Home, Heat, Money, God by Kathryn E O'rourke
Thematically-focused analaysis of modern architecture throughout Texas with gorgeous photographs illustrating works by famous and lesser-known architects.
I have a substantial library on the subject..and not one of those books might be considered definitive. Home, Heat, Money, God: Texas and Modern Architecture gets about as close as any. A chunky, colorful pleasure, it is the work of historian Kathryn E. O’Rourke, who provides the text, and the architect and critic Ben Koush, who supplies the photographs. . . . Many of the projects examined here will be familiar, but what makes the book so enjoyable (and an essential component of its argument) are those that are less so. Koush and O’Rourke have an admirable taste not just for the state’s conventionally “important” architecture but also for the vernacular and idiosyncratic. * The Dallas Morning News *
An expansive new book...tracks the cultural reach and style innovations of a state coming into its own...O’Rourke’s detailed history...and Koush’s photographs...weave together disparate threads of Texas design, with an eye toward materials, energy, climate and justice...Home, Heat, Money, God is both fittingly wide and surprisingly deep. * Bloomberg CityLab *
Ben’s photos provide an entrée into a different awareness of [Texas]—of cities and small towns, of neighborhoods and open highways, the worlds that locals and transients and tourists live and pass through...It’s a truly beautiful book—gorgeously printed, filled with stunning images of interesting buildings—with a fascinating text that provides deeper knowledge of the social and cultural forces shaping architecture there from the 1930s to the 1980s. * Sighs & Whispers Newsletter *
An expansive new book...tracks the cultural reach and style innovations of a state coming into its own...O’Rourke’s detailed history...and Koush’s photographs...weave together disparate threads of Texas design, with an eye toward materials, energy, climate and justice...Home, Heat, Money, God is both fittingly wide and surprisingly deep. * Bloomberg CityLab *
Ben’s photos provide an entrée into a different awareness of [Texas]—of cities and small towns, of neighborhoods and open highways, the worlds that locals and transients and tourists live and pass through...It’s a truly beautiful book—gorgeously printed, filled with stunning images of interesting buildings—with a fascinating text that provides deeper knowledge of the social and cultural forces shaping architecture there from the 1930s to the 1980s. * Sighs & Whispers Newsletter *
Kathryn E. O’Rourke is an architectural historian and professor of art history at Trinity University. She is the author of Modern Architecture in Mexico City and editor of O’Neil Ford on Architecture.
Ben Koush is an architect and historian. He has written for Architects’ Newspaper, Cite Magazine, Texas Architect, and HoustonMod.org.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781477328927 |
| ISBN 10 | 1477328920 |
| Title | Home, Heat, Money, God |
| Author | Kathryn E O'rourke |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Texas Press |
| Year published | 2024-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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