inspired by work of Felix Candela, and student-designed and manufactured stai glass windows that assert the right of women to their fair share modern life. In this book, a series of essays places the chapel i international and regional context of architectural trends of tim Reproductions from the Alexander Architectural Archive at T University of Texas at Austin School of Architect provide a detai insight into the careful design of this much-admired manifesto fo regional architecture by Ford and Swank.

ISBN: 9783803022141