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W h a t is t h i s p u r p o s e of t h e n e w a r c h i t e c t u r e ? I d o u b t t h e p u r p o s e is a b s t r a c t s c u l p t u r e , n o r do I b e l i e v e it to be p r o f e s s i o n a l m a g a z i n e o r p r e s s h e a d l i n e s ( p r o o r c o n ) . R a t h e r , I b e l i e v e t h e p u r p o s e h a s to do w i t h t h e n a t u r e of t h o s e w h o i n d w e l l o u r a r c h i t e c t u r e . W h a t Is it t h a t m o t i ­v a t e s b o t h o n t h e s i m p l e l e v e l of b i o ­l o g i c a l p e r f o r m a n c e a n d o n t h e m o r e c o m p l e x l e v e l of p s y c h o l o g i c a l r e ­q u i r e m e n t s a n d a s p i r a t i o n s ?

T h i s s u g g e s t s t h a t t h e r e a l c l i e n t w e s e r v e is n o t t h e i n d i v i d u a l , c o m ­m i t t e e , o r a g e n c y w h i c h p a y s o u r b i l l s . T h i s c l i e n t m a y b e m o r e p r o p ­e r l y t e r m e d a s p o n s o r ( o r a c o -s p o n s o r w i t h u s ) . O u r c l i e n t is t h e f o l k w h o w i l l d w e l l in o u r s t r u c t u r e u p o n i t s c o m p l e t i o n .

T h e t e s t f o r s u c c e s s of a n y s t r u c ­t u r e is n o t t h e h a p p e n s t a n c e s c u l p ­t u r a l e f f e c t o r r e s u l t i n g h e a d l i n e s , b u t r a t h e r t h e r e a c t i o n of t h o s e w h o m u s t l i v e w i t h w h a t w e h a v e c r e ­a t e d .

I s u s p e c t w h a t w e a r e r e a l l y s p e a k i n g of is s o m e t h i n g c a l l e d " h u ­m a n e a r c h i t e c t u r e . " I t i s n o t t h e a r ­c h i t e c t u r e w e s e e t o d a y — a n a r ­c h i t e c t u r e w h i c h a p p e a r s o u t of s c a l e a n d u n c o n c e r n e d w i t h t h e h u ­m a n u s e r . A b i o l o g i s t p r o p o s e s , a n d t o d a y ' s a r c h i t e c t u r e s u g g e s t s , t h a t t h e l o g i c a l t h i n g to d o i s to d e s i g n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t , a n d t h e n a d a p t t h e h u ­m a n b e i n g to it b y g e n e t i c m a n i p u l a ­t i o n . H u m a n a d a p t a t i o n is p o s s i b l e , y e t i t a p p a l l s m e !

W h a t f o r m " n e w a r c h i t e c t u r e " w i l l t a k e , I do not k n o w . I s u g g e s t it w i l l be s o m e f o r m of m e g a - a r c h i ­t e c t u r e ; in f a c t , it m a y e v e n be a n o n - a r c h i t e c t u r e . C e r t a i n l y t h e i d e a of d i s c r e t e s t r u c t u r e s f o r s p e c i a l i z e d f u n c t i o n s is o b s o l e t e , j u s t a s t h e c o n ­c e p t of d i s c r e t e b u i l d i n g t r a d e s c o n ­s t r u c t i n g " b i t s a n d p i e c e s " of a s t r u c t u r e is o b s o l e t e ( y e t it is w i t h u s s t i l l ) . I f t h i s is t h e p r o d u c t of " n e w a r c h i t e c t u r e " o n e m u s t a n t i c i ­p a t e in t h e f u t u r e , it r a i s e s t h e q u e s ­t i o n of t h e p r o c e s s r e q u i r e d to a c h i e v e t h i s p r o d u c t . F o r t h i s p r o c e s s I e m p l o y t h e t e r m " u r b a n d e s i g n " w i t h o u t a p o l o g y , a c k n o w l e d g i n g t h a t f e w p e o p l e , i n c l u d i n g t h o s e o n t h e A I A C o m m i t t e e o n U r b a n D e s i g n , r e a l l y a g r e e u p o n w h a t c o n s t i t u t e s u r b a n d e s i g n . T h e C o m m i t t p e t r i e d f o r s e v e r a l y e a r s to d e f i n e u r b a n d e s i g n a n d f i n a l l y g a v e u p i n u t t e r f r u s t r a t i o n . It a p p e a r s to m e to h a v e e i g h t c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s .

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g e o g r a p h i c s c a l e , t h e t i m e s c a l e , t h e s c a l e of c o m p l e x i t y . W e m a y not a s s u m e t h a t w e a r e a b l e to d e s i g n a s t r u c t u r e w h i c h t h r e e o r f o u r y e a r s f r o m n o w w i l l b e a d m i r e d b y o u r ­s e l v e s — a l o n g w i t h o u r p r e s s . W e a c c e p t t h a t w e m a y be a l i f e t i m e d e ­s i g n i n g a n u r b a n a r e a , o r a s e g m e n t of a n u r b a n a r e a . It m a y s t r e t c h m a n y m i l e s ; i t m a y b e a t o t a l m e ­t r o p o l i s s u c h a s G r e a t e r S t o c k h o l m .

T h e c o m p l e x i t i e s w i t h w h i c h w e d e a l m a y r e q u i r e m o r e t h a n t h e t r a d i t i o n ­al s e r v i c e s of t h e s t r u c t u r a l a n d m e ­c h a n i c a l e n g i n e e r a n d t h e l a n d s c a p e a r c h i t e c t .

T h e s e c o n d c h a r a c t e r i s t i c is u r b a n p l a n n i n g in t h e t h i r d d i m e n s i o n . T h i s s u g g e s t s a b r i d g e b e t w e e n p l a n n i n g , a s a t w o - d i m e n s i o n a l q u a s i s c i e n c e , a n d a r c h i t e c t u r e , a s a t h r e e -d i m e n s i o n a l n o n - s c i e n c e . A t h r e e -d i m e n s i o n a l c o n c e p t is a c h i e v a b l e a t a n y s c a l e to e n a b l e t h e l e v e l of a r e g i o n to be c o n c e p t u a l i z e d , e v e n a r e g i o n e m b r a c i n g s e v e r a l s t a t e s .

T h e t h i r d is t h e p r o c e s s of p o s i n g a n d e v a l u a t i n g a l t e r n a t i v e s a g a i n s t a t r u e s c a l e of c o s t a n d b e n e f i t s . T h e m e a s u r i n g o f a d e s i g n s o l e l y o n t h e b a s i s of f i r s t c o s t a n d f u n c t i o n a l p r o s a n d c o n s i s too n a r r o w . T h i s l i m i t e d s p e c t r u m of c o s t s a n d b e n e ­f i t s m a y h a v e b e e n a p p r o p r i a t e to o u r f r o n t i e r n a t i o n t w e n t y y e a r s a g o ; h o w e v e r , it i s n o l o n g e r a p p r o p r i a t e f o r o u r n a t i o n t o d a y , t h e m a t u r e l e a d e r of w e s t e r n c i v i l i z a t i o n .

I do no t b e l i e v e o u r r e c e n t P r e s i ­d e n t s h a v e b e e n g r e a t a e s t h e t e s . I do b e l i e v e t h e y h a v e b e e n g r e a t p o l i ­t i c i a n s . F o r t h e f i r s t t i m e s i n c e T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n , a P r e s i d e n t m a y s p e a k of t h e q u a l i t y of l i f e in t h i s c o u n t r y , of a e s t h e t i c s a s a p o l i t i c a l i s s u e . I b e l i e v e h e is r e s p o n d i n g , a s a p o l i t i c a l l e a d e r , to a n e w c h o r d in t h e e l e c t o r a t e . I f w e d e s i r e a t r u e m e a s u r e of c o s t s a n d b e n e f i t s , w e h a v e to c o m b i n e n o t o n l y f i r s t c o s t a n d f u n c t i o n , b u t e c o n o m i c b e n e f i t s c r e a t e d a n d d e s t r o y e d , h i s t o r i c a l v a l u e s e n h a n c e d o r d i m i n i s h e d , s o c i a l s y s t e m s a n d v a l u e s — a n d a e s t h e t i c s .

H e r e w e s e e t h e p r o p e r r o l e of s y s ­t e m s e n g i n e e r i n g , t h e r o l e of t h e c o m p u t e r , p r o g r a m m e d to e v a l u a t e d e s i g n a l t e r n a t i v e s a g a i n s t t h i s n e w s p e c t r u m of c o s t s a n d b e n e f i t s . W e s e e t h e n e c e s s i t y , t h e r e f o r e , to q u a n t i ­f y a n u m b e r of f a c t o r s in c o m p u t e r p r o g r a m m i n g w h i c h u n t i l n o w h a v e not been q u a n t i f i e d .

A f o u r t h c h a r a c t e r i s t i c ( o l d f o r t h e a r c h i t e c t — n e w f o r t h e p l a n n e r ) is u r b a n d e s i g n o p e r a t i n g o n a c o n ­t i n u u m . It c o m m e n c e s o n t h e n e a r e n d w i t h r e s e a r c h , p r o g r a m m i n g , e v a l u a t i o n , s y s t e m s a n a l y s i s . It c o n ­c l u d e s o n t h e f a r e n d , h o w e v e r f a r t h i s m a y b e ; i. e . , t w e n t y y e a r s — a l i f e t i m e , w i t h t h e " f a i t a c c o m p l i " of t h e a r t i f a c t . T h i s is t h e t h e m e of c o m p r e h e n s i v e s e r v i c e s t h a t t h e A I A h a s b e e n f o s t e r i n g f o r a d e c a d e . M y e x p e r i e n c e is t h a t , if t h i s c o n t i n u u m is i n t e r r u p t e d , t h e p l a n w h i c h i s l e f t on t h e s h e l f f o r l a t e r i m p l e m e n t a t i o n is , ipso f a c t o , o b s o l e t e , w h e r e a s t h e p l a n w h i c h is b u i l t o n s c h e d u l e is n o t o b s o l e t e .

T h i s b r i n g s m e to t h e f i f t h c h a r ­a c t e r i s t i c , s y s t e m s e n g i n e e r i n g . T h i s is p a r t a n d p a r c e l of u r b a n d e s i g n in t e r m s of a " p l a n f o r p l a n n i n g . " T o o o f t e n w e p r e s e n t o u r s e l v e s a s g i f t e d d e s i g n e r s a n d p l a n n e r s , y e t w e do n o t o r g a n i z e o u r s e l v e s a s w e w o u l d l i k e to o r g a n i z e o u r c l i e n t s .

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t e r n a t i v e s w h i c h a r e p o s e d t o t h e d e ­c i s i o n m a k e r . T h e d e c i s i o n m a k i n g p r o c e s s b e g i n s w i t h s t r a t e g i c o b j e c ­t i v e s s t a t e d a s a c h i e v a b l e a l t e r n a ­t i v e s w i t h i n t h e p a r a m e t e r s o f a r e c o n n a i s s a n c e . T h e s e a l t e r n a t i v e s a r e p r o f e s s i o n a l l y e v a l u a t e d , r e c o g ­n i z i n g t h a t t h e c l i e n t / d e c i s i o n m a k e r c o n t r o l s t h e f i n a l d e c i s i o n s f o r r e a ­s o n s t h a t m a y d i v e r g e f r o m t h e t e c h n i c a l r a t i o n a l e o f t h e p r o f e s s i o n a l e v a l u a t o r . T h r o u g h o u t t h i s p r o c e s s a l t e r n a t i v e s a r e p o s e d a n d e v a l u a t e d ; t a c t i c s of d e s i g n a r e i n t r o d u c e d , a n d f i n a l l y , i m p l e m e n t e d .

O n e of t h e k e y q u a l i t i e s o f f e r e d b y t h e a r c h i t e c t to t h i s p r o c e s s , o n e w h i c h t h e d e c i s i o n m a k e r r e c o g ­n i z e s a n d i n a r t i c u l a t e l y h u n g e r s f o r , is i m a g i n a t i o n .

I m a g i n a t i o n i n i t s l i t e r a l s e n s e , no t in i t s b a s t a r d i z e d v e r s i o n , i m ­p l y i n g d r e a m i n g a n d i m p r a c t i c a b i l i ­t y , is t h e a b i l i t y to f o r e c a s t t h e i m a g e of d e c i s i o n , t h e a b i l i t y t o s y n ­t h e s i z e , to d e s c r i b e t h e s e i m a g e s g r a p h i c a l l y . T h i s i s a u n i q u e a r ­c h i t e c t u r a l a b i l i t y .

A n d t h e g r a p h i c m o d e o f s y n t h e s i s a n d i l l u s t r a t i o n of i m a g e c r e a t e s a s i m u l t a n e i t y w h i c h i s n o t p o s s i b l e in t h e a r i t h m e t i c o r v e r b a l s y m b o l o -g y . T h e r e h e m u s t r e v i e w s e q u e n ­t i a l l y n u m b e r s o r w o r d s t h r o u g h a s t e p - b y - s t e p e x p l a n a t i o n . T h e g r a p h ­ic d e p i c t i o n is s i m u l t a n e o u s . I t s y n t h e s i z e s i m m e d i a t e l y a n d i s , t h e r e f o r e , a b e t t e r m o d e o f c o m m u ­n i c a t i o n t h a n a r e w o r d s a n d n u m ­b e r s .

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T h e f i n a l a s p e c t of d e c i s i o n m a k ­i n g i s t h e c o n s i d e r a t i o n of a l t e r n a ­t i v e s , a n d t h e d e c i s i o n t a k e n u p o n a l t e r n a t i v e s , i n a f i s h b o w l . T h u s t h e c o m m u n i t y a s a w h o l e p a r t i c i ­p a t e s i n a n d u n d e r s t a n d s t h e p r o c e s s . T h i s i s c o n t r a r y to c u r r e n t p r o c e ­d u r e s w h e r e t h e a r c h i t e c t c o n d u c t s b u s i n e s s i n a g a r r e t t a n d t h e d e c i ­s i o n m a k e r o p e r a t e s f r o m b e h i n d a d e s k . T h e p u b l i c i s o n l y a l l o w e d in a t t h e l a s t m o m e n t w h e n t h e s i l v e r d i s h i s p i c k e d o f f a n d t h e g r e a t u n ­c h a n g e a b l e p l a n i s p r e s e n t e d .

T h e s e v e n t h c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f u r ­b a n d e s i g n m a y b e t e r m e d " a d v o ­c a c y u r b a n d e s i g n . " T h i s g i v e s a r t i c u ­l a t i o n to t h e " f i s h b o w l " a s p e c t m e n ­t i o n e d a b o v e . T h i s s u g g e s t s t h a t t h e c o m m u n i t y m u s t o r g a n i z e t o p a r t i c i ­p a t e p o s i t i v e l y in t h e d e c i s i o n m a k ­i n g p r o c e s s f o r p l a n s t h a t p h y s i c a l l y a f f e c t i t s o w n a r e a . F u r t h e r , d e c i ­s i o n s n o t i n v o l v i n g t h e c o m m u n i t y , a l o o f f r o m t h e c o m m u n i t y , m a y w e l l t u r n o u t to be n o n - d e c i s i o n s .

T h e e i g h t h a n d f i n a l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c is t h e " d e v e l o p m e n t t e a m , " a n e w m e c h a n i s m f o r c a r r y i n g f o r w a r d u r ­b a n d e s i g n o n t h e s c a l e of w h i c h w e a r e s p e a k i n g . T h e d e s i g n t e a m c r o s s e s t h e d i s c i p l i n e s ; m a y be h e a d ­e d b y a r c h i t e c t s , b u t n o t n e c e s s a r i l y s o ; w i l l i n c l u d e m a n y n o n - d e s i g n d i s c i p l i n e s ( i . e . . s o c i o l o g y , e c o n o m ­i c s ) . A s p o n s o r ' s t e a m , w h i c h s i g n s t h e c h e c k s f o r t h e d e s i g n t e a m , r e n ­d e r s t h e d e c i s i o n s u p o n i t s a l t e r n a ­t i v e s . T h i s i s v e r y d i f f e r e n t f r o m o u r c u r r e n t I d e a o f t h e c l i e n t to w h o m w e o w e p r i m e l o y a l t y . T h e c o m m u n i t y t e a m a r t i c u l a t e s a n d g i v e s e x p r e s s i o n to t h e w i s h e s a n d a s p i r a t i o n s of t h e c o m m u n i t y i n ­v o l v e d i n s e l f - i m p r o v e m e n t .

THE NEW ARCHITECT I f t h i s I s t h e " n e w a r c h i t e c t u r e . "

t h e n t h r o u g h d e d u c t i o n w e m a y b e a b l e to d e s c r i b e t h e " n e w a r c h i t e c t . "

F i r s t , t h e g r e a t n e e d t o d a y i s f o r g e n e r a l i s t s , n o t f o r s p e c i a l i s t s . W e h a v e o v e r s p e c i a l i z e d . s u b d i v i d e d , a n d s u b - s u b d i v i d e d to t h e p o i n t w h e r e t h e c r y i n g n e e d i n o u r p r o f e s s i o n , in g o v e r n m e n t a n d i n d u s t r y i s f o r t h e i n d i v i d u a l w h o i s c a p a b l e of s y n t h e ­s i z i n g , c o m p r e h e n d i n g , a n d m o t i v a t ­i n g a l l c o m p a r t m e n t a l i z e d s p e c i a l ­t i e s .

S e c o n d , d e s i g n w i l l b e p e r f o r m e d b y a t e a m o f p e e r s in w h i c h t h e a r ­c h i t e c t m a y b e In " a b r a s i v e " c o n ­t a c t w i t h t h e s o c i o l o g i s t , a n d in w h i c h h e m a y d i s c o v e r t h a t t h e s o ­c i o l o g i s t i s b e t t e r a t c o n c e p t u a l i z a ­t i o n , r e g a r d l e s s o f l a b e l . T h e t e a m l e a d e r in e a c h i n s t a n c e w i l l e m e r g e b y v i r t u e o f t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n s h e w i l l m a k e . T h i s c l e a r l y m e a n s t h e d a y of t h e d e s i g n h e r o i s o v e r . N o i n d i v i d ­u a l a r c h i t e c t p o s s e s s e s t h e i n h e r e n t c a p a c i t y to c o m p r e h e n d t h e c o m ­p l e x i t i e s of t h e p r o b l e m o n t h e s c a l e w e a r e p o s i n g . H e m a y be a h e r o In t h e s e n s e o f o f f e r i n g l e a d e r s h i p a n d m o t i v a t i o n to a d e s i g n t e a m , b u t h e ' l l v e r y l i k e l y b e a n o n - h e r o o n t h e d e s i g n l e v e l .

W e m u s t s e e k " c o l l a b o r a t i o n " a s d i s t i n g u i s h e d f r o m " c o - o r d i n a t i o n " — in w h i c h t h e d e c i s i o n m a k e r a n d t h e d e c i s i o n m a k i n g t e a m a r e I n -

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v o l v e d o n t h e s a m e s i d e o f t h e t a b l e w i t h t h e d e s i g n e r a n d c i t i z e n s . H o r i ­z o n t a l l y w e s e e c o l l a b o r a t i o n in a l i t e r a l s e n s e — a b r i d g e f o r a l l t h e s p e c i a l t i e s w e n o w c o m p r e h e n d .

W i t h t h i s s i t u a t i o n , it s e e m s to m e . t h e a r c h i t e c t c a n n o l o n g e r be a n a b d i c a t o r . H e c a n n o t s i m p l y s o l v e t h e p r o b l e m a n d q u i t t h e r e , n o r m a y h e d i c t a t e , a n d i m p o s e a p e r s o n a l d e s i g n s o l u t i o n o n e v e r y p r o b l e m . In t h e e n d h e m u s t s t a n d f o r t h a s a n a r t i s t .

I p a r a p h r a s e W i n s t o n C h u r c h i l l : T h e a r c h i t e c t i s i n d e e d an a r t i s t w r a p p e d in a p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d s u r ­r o u n d e d b y a b u s i n e s s m a n . Y e t t h e c e n t e r of w o r k f o r t h e a r c h i t e c t , b y w h a t e v e r l a b e l u s e d ( u r b a n d e s i g n ­e r , p l a n n e r , e t c . ) is a r t .

T h e r e i s a p r o c e s s to a r t i s t i c c r e a ­t i o n w h i c h i s c o n s i s t e n t a n d a o p l i c a -b l e e v e n to a r c h i t e c t u r e . F i r s t t h e a r t i s t m u s t u n d e r s t a n d ( c o m p r e h e n d ) h i s r a w m a t e r i a l s . T h e n h e m u s t c o n ­c e i v e , a n d t h i s c o n c e p t i o n is l a r g e l y i n t u i t i v e . T h i s i s t r u e f o r t h e a r c h i ­t e c t , a s w e l l a s f o r o t h e r a r t i s t s . A r t i s b o r n in t h e v o i d c r e a t e d by a t r u e a t t e m p t a t u n d e r s t a n d i n g . F i n a l l y t h e a r t i s t m u s t i m p l e m e n t o r e x e c u t e . I s u s p e c t a g r e a t m a n y of u s l i k e to c o n c e i v e , b u t no t u n d e r s t a n d . W e a r e u n w i l l i n g to t r u l y e x h a u s t o u r s e l v e s in t h i s a r t i s t i c p r o c e s s .

A r c h i t e c t u r e f o l l o w s t h i s p r o c e s s a n d is a n a r t s u c h a s t h e o t h e r a r t s , d i s t i n g u i s h a b l e o n l y in t h a t it u t i l i z e s a d i f f e r e n t r a w m a t e r i a l . R a w m a ­t e r i a l f o r t h e c a r v e r i s w o o d a n d g r a i n w h i c h h e m u s t r e s p e c t : r a w m a t e r i a l f o r t h e a r c h i t e c t is t h e p r a c ­t i c a l p r o b l e m a n d i t s p r a c t i c a l s o l u ­t i o n .

T h e r o l e of t h e a r c h i t e c t is t h e r e ­l e a s i n g of f o r m s f r o m t h e r a w m a t e ­r i a l of h i s p r o b l e m s . H e h a s r a w m a t e r i a l s w h i c h i n v o l v e " g r a i n s " of s i t e a n d t i m e , of t h e n a t u r e of t h e s p o n s o r , a n d m o r e i m p o r t a n t l y , of t h e n a t u r e of t h e u s e r . H i s o w n p e r -p e n a l i t y i s i n v o l v e d , c e r t a i n l y , a n d t h e n a t u r e of o u r t i m e s , f o r t h i s is a a r a i n t h a t c u t s a c r o s s a l l p r o b l e m s t o d a y .

A r t a s a t h i n g i n c a r n a t e , w h i c h d u r i n g e t e r n i t y is g i v e n f l e s h a n d s p e a k s to o u r t i m e s a n d to o u r p o s ­t e r i t y — a n d t h i s h a s v e r y l i t t l e to d o w i t h b e a u t y a n d u g l i n e s s — I n ­c l u d i n g t h e A l A ' s " w a r o n u p l i n e s s . "

T h e a r t i s t i s a n o n - h e r o ; h e is a v e s s e l , a c o n d u i t , a s e r v a n t o n l y . H e i s a h u m b l e p e r s o n . T h e a r t i s t is a " s e e r , " f o r h e m u s t l o o k to t h e f u ­t u r e a n d m u s t be c a p a b l e of t r a n s ­l a t i n g t h e f u t u r e to t h e p r e s e n t . T h i s i s h i s r o l e b e c a u s e t h e a r t i s t s a r e t h e p r e d i c t o r s of t h e f u t u r e ; t h e y a r e t h e l e a d i n g e d g e of h i s t o r y . O n e n e e d o n l y t u r n to t h o s e a r t s , w h i c h h a d m o r e f r e e d o m a t t h e t u r n of t h e c e n ­t u r y t h a n a r c h i t e c t u r e , a n d s e e t h a t t h e i r p r e d i c t i o n h a s b e c o m e r e a l i t y i n o u r t i m e .

B u t t h e a r c h i t e c t a n d t h e a r t i s t a r e m o r e t h a n s e e r s . T h e a r c h i t e c t i s a l s o a p r o p h e t . H e h a s a m i s s i o n w h i c h r e q u i r e s t h a t h e n o t o n l y i n ­t e r p r e t , b u t d i r e c t .

W e a r e p o t e n t i a l l y t h e d i r e c t o r s of o u r p h y s i c a l e n v i r o n m e n t . If w e a c ­c e p t t h i s o n e r o u s c h a r g e o u r s e l v e s , o u r c l i e n t s w i l l a l s o a c c e p t u s . A A

Architects Work To Save Valuable Past

Growing c i t izen c o n c e r n , new funds and F e d e r a l and state p r o g r a m s are helping r e c o r d and s a v e bui ld ings and places w h i c h wi l l g ive the A m e r i c a n future roots to its past . . . and A l a b a m a arch i tec ts are taking an ac t i ve role.

The A m e r i c a n Institute of A r c h i t e c t s ' 172 chapters a c r o s s the nation and a new s y s ­tem of state p reserva t ion coordinators are helping spark the effort.

F r o m s l u m s to f a r m land, a rch i tec ts with a love of the bu i lder 's art and what it m e a n s to people, a re document ing sites w th ruler and c a m e r a , then often aiding dr ives to save the m e a s u r e d s t ructures .

In New O r l e a n s the old c i ty ha l l . Gal l ier H a l l , w a s s a l v a g e d . In L o s Angeles the V ic tor ian R o c h e s t e r House w a s moved to a safe p lace . At Boston 's R o x b u r y district the S h i r l e y - E u s t i s home wi l l become a com­munity center . A d d " t y p i c a l " f a r m houses in Wiscons in and North C a r o l i n a , Indian mounds and forts and the many-gabled Sher idan Hotel once owned by Buffa lo Bil l and you net the range of effort. In Mont­gomery , the S h a w House comolex is be­coming a real i ty (see p. 9 of this i ssue ) .

Nick H. H o l m e s , J r . , A I A . f^obile archi­tect and m e m b e r of A l a b a m a ' s Histor ical C o m m i s s i o n , sa id a r c h i t e c t s a re delighted at public demand for p r e s e r v a t i o n .

Off ic ia ls now real ize p l a c e s and struc­tures which contain "pa t r io t ic , inspiration­al and educat ional v a l u e s " a re needed to retain a sense of belonging in the s lums of older cit ies and to anchor c i v i c spirit in the mobile s u b u r b s and new c i t i es . Holmes pointed out.

The U . S . D e p a r t m e n t of Housing and Urban Deve lopment ( H U D ) notes in its guide to histor ic p reserva t ion grants that restored bui ldings can " s p a r k the redevel­opment of a d e c a y i n g a r e a . "

H U D now spends around $500,000 a year to help s a f e a u a r d va luab le buildings threatened wi th demoli t ion plus larger amounts through its urban renewa l and ODen space grants to c i t ies , count ies, and states.

Th is F e d e r a l outlay is in addit ion to the longer estab l ished protection of the Na-t io -a l P a r k S e r v i c e through s u r v e y s , in­clusion in p a r k s and monuments and grants .

La tes t A I A ins t rument in the campa ign is the ? P C — S t a t e P r e s e r v a t i o n Coordina­tor. Holmes is State P r e s e v a t i o n Coordi­nator for A l a b a m a .

The S P C ' s a re ava i l ab le for adv ice on what ought to be s a v e d as wel l as priori­t ies, methods, documenta t ion , and F e d e r a l funds and other r e s o u r c e s .

Appointed by A l A ' s H is tor ic Buildings Commit tee , S P C ' s s e r v e without pay .

In W y o m i n g , T o m B . Muths. A I A . of J a c k s o n helped the Sher idan County His­tor ica l Society ga in title to the many gabled Sher idan Hotel , once owned by Buf­falo Bi l l Cody . It had been set for destruc­tion as a gas stat ion s i te .

In Mobile, H o l m e s and h is wi fe , together with other port c i ty a r c h i t e c t s , have al l taken act ive roles in estab l ish ing the His­toric Distr ict and other p reserva t ion meas­ures .

" O u r pr ime funct ion is to st imulate others but we often h a v e to step in our-s e l v e s , " s a i d H o l m e s .

in A l a b a m a , H is tor ic C o m m i s s i o n E x e c u ­tive Di rector W a r n e r F l o y d of Montgom­ery is urging county h is tor ica l societies to mventory p laces worth keeping. The five A l a b a m a A I A c h a p t e r s a re being ask­ed to help conduct the w o r k . A l s o assist ­ing are the A r c h i t e c t s W i v e s Aux i l i a r ies . More help is needed and interested archi­tects should volunteer for th is important work through their c h a p t e r s . AA .

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FREE FOR ARCHITECTS The proper use of color in a n y s t r u c t u r e requ i res a g r e a t dea l of t i m e and r e s e a r c h . Arch i tects can s a v e va luab le t ime and a c h i e v e beaut i ful color s y m m e t r y by using the free se rv ices of Mobile Pa in t C o m p a n y ' s A r c h i t e c t u r a l D e p a r t m e n t . A representat ive of the A r c h i t e c t u r a l Depar tment wil l be happy to contact you to g ive more information on this color s e r v i c e . O r , s i m p l y s e n d a blue pr int and s p e c i f i c a t i o n s , and a complete color plan wi l l be re turned to you .

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LEGISLATORS MEET WITH ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS L e f t to r igh t : C o n g r e s s m a n J a c k E d w a r d s ; C o n g r e s s m a n W i l l i a m L . D i c k i n s o n : Con­g r e s s m a n J o h n B u c h a n a n ; Mr . E d L a d d , C E C ; C o n g r e s s m a n T o m B e v i l l ; Mr. Wi l l iam L . W i l l i a m s , A I A ; C o n g r e s s m a n George A n d r e w s : M r s . Dee T u b b s ; Mr. Rober t B. Tubbs. C E C : S e n a t o r J o h n S p a r k m a n ; Mr. O s c a r P a r d u e , A I A ; C o n g r e s s m a n Rober t E . J o n e s : Mr . A . B . J o w e r s . C E C ; Mr. E d w a r d J . Bonduran t . A I A .

The recent A I A CEC Legis lat ive Con fe rence he ld in W a s h i n g t o n , D. C , on M a r c h 19 a n d 20 w a s a w e l l p r e p a r e d a n d w e l l a t t e n d e d a f f a i r . Arch i tec ts a n d Engineers, over 500 in n u m b e r , came f r o m a l l across the coun t ry . As ind ica ted by the n a m e , this w a s a jo in t e f f o r t by A I A a n d CEC w i t h Phil Hutch inson, A I A , a n d Lar ry Spi l ler , CEC, put­t i ng the m e e t i n g together .

Seven of us a t t ended f r o m A l a ­b a m a . Represent ing the CEC were Robert B. Tubbs , State CEC Presi­den t ; A . B. Jowers ; Ed Lodd , a n d Mrs . Dee Tubbs. Other architects a t t e n d i n g w e r e E d w a r d J. Bondu­ran t a n d W i l l i a m L. W i l l i a m s , bo th f r o m the B i r m i n g h a m Chapte r .

We h o d persona l contact w i t h bo th of A l a b a m a ' s Senators a n d six of our Representat ives. A Con­gress iona l Recept ion he ld a t the Smi thson ian Inst i tute g a v e us our in i t i a l contact . The nex t d a y , m a i n l y t h r o u g h the e f fo r ts of Bob Tubbs, w e met in each of the Sen­ator 's o f f i ces a n d met the Repre-senot ives a t a luncheon in the House D in i ng Room.

The f i rs t d a y w a s spent in br ie f ­i ng by Lar ry Spi l ler a n d Phil

Hutch inson of Congressmen and Senators on cur rent a n d pend ing leg is la t ion t ha t w o u l d af fect our indust ry a n d profess ion. Bills on w h i c h w e w e r e b r i e fed and wh ich w e later discussed w i t h our Con­gressmen inc luded the "Common Sitis P i cke t i ng " HR-100, "Un ion Cont ro l o f Plans a n d Specif ica­t i ons " S-1532, a n d " G A O Compet i ­t ive B idd ing P roposa l " which is p e n d i n g .

O u r pro fess ion con h o v e a posi­t ive e f fec t on per t inen t legis lat ion, if, as a g r o u p , w e become k n o w l ­edgeab le of the facts and then moke our fee l ings k n o w n to our representat ives in Wash ing ton . In par t i cu la r , our M inu te Man pro­g r a m fo r con tac t ing specif ic Sena­tors a n d Congressmen is p rov ing its w o r t h . If you k n o w a part icu lar Senator or Congressman that you w o u l d be w i l l i n g to contact , please g i ve you r n a m e a n d the person's name you w i l l contact to Phil Hutch inson at The Inst i tute so that he can a d d you to his list of M in ­ute M e n . A A

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T H E A L A B A M A A R C H I T E C T IS P U B ­L I S H E D F O R T H E A L A B A M A C O U N C I L O F T H E A M E R I C A N I N S T I T U T E O F A R -C H I T E C T S T O A D V A N C E T H E P R O F E S ­S I O N O F A R C H I T E C T U R E IN T H E S T A T E O F A L A B A M A .

IN THIS ISSUE 1 U R B A N C O N C E R N

A r c h R o g e r s F A I A d e s c r i b e s the " N e w A r c h i t e c t u r e " and the "New A r c h i t e c t " in their re lat ion to solving u rban p r o b l e m s .

3 A R C H I T E C T S W O R K T O S A V E V A L U A B L E P A S T A l a b a m a a r c h i t e c t s c o m b i n e with others in nation to p r e s e r v e our her i tage .

5 A I A / C E C W A S H I N G T O N C O N F E R E N C E Pres ident P a r d u e repor ts .

6 B I R M I N G H A M A R C H I T E C T S G E T I N V O L V E D A new downtown office and communi ty design center s p a r k a renewed p r o g r a m .

8 R E P L A N N I N G A B L A C K C O M M U N I T Y Auburn and T u s k e g e e arch i tec tura l students p i tch in.

9 M O N T G O M E R Y A R C H I T E C T S B U I L D T H E F U T U R E . R E S T O R E T H E P A S T Shaw House Restora t ion is symbol ic of efforts.

12 H U N T S V I L L E ' S C O U R T S Q U A R E North A l a b a m a a r c h i t e c t s involved in U r b a n C o n c e r n .

15 H U D M A K E S G R A N T F O R R E G I O N A L P L A N N I N G P R O G R A M Don Horton, regional planning director , admin is te rs c o m p r e h e n s i v e p rogram.

15 B O O K R E V I E W Fe l low Moreland Col l ie r rev iews •Const ruc t ion L e n d i n g G u i d e " .

ALABAMA COUNCIL OFFICERS O S C A R W. P A R D U E , B i r m i n g h a m , P r e s i ­dent; A R T H U R P R I N C E , Mobile, V ice-Pres iden t : W I L L I A M M. P E A R S O N , Mont­gomery , S e c r e t a r y : D R . J . I N G R A H A M C L A R K . A u b u r n , T r e a s u r e r .

Counc i lo rs : C H A R L E S A . M O S S , J R . . D O N A L D M O R R I S O N . J R . , W I L F R E D J . S M I T H , W I L L I A M F . L E T S O N , D I L L O N M A R C H , J O H N B. M c D O N A L D , D O N A L D L . H O R T O N , J I M S E A Y , W A L T E R H A L L , M A L C O L M S M I T H .

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B I R M I N G H A M A R C H I T E C T S GET I N V O L V E D

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Our thanks to Birminyhiim magazine^ who originated thi^ story, kindly gave ALABAMA AliCHlTECT permission to adapt, ujHlate and reprint it.

F i v e y e a r s a g o . B i r m i n g h a m * s D e ­s i g n f o r P r o g r e s s w a s u n v e i l e d , c o n ­t a i n i n g p r o p o s a l s for a n e w c i v i c c e n ­te r , p l a n s to r e v i t a l i z e t h e c e n t r a l d o w n t o w n b u s i n e s s d i s t r i c t , a n d c r e a ­t i o n of O p e r a t i o n N e w B i r m i n g h a m .

O N B h a s n o w e s t a b l i s h e d i t s i d e n ­t i t y , t h e c i v i c c e n t e r i s b e c o m i n g a r e a l i t y , in t h e d o w n t o w n b u s i n e s s d i s t r i c t m a j o r b u i l d i n g s a r e u n d e r ­w a y e v e r y w h e r e .

A n d a g r o u p of l o c a l a r c h i t e c t s , w h o f a t h e r e d t h e D e s i g n f o r P r o g r e s s , h a s b e e n b a c k to t h e d r a w i n g b o a r d . T h e y h a v e r e t u r n e d w i t h a n e w , e v e n g r e a t e r c h a l l e n g e — T h e A I A W o r k ­s h o p o n U r b a n C o n c e r n .

T h e s c o p e of the p r o g r a m i s n o t s i m p l e , a c c o r d i n g to t h e o r g a n i z e r s , b u t t h e n e e d is d e s p e r a t e . D i r e c t , r e ­s p o n s i b l e a c t i o n m a y h e a d o f f t h e r a p i d g r o w t h of F o u n t a i n H e i g h t s , N o r t h B i r m i n g h a m , a n d o t h e r s i m i l a r , c h a n g i n g a r e a s into s p r a w l i n g g h e t ­t o s , s u c h a s C l e v e l a n d , C o l u m b u s a n d P h i l a d e l p h i a n o w f a c e .

C h a r l e s M o s s , p r e s i d e n t of t h e B i r ­m i n g h a m C h a p t e r of t h e A m e r i c a n I n s t i t u t e of A r c h i t e c t s , J a m e s A . A d a m s , v i c e p r e s i d e n t , W i l l i a m L . W i l l i a m s , o n e of the p r i n c i p a l o r g a n i ­z e r s of t h e D e s i g n f o r P r o g r e s s , a n d D o n M o r r i s o n , p a s t p r e s i d e n t , h a v e b e e n w o r k i n g f o r s e v e r a l m o n t h s o n t h e n e w p r o g r a m .

T h r o u g h t h e a r c h i t e c t s ' e y e s , t h e n e e d f o r a c t i o n a r i s e s f r o m t h e b e ­l i e f t h a t a r c h i t e c t u r e i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e t o t a l p h y s i c a l e n v i r o n m e n t of a c o m m u n i t y . Y e t , h i s t o r i c a l l y , t h e a r c h i t e c t h a s dea l t w i t h t h e m o n i e d p e o p l e — b u s i n e s s g r o u p s , c h u r c h g r o u p s , a n d w e a l t h y i n d i v i d u a l s .

" I t t a k e s no g r e a t s t r o k e of b r i l ­l i a n c e to r e a l i z e w h a t h a s b e e n o v e r ­l o o k e d , " s a y s A d a m s .

" S o m e t h i n g m u s t be d o n e a b o u t t h e e x i s t i n g a n d p o t e n t i a l s l u m a r e a s , t h e r a t e of d e v e l o p m e n t i s so r a p i d , " M o s s a d d s . " A n d w e m u s t l o o k a t t h e o v e r ­a l l p i c t u r e to a v o i d c r e a t i n g m o r e b l i g h t e d a r e a s . "

W h a t is m e a n t b y t h e o v e r a l l p i c ­t u r e ?

" W e w a n t to get r i g h t d o w n i n t o t h e c o m m u n i t y a n d g e t i n v o l v e d w i t h t h e p e o p l e . W e w a n t to k n o w w h a t t h e i r n e e d s a n d d e s i r e s a r e , s o w e m i g h t a c t a s a c a t a l y s t in h e l p i n g to a c h i e v e t h e m . " M o s s e x p l a i n s .

A l l i n v o l v e d a r e q u i c k to e x p l a i n t h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h i s p r o g r a m a n d t h e p o p u l a r c o n c e p t of " u r b a n r e n e w a l . "

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c r e a t e a f u n c t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n w h i c h c a n n o t o n l y l e a r n t h e n e e d s o f a c o m m u n i t y , b u t p r o v i d e a m e a n s of p u t t i n g t o g e t h e r t h e p e o p l e a n d m o n e y to s a t i s f y t h e s e n e e d s .

S e c o n d l y , t h e e n d r e s u l t w i l l d i f f e r f r o m a n u r b a n r e n e w a l p r o j e c t In t h a t it w i l l h a v e b e e n a c c o m p l i s h e d t h r o u g h t h e i n v o l v e m e n t of t h e c o m -m u i t y i t s e l f a n d f u n d e d t h r o u g h p r i v a t e e n t e r p r i s e , n o t j u s t f e d e r a l g r a n t s .

" I n s o m e s i t u a t i o n s , u r b a n r e n e w a l h a s b e e n a d i s a s t e r , " A d a m s s a y s . " A f t e r a h o u s i n g u n i t w a s b u i l t i n a c o m m u n i t y , t h e c r i m e r a t e a c t u a l l y i n c r e a s e d a n d u n s t a b l e f a m i l y s i t u a ­t i o n s r e s u l t e d . * '

" T h e r e ' s b e e n a lot of t a l k in t h e n a t i o n a l A I A a n d o t h e r l o c a l A I A g r o u p s a b o u t u r b a n r e n e w a l w h i c h i n d i c a t e s w e n e e d to t a k e a f r e s h e r l o o k a t t h e u r b a n c r i s i s , " A d a m s s a i d .

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i n f o r m a t i o n m e e t i n g s to c r e a t e a l i n e of c o m m u n i c a t i o n b e t w e e n t h e p e o ­p l e a f f e c t e d a n d t h e s o u r c e s of m o n e y a n d a c t i o n . " A d a m s a s s e r t s .

" W h a t w e w a n t a r e n o t j u s t b e t t e r p h y s i c a l f a c i l i t i e s w i t h o u t a n y c o n ­c e r n f o r t h e s o c i o - e c o n o m i c p r o b ­l e m s .

" T h e r e a r e i n n u m e r a b l e g r o u p s w o r k i n g , b u t t h e g a i n s a r e too s m a l l . S o o u r f i r s t i d e a w a s to f i n d o u t w h o w o u l d be a f f e c t e d . T h e n to s e e i f o t h e r g r o u p s w e r e d o i n g s i m i l a r w o r k . "

H u g h Z i m m e r s , a P h i l a d e l p h i a a r ­c h i t e c t w h o h e a d s a n A I A w o r k s h o p in t h a t c i t y , a d d r e s s e d t h e f i r s t of t h e i n f o r m a t i o n m e e t i n g s l a s t S e p t e m b e r .

H i s g r o u p p r e s e n t l y o p e r a t e s p r i ­m a r i l y t h r o u g h l e n d i n g a r c h i t e c t u r a l a n d c o m m u n i t y p l a n n i n g a s s i s t a n c e to t h e m o r e t h a n 3 5 0 c o m m u n i t y o r ­g a n i z a t i o n s i n v o l v e d in w o r k i n g w i t h b l i g h t e d a r e a s in t h e c i t y of s o m e 2.5 m i l l i o n p e o p l e . Z i m m e r s s a i d t h a t h i s g r o u p f e l t p r o f e s s i o n a l l y r e s p o n ­s i b l e to h e l p d e a l w i t h P h i l a d e l p h i a ' s s l u m a n d b l i g h t p r o b l e m s w h i c h a r e g i g a n t i c b y B i r m i n g h a m s t a n d a r d s .

T h e p r o b l e m w a s a l a c k of a n y v e h i c l e f o r d o i n g s o m e t h i n g a b o u t i t , u n t i l t h e c r e a t i o n of t h e w o r k s h o p , w h i c h a c h i e v e d n a t i o n a l r e c o g n i t i o n a f t e r o n l y t e n m o n t h s of o p e r a t i o n .

A f t e r t o u r i n g B i r m i n g h a m a n d m a k i n g a n a p p r a i s a l of a f e w of t h e b l i g h t e d a r e a s h e r e , Z i m m e r s s a i d t h e c i t y c o u l d a c c o m p l i s h m u c h m o r e t h a n P h i l a d e l p h i a h a s b e e n a b l e to w i t h o n l y a h a n d f u l of h a r d c o r e w o r k e r s .

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r e s p e c t s , t h e r e a r e m a n y d i f f e r e n c e ; , a n d t h e l o c a l a r c h i t e c t s f e e l B i r m l n g ' h a m ' s w o r k s h o p s h o u l d b e d i f f e r e n t t o o . i n s o m e r e s p e c t s .

D o n M o r r i s o n , i m m e d i a t e p a s t p r e s i d e n t o f t h e l o c a l A I A c h a p t e r a n d n o w a d e l e g a t e to t h e n a t i o n a l c o n v e n t i o n , e x p l a i n s w h y .

" W e ( t h e a r c h i t e c t s ) h a v e n o t b e e n p r o f e s s i o n a l l y i n v o l v e d b e f o r e w i t h s e r v i c e to t h e d i s e n f r a n c h i s e d , w h e r e ­a s o t h e r p r o f e s s i o n a l g r o u p s , s u c h a s d o c t o r s a n d l a w y e r s , h a v e .

" W e w i l l b e m o r e s p e c i f i c a l l y c o n ­c e r n e d w i t h t h e p h y s i c a l c h a r a c t e r i s ­t i c s o f b l i g h t e d a r e a s . "

T h e d i f f e r e n c e h e r e w i t h P h i l a d e l ­p h i a ' s p r o g r a m is t h a t t h e a r c h i t e c t s i n t e n d to w o r k w i t h t h e r e p r e s e n t a ­t i v e s o f o t h e r d i s c i p l i n e s t o w a r d a c o m m o n g o a l o f a n I m p r o v e d t o t a l c o m m u n i t y .

A n o t h e r d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n B i r ­m i n g h a m a n d t h e l a r g e r N o r t h e r n a n d E a s t e r n c i t i e s i s t h a t p o p u l a t i o n d e n s i t y is s o m u c h l e s s h e r e . M o s s e l a b o r a t e s .

" O u r a d v a n t a g e i s l o w d e n s i t y . H e r e , w e c a n b e c o n c e r n e d w i t h r e l o ­c a t i o n o f t h e i n h a b i t a n t s of a b l i g h t e d a r e a , a n d s e e t h a t t h e y a r e g i v e n s o m e t h i n g b e t t e r . W e a r e n o t g o i n g to g o i n a n d b u i l d s o m e t h i n g a n d s a y ' h e r e it I s . '

" T h e k e y is r e a l e s t a t e . T h e r e a r e s l u m l o r d s a n d w e ' r e g o i n g to s t e p o n s o m e t o e s b e f o r e t h i s t h i n g i s o v e r . "

M o s t o f t h e p r o g r a m Is t h e o r y r i g h t n o w . W h a t w i l l b e t h e f i r s t f e w c o n ­c r e t e s t e p s t o w a r d i m p l e m e n t i n g t h e p r o g r a m a f t e r t h e i n f o r m a t i o n p r o ­g r a m s a r e c o m p l e t e d ?

A l l o f t h e a r c h i t e c t s a g r e e t h a t t h e s c o p e o f t h e p r o g r a m i s f l e x i b l e , a n d g e n e r a l . A s t h e n e e d s of t h e v a r i o u s c o m m u n i t i e s a r e d e t e r m i n e d t h r o u g h m o r e m e e t i n g s , p r i o r i t i e s w i l l b e d e -March-April 1969

s i q n a t e d a n d c o o r d i n a t e d w i t h w h a t s o u r c e s of h e l p a n d f u n d s a r e a v a i l ­a b l e .

M o s s e x p l a i n s t h a t t h e i d e a n o w i s to p u l l t o g e t h e r t h e f u n d s , p r i v a t e a n d f e d e r a l , a s w e l l a s t h e p e o p l e w h o c a n be of a s s i s t a n c e , s u c h a s r e a l e s t a t e m e n , c o m m u n i t y p l a n n e r s , s o c i o l o g i s t s , p s y c h o l o g i s t s , m e d i c a l p e r s o n n e l , l a w y e r s , a n d b a n k e r s .

O t h e r d i s c i p l i n e s h a v e a l r e a d y e x ­p r e s s e d a n i n t e r e s t in t h e p r o g r a m , t h r o u g h a t t e n d a n c e a n d p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n t h e f i r s t o f t h e I n f o r m a t i o n m e e t ­i n g s .

T h e U n i v e r s i t y of A l a b a m a in B i r ­m i n g h a m h a s c o n t r i b u t e d b y p r o v i d ­i n g s p a c e f o r s o m e o f t h e m e e t i n g s , a n d h a s e x p r e s s e d a d e s i r e to b e c o m e i n v o l v e d i n a n y w a y it c a n .

O t h e r s r e p r e s e n t e d a t t h e m e e t i n g s a r e t h e C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e , t h e U r b a n L e a g u e , C i v i c C e n t e r A u t h o r ­i t y o f f i c i a l s . Y M C A , s e v e r a l c i v i c g r o u p s , b a n k e r s , l a w y e r s , d o c t o r s , o f ­f i c i a l s of O N B , M a y o r G e o r g e S e i b e l s a n d o t h e r c i t y o f f i c i a l s .

H e a d i n g t h e a g e n d a o n t h e w o r k ­s h o p w a s f i n d i n g s p a c e t o s e t u p a c o n f e r e n c e r o o m , d r a f t i n g r o o m , a n d s e c r e t a r i a l a r e a . I t h a s n o w b e e n f o u n d In a d o w n t o w n b u i l d i n g o n 2 0 t h S t . . a c r o s s f r o m B o a r d of E d u c a ­t i o n a n d a r o u n d c o r n e r f r o m t h e C i t y H a l l .

" W e h a v e a p l a c e w h e r e the p e o ­p l e of t h e s e c o m m u n i t i e s c a n c o m e a n d d i s c u s s it w i t h u s , " A d a m s s a y s . " T h e m o n i e d p e o p l e k n o w h o w to let t h e i r f e e l i n g s be k n o w n . T h e s e p e o ­p l e c a n c o m e to u s , a n d w e in t u r n c a n t a k e t h e p r o b l e m s to the r i g h t p e o p l e . "

M o s s a s s e r t s , " w e n o w h a v e a n u ­c l e u s , a n d w e c a n b r a n c h o u t a n d s e t u p s h o p in t h e c o m m u n i t i e s , f o r e x ­a m p l e , a t a c h u r c h . "

W i t h i n t h i s n u c l e u s w i l l b e a s e c r e ­t a r y , s t a f f o f d r a f t s m e n a n d p l a n n e r s a n d a w o r k s h o p .

T h e w o r k s h o p w i l l s e l e c t t h e p r o b ­l e m s w h i c h l e n d t h e m s e l v e s to t h e m o r e a r c f h i t e c t u r a l t y p e of s o l u t i o n . A d a m s s a y s , e v e n t h o u g h t h e s o c i o l o ­g i c a l f a c t o r s w i l l n o t b e o v e r l o o k e d .

P r o b l e m s i n v o l v i n g f a m i l y l i f e a r e n o t s o e a s i l y s o l v e d , h e k n o w s . B u t t h r o u g h t h e w o r k s h o p , p e r h a p s o t h e r s w h o w o u l d b e m o r e a d e p t a t t a c k ­l i n g a p u r e l y s o c i o l o g i c a l p r o b l e m w i l l f i n d a m e a n s o f g e t t i n g t h e p r o b ­l e m c h a n n e l l e d to t h e r i g h t p e o p l e ' s a t t e n t i o n .

W i l l i a m s , w h o w a S e m p l o y e d f u l l t i m e f o r a y e a r a n d p a r t - t i m e s i n c e o n t h e D e s i g n f o r P r o g r e s s , s a y s t h e n e w A I A p r o g r a m m u s t b e a c c o m ­p l i s h e d t h r o u g h O N B .

" W e c a n g a i n a w h o l e lo t m o r e b y w o r k i n g w i t h O N B b e c a u s e of I ts c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e r e a l e s t a t e p e o ­p l e a n d v a r i o u s o t h e r s w h o c a n g e t t h e s e thinp«{ d o n e .

"I c a n ' t h e l p b u t s e e h o w it is a n o t h e r s t e p in t h e r i g h t d i r e c t i o n . "

A d a m s a d m i t s h e w a s n o t a w a r e of t h e p r o b l e m s in t h e c i t y d u r i n g t h e o l d d a y s of d e m o n s t r a t i o n s a n d b o m b i n g s , in t h e e a r l y 1 9 6 0 s .

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" U n l e s s w e a r e w i l l i n g to s e e w h a t t h e p e o p l e a r e s u f f e r i n g f r o m y o u c a n ' t e x p e c t to k n o w t h e a n s w e r s a b o u t t h e b l a c k c o m m u n i t y .

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nit If of 1,000 persons that need­ed help. Auhnrn and Tnskegee -'^tli year architectural students responded to the call from the mayor. Here is the story

A c o o p e r a t i v e p r o j e c t , u s i n g t h e c o m m u n i t y as a n e d u c a t i o n a l l a b o r a ­t o r y , h a s p r o v i d e d a r c h i t e c t u r a l s t u ­d e n t s at A u b u r n U n i v e r s i t y a n d T u s ­k e g e e I n s t i t u t e w i t h a n i n s i g h t i n t o o n e of t h e m o s t p r e s s i n g p r o b l e m s of t h e t i m e in a d d i t i o n to d e v e l o p i n g a p r o f e s s i o n a l a n a l y s i s a c c e p t a b l e to t h e O f f i c e of H o u s i n g a n d U r b a n D e v e l o p m e n t f o r a s m a l l t o w n in A l a b a m a .

A s l a n d - g r a n t u n i v e r s i t i e s r e s p o n d ­ed in t h e p a s t to f a r m a n d r u r a l c o n ­

c e r n s — t y p i f i e d b y m o n u m e n t a l r e ­s u l t s in a g r i c u l t u r e — s o c a n t h e l a n d -g r a n t u n i v e r s i t y m e e t t o d a y ' s i s s u e s . T h e u r b a n c r i s i s is of c o n t e m p o r a r y c o n c e r n , a n d a r c h i t e c t s a n d p l a n n e r s a r e f o l l o w i n g t h e s a m e p a t t e r n of i n ­s t r u c t i o n , r e s e a r c h a n d e x t e n s i o n t h r o u g h c o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e .

T h e H o b s o n C i t y J o i n t P l a n n i n g P r o j e c t r e s u l t e d a f t e r n e g o t i a t i o n s f o r a c o o p e r a t i v e v e n t u r e b e t w e e n A u ­b u r n a n d T u s k e g e e a r c h i t e c t u r a l s t u ­d e n t s a n d f a c u l t y a r c h i t e c t s . T h e e n ­t i r e p r o j e c t h a d the s u p p o r t of t h e A u b u r n C h a p t e r of A r c h i t e c t s A I A . It b e g a n w h e n H o b s o n C i t y f o u n d t h e t i m e l i m i t up o n i t s " w o r k a b l e p l a n . "

H o b s o n C i t y is a s m a l l i n c o r p o r a t e d t o w n of 1,000 b l a c k c i t i z e n s n e a r O x ­f o r d a n d A n n i s t o n . In o r d e r to c o n ­t i n u e to q u a l i f y f o r f e d e r a l p r o g r a m s , e a c h c o m m u n i t y is r e q u i r e d to u p ­d a t e i ts p l a n fo r f u t u r e d e v e l o p ­m e n t , i n c l u d i n g m a p s f o r z o n i n g a n d l a n d u s e e v e r y 10 y e a r s .

M o s e w o r k a b l e p l a n s a r e d e v e l o p ­ed t h r o u g h t h e S t a t e P l a n n i n g A g e n c y o r t h r o u g h p r i v a t e p l a n n i n g c o n s u l t a n t s . T h e s t a t e a g e n c y , w . h i c h h a d p r e p a r e d H o b s o n C i t y ' s l a s t s u r ­v e y , h a d a w a i t i n g l i s t of 50 w i t h H o b s o n C i t y n e a r t h e b o t t o m .

T h e r e w a s no m o n e y ( t o t a l a n n u a l w o r k i n g b u d g e t : $ 1 9 , 0 0 0 ) to h i r e a p r i v a t e c o n s u l t a n t .

H o b s o n C i t y ' s m a y o r c o n t a c t e d T u s k e g e e . T u s k e g e e c o n t a c t e d A u ­b u r n , a n d 14 f o u r t h - y e a r a r c h i t e c t u r ­a l s t u d e n t s f r o m b o t h s c h o o l s b e g a n w o r k .

D i v i d e d i n t o t e a m s , t h e s t u d e n t s c o n d u c t e d a p h y s i c a l s u r v e y of t h e t i n y t o w n w h i c h h a s 300 h o m e s o n 983 a c r e s — a t o w n a p p r o x i m a t e l y t h r e e or f o u r b l o c k s w i d e a n d 10 b l o c k s l o n g .

T h e y t o o k p i c t u r e s of e v e r y h o m e , t h e d o w n t o w n a r e a w i t h i t s o n e i n ­d u s t r y e m p l o y i n g 3 6 , a n d a m o d e l f e d e r a l h o u s i n g p r o j e c t . A l l w e r e a s s e s s e d b a s e d on " s t a n d a r d " h o u s -

T h e n t h e s t u d e n t s m a d e a d o o r - t o -d o o r s u r v e y w i t h a q u e s t i o n n a i r e d e ­v e l o p e d b y t h e m w i t h a s s i s t a n c e f r o m T u s k e g e e ' s D e p a r t m e n t of B e h a v i o r -ia l S c i e n c e s . A n s w e r s f u r n i s h e d s t a ­t i s t i c s o n p o p u l a t i o n , e c o n o m i c a n d e d u c a t i o n a l l e v e l s , a t t i t u d e s , a n d t h e c i t y ' s n e e d s .

A f i n a l v i s i t to H o b s o n C i t y in e l u d e d p r e s e n t a t i o n of t h e s t u d e n t s f i n d i n g s , r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s , a n d t h e w o r k a b l e p ' a n . a n e i g h b o r h o o d a n a l y s i s a n d c o m p r e h e n s i v e p l a n f o r H o b s o n C i t y .

R e s i d e n t s h a d b e e n p r e p a r e d f o r t h e s u r v e y a n d r e s p o n d e d to t h e f i n d i n g s . A s s u r a n c e h a d b e e n g i v e n b y H U D t h a t t h e s t u d y w o u l d b e a c c e p t e d , a n d d u r i n g t h e w o r k s t u d e n t s w e r e a s s i s t e d in p r e l i m i n a r y d e v e l o p m e n t a n d g u i d a n c e b y m e m b e r s of t h e A t l a n t a R e g i o n a l O f f i c e o f H U D .

T h e j o i n t p r o j e c t , a s w e l l a s r e n d e r i n g c o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e to H o b s o n C i t y , h a s h a d a n e d u c a t i o n a l c o n t e n t f o r t h e s t u d e n t s in m a n y w a y s , a c c o r d i n g to E d P i c k a r d , A u b u r n f a c u l t y a d v i s o r , a n d W i l l i a m S i e m b i e d a T u s k e g e e f a c u l t y a d v i s o r .

S i n c e m u c h of t h e u r b a n c r i s i s is r e l a t e d to t h e b l a c k c o m m u n i t y , t h e p r o j e c t s e r v e d a s a v e h i c l e f o r i n ­s i g h t i n t o t h e p r o b l e m s of l o w i n ­c o m e a n d e t h n i c c o n c e n t r a t i o n .

T h e a r c h i t e c t s a n d p l a n n e r s n o w s t u d y i n g at A u b u r n a n d T u s k e g e e w i l l l i t e r a l l y be b u i l d i n g t h e f u t u r e . T h e p r o j e c t g a v e s t u d e n t s f r o m b o t h s c h o o l s a n o p p o r t u n i t y f o r d i a l o g u e a m o n g t h e m s e l v e s a n d w i t h t h e r e s i ­d e n t s of H o b s o n C i t y . E a c h b r o u g h t h i s u n i q u e t a l e n t s , t r a i n i n g a n d b a c k ­g r o u n d i n t o t h e w o r k .

E q u a l l y i m p o r t a n t . P i c k a r d b e ­l i e v e s , w a s t h e " s t u d e n t s e n s e of i n ­v o l v e m e n t a n d r e l e v a n c e — t w o m a j o r f a c t o r s in t o d a y ' s c a m p u s a n d a c a ­d e m i c t u r m o i l . " T h e p r o f e s s o r , a n d a r c h i t e c t , s e e s o t h e r a r e a s f o r i n ­v o l v e m e n t a n d r e l e v a n c e b e t w e e n c o l l e g e s a n d u n i v e r s i t i e s a n d t h e c o m m u n i t y , t a k i n g a d v a n t a g e of " a n o p t i m a l e d u c a t i o n a l e x p e r i e n c e i m ­p o s s i b l e to a c h i e v e in a n y o t h e r w a y . "

S h a r i n g t h e u r b a n p r o b l e m , c o m ­p l e t i n g a p r o f e s s i o n a l w o r k a b l e p l a n , a n d e n t h u s i a s t i c o v e r n e w c o m m u n i ­c a t i o n in a r e a s a n d i s s u e s w e r e J a m e s T a n k s l e y of S a v a n n a h . G a . . S y l v i a B a i l e y of B i r m i n g h a m , J a c k i e M c -C r a c k e n of B i r m i n g h a m . K e n A n d e r ­s o n of M e m p h i s , T e n n . , T h a d d e u s F o r d of B i r m i n g h a m . C h a r l e s R a i n e of M o b i l e , M a u r i c e S t u r d y v a n t of B r o o k l y n N . Y . . D e l a i n e J o n e s o f S a v a n n a h , G a . , E v e r e t t H a t c h e r of G r e e n v i l l e . N . C J o e R a b u r n of C h a r l o t t e , N . C , B i l l P o r t e r of M o ­b i l e , L a n n i s K i r k l a n d of S l o c u m b . G a . . J o h n L a w h o n of M a c o n . G a . . a n d R o b e r t C a i n of B i r m i n g h a m .

A L . A B A M A A H C H l T K r T

The Picture That Started It

In late 1967 this photo of the Shaw House appeared on the cover of

Alabama Architect. Citizens saw the "For Sale" sign, read into it the

loss of a landmark. Efforts began immediately to save it, resulting in

success and plan for a restoration {architect's sketch below).

Photo by P s u l Robertson

Montgomery architects build the future, restore the past

Dur i ng this con tempora ry , a n d most in terest ing t ime in the h is tory of our state w h e n the l a n d is be ing c lea red to m o k e w a y fo r n e w super h i g h w a y s a n d u r b a n redeve lopmen t p r o g r a m s , A l a b a m a archi tects must ded ica te themselves to an honest interest in our h is tory a n d our her i tage . We must m o k e i n d i v i d u a l a n d col lect ive e f fo r ts to save those arch i tec tu ra l l y a n d h is tor ica l ly s ign i f i can t bu i l d i ngs w h i c h ref lect those in f luences in ou r h is tory wh ich m o u l d e d the v isua l t ra i ts of our i n d i v i d u a l t owns a n d cit ies.

The State of A l a b a m a is f o r t u n a t e in h a v i n g a w i d e sp read in v a r i a t i o n of h istor ical in f luences, bo th in t ime a n d na t i ona l i t y o f its settlers. W h a t w e see O S charac ter or persona l i t y o f a city has been estab­l ished in a con t i nu ing process w h i c h b e g a n d u r i n g those days of its ear l iest sett lers. That t ime in history d u r i n g w h i c h the ci ty w a s s tar ted a n d w a s in f luenced , is a m a j o r con t r i bu t i ng fac to r to the a p p e a r a n c e a n d

shape of a city. W i l l i a m s b u r g a n d Char les ton started in the seventeenth century; M o b i l e , Natchez a n d New Or leans in the e ighteenth cen tu ry ; a n d M o n t g o m e r y a n d Huntsvi l le du r i ng the ea r l y n ine teenth century. A l l of these cities d i f f e r in v isua l character a n d al l va r y in historical va lues. These va lues must be pre­served.

Here in Mon tgomery , our h is tor ica l preservat ion interests ore late in com ing . H o w e v e r , the start u n d e r w a y n o w is in tended to ove rcome past short­comings OS much as possible. T ime, loca t ion , c l imate, t o p o g r a p h y , cul ture a n d economy, a l l , p l oy impor tan t por ts in the shap ing of a ci ty, a n d a l l seem to have m o d e s igni f icant contr ibut ions to M o n t g o m e r y . Mont­gomery is young in its h is tory. She has been in existence fo r on ly one h u n d r e d a n d f i f t y years . By compar ison , the construct ion of the No t re D o m e Cath­ed ra l in Paris was begun in 1163 a n d a b o u t one

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Montgomery architects build the future, restore the past hund red and f i f t y years later construct ion ended (about f ive hundred years be fo re Mon tgomery ex­isted).

Much of ear ly M o n t g o m e r y w a s bui l t du r i ng that arch i tec tura l era somet imes re fe r red to as "The Ro­mant ic Era," on era in w h i c h the art isans of the d a y were beg inn ing to g r o w a distaste for the Renaissance in f luence. Out o f this revo l t , the symmet r ica l facades a n d r ig id con fo rmi ty to f o r m a l i t y was displaced for a symmetr ica l a n d less i n f o r m a l shapes. Much of ear ly M o n t g o m e r y arch i tecture fa l ls in this category. The picturesque compos i t ion rep laced r ig id symety, a n d the result ing bu i l d i ngs w e r e more comfor tab le a n d more serv iceable.

A v a i l a b l e mater ia ls h a d its impact on the orch i -tectur ia l character o f a l l of A l a b a m a just as the ava i l ­ab i l i t y of quant i t ies of stone inf luenced ancient Greece. Mon tgomery h o d a ready supply of w o o d a n d brick and u t i l i t i zed bo th to the ful lest. Just as in other Amer ican bu i l d ings , much of the design of a b u i l d i n g was done by the o w n e r f r o m copies of plates d r a w n by archi tects in other countries and much of the de ta i l i ng h o d to be deve loped f r o m mater ia ls other t h a n o r i g i n a l l y in tended. Stone columns, quoins, dent i ls , a n d other t r im were f o rmed f r o m w o o d or stuccoed br ick . From this deve lopment o f bu i l d ing w o o d e n houses to resemble stone bu i l d ­ings, mou ld ing stucco to resemble a del icate ly carved co lmun a n d ol Ithe thousands of del icate ly evo lved deta i ls have combined to create a f o r m of archi tecture un ique to this a rea of the w o r l d .

This Romant ic Era w a s tha t t ime in the South, f r o m just past the tu rn of the n ineteenth century up to the Civ i l War , w h e n commerce a n d f o r e i g n t rade f lour ­ished. The w o r l d w a n t e d cot ton, r ice, sugar , i n d i g o , a n d tobacco. Archi tects a n d c ra f t smen f r o m a l l over the country a n d w o r l d we re d r a w n to the South to design a n d bu i l d new estate homes, t o w n houses a n d pub l ic bu i l d i ngs to meet a l l needs.

M o n t g o m e r y was bu i l t on hil ls wh ich ended w i t h a h igh b l u f f ove r l ook i ng the A l a b a m a River, safe From f loods a n d centered in the rich Black Belt cot ton p roduc ing a r e a , the locat ion w a s perfect . First f o u n d e d as t w o v i l l ages . N e w Ph i lade lph ia a n d East A l a b a m a , the p l a n n e d streets of the t w o v i l l ages in ­tersect at odd ang les w i t h one set of streets seeming­ly o r ien ted to the r iver a n d the other set o r ien ted nor th a n d south.

The a b u n d a n t p roduc t ion of cot ton in the Block Belt m o d e M o n t g o m e r y on impo r t an t i n l and por t ci ty. Because of r ap ids a n d obstacles in the r iver up­s t ream f r o m M o n t g o m e r y , its locat ion p r o v i d e d the centra l po in t fo r t r ade in this a rea . W i th the a d d i ­t ion of the po l i t i ca l a n d cu l tu ra l l i fe gene ra ted w h e n M o n t g o m e r y w a s dec la red the cap i ta l ci ty, she w a s on her r a p i d rise to becom ing a cu l tu ra l a n d economic center.

Much of M o n t g o m e r y of that d a y is gone. Town houses, theatres, v i l l as , a n d pub l i c bu i l d ings of the t imes, bu i l t by w e a l t h y l a n d o w n e r s of the Black Belt, bankers , merchants a n d po l i t i ca l representat ives—

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most o re g o n e . M u c h of M o n t g o m e r y is demo l i shed as the c o m m e r c i a l a reas e x p a n d , d u e l a rge l y to the g e n e r a l l a you t of the M o n t g o m e r y p l a n , cut o f f by the r i ve r to the no r th . Preservat ion of i m p o r t a n t l a n d m a r k s has been o p r o b l e m a n d promises to be­come m o r e a n d m o r e d i f f i cu l t . However , p reserva­t ion of our h is to r ica l l y or a rch i tec tura l l y s ign i f i can t b u i l d i n g s is i m p e r a t i v e . W e must start n o w in o n a t t e m p t to "ca tch u p " a n d stay there. W e must be in -s is tant on sound p l a n n i n g , a l w a y s w i t h the idea in m i n d t h a t w e w i l l encourage bet ter a r t t h r o u g h a n d in a rch i tec tu re . O u r her i tage a n d cul ture o f fe rs much to us a l l a n d w e must beg in to bu i l d the n e w charac­ter of the c i ty . O u r churches, l ib rar ies , theatres, r ec rea t i ona l fac i l i t i es , schools, col leges, commerc ia l centers , a n d pub l i c bu i l d i ngs o f fe r us any o p p o r t u n i t y a person w o u l d w a n t . Catt le has rep laced cot ton to a d e g r e e , bu t the po l i t i ca l c l imate rema ins ; a n d w i t h the n e w r iver d e v e l o p m e n t p r o g r a m , once a g a i n , M o n t g o m e r y w i l l become on i n l and por t ci ty. Two in te rs ta te h i g h w a y s w i l l intersect in M o n t g o m e r y a t a s t ra teg ic l oca t ion . The n e w convent ion center a n d a u d i t o r i u m w i l l be located in the some a r e a . A l l of this w i l l occur w i t h i n w a l k i n g d is tance of each other in the ve r y hea r t o f u r b a n M o n t g o m e r y .

The f u t u r e fo r u r b a n M o n t g o m e r y is b r i gh t , but ou r h i s to r i ca l l y a n d arch i tec tu ra l l y s ign i f i can t b u i l d ­ings b o r d e r i n g a n d n e i g h b o r i n g these n e w u r b a n d e v e l o p m e n t s must be preserved.

M o n t g o m e r y ' s most recent res tora t ion a n d preser­v a t i o n p ro jec t is be i ng unde r taken by interested local c i t izens f o r m i n g " L a n d m a r k s Founda t ion of M o n t g o m ­e r y . " The pro jec t is k n o w n as the Show House Com­p lex , m a d e up of a n I to l iono te Town House, slave q u a r t e r s a n d a sma l l Greek rev i va l co t tage . The pro jec t a rch i tec t is Ti l ler, Butner, McElhoney, Rosa & Seoy of M o n t g o m e r y . The arch i tec tu ra l h is tor ica l consu l tan t is Samue l L. W i l son , Jr., FAIA, o f N e w Or­leans, G l e n n Litt le of A l e x a n d r i a , V i r g i n i a , is the res t ro t ion a rchaeo log i s t a n d has near ly comp le ted his research of the g rounds a n d bu i l d ings . Laurence Stevens B r i g h a m , ASLA, of Port Royal , V i r g i n i a , has been re ta i ned as landscape archi tect . M a r v i n D. Schwar t z , o f the N e w York M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m w i l l act O S the in ter iors consul tant . The comp lex , w h e n c o m p l e t e d w i l l present an e x a m p l e of u r b a n l i fe in M o n t g o m e r y in the 1850's.

The en thus iasm of l a n d m a r k s f o u n d a t i o n s in M o n t g o m e r y is p roduc ing results in h is tor ica l preser­v a t i o n . W e hope a l l archi tects t h r o u g h o u t the State w i l l jo in th is en thus iasm. A A

Shaw House Restoration

Fund Drive Begins Here By F R A N K L I N S K I N N E R AdverUser SUff Writer

Some 75 Montgomery business and civic leaders gathered at Uie Museum of F ine Arts here Friday for the kickoff of the

James said the project will add to M 0 M g 0 m e r y ' 9 background and heritage, arti also add to the city offers as a tourist attraction.

The city purchased the pro-$150,000 Shaw House restoration I perty for $60,000 last summer, fund drive. The drive is starting j and the U.S . Department of with $35,000 in contributions.

Mayor E a r l James issued the invitations for the luncheon, sponsored by the Montgomery Landmarks Foundation.

The foundation is raising $150,000 to add to a $100,000 federal grant to restore four antet)ellum structures in the Shaw Hou.se Historic District at

Housing and Urban Develop­ment granted $100,000 toward the $250,000 project.

J a m e s Loeb, president of the foundation, said the federal grant amounted to one-twentieth of the entire national quota for such projects.

Leob said that in restoring the house to its original setting.

North Hull and J e f f e r s o n it is planned to "put a cow streets. In a pasture and a chicken in

The district is being developed the y a r d . " as a museum of Montgomery! Bi l l Brewbaker, Montgomery life in the 1850s. |businessman, told the group that

Nimrod T . F r a s e r , vice presi­dent of the foundation, told the group that board memt)erg are

contributions for the S h a w House will be an investment toward an educational in.stitu-

contributing $25,000. He also an-|tion and provide additional nounced that the F i rs t National income for the city — meaning Bank of Montgomery donated to get the tourist trade. $10.000 to the project Fr iday .

T h i s a r t i c l e a p p e a r e d in t h e

.M(mtKomer> A d v e r t i s e r t h e d a y a f t e r t h e

f u n d d r i v e b e u a n .

Mrs. Frank Rosa J r . , ex­ecutive secretary for t h e foundation, said it will contact during the next few weeks about ,250 firms and individuals in the city a.sking for contributions.

She said another phase of the drive they will ask for $7.50 adult membership fees to the foinidation, and $1 membership

I fees for young people.

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HUNTSVILLE'S COURT SQUARE Object Of Concern For North Alabama Architects

Par t of the s o l u t i o n — o r the p r o b l e m ?

There are strong barriers to the personal involvement required for ef­fective participation by architects in their community life—the demands of daily office schedules. . . the disturb­ing reluctance of officials to recog­nize certain environmental problems and opportunities. . .unrewarded pre­vious efforts by individuals. . .and even among other factors a refusal to recognize the moral responsibility implicit in the relationship of an architect to the community upon whose existence his practice depends. Consider the %varning "if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problems!"

The per imeter of the Cour thouse Square a r e a in Huntsvi l le is c o m p r i s e d of m a n y hundred-year old v ic to r ian bui ld ings that house var ied c o m m e r c i a l es tab l i shments . Most of these buildings w e r e wel l -des igned with many pleasing features but, a hundred y e a r s of remodel l ing " f a d s and c l i c h e s " have all but hidden the good, or ig inal de­signs.

One by one, the property owners , wi th private f inancing, are under tak ing remode l ­ing and restoration pro jects that fa r ex­ceed the usual business mot ives . T h i s is a tangible example of c o m m u n i t y , pr ide and responsibi l i ty. The pro jects include ex-

City Drugs and Southern Furn i ture PRIOR to remode l i ng .

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terior and interior building des ign , sign and street furni ture design, and s idewa lk and landscaping design.

The design of these bui ldings and side­wa lks wil l flow into, and become an in­tegral part of, a future pedest r ian m a l l planned by the Huntsvil le Housing Author­ity.

Three buildings on the North side of the Square have a l ready completed c o n s t r u c ­tion, and two more buildings a re present ly under construct ion. The p r i m e des ign determinant for all projects w a s that the buildings are historic, p leas ing , wel l -designed and s t ructura l ly -sound, and they

City Drugs and Southern Furn i ture AFTER remodel ing inc lud ing side­w a l k deve lopment .

should be remodeled or res tored to re f lect this image .

B y using the or ig inal proport ions and m a t e r i a l s , the des igns pro jec t th is i m a g e by using br ick or s tucco f a c a d e s , l ime­stone t r im for w indows and doors , d iv ided light w indows , t radi t ional post and b r a c k e t l a m p s , br ick pav ing , l imestone b e n c h e s , wood w a s t e r e c e p t a c l e s , and s h r u b s a n d street t rees .

T h e local interest that these p r o j e c t s have genera ted g ives a very posi t ive indi­cat ion of more pr ivate par t ic ipa t ion in m a k i n g the downtown a r e a of H u n t s v i l l e a more p leasant p lace to work and shop . A A

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N o r t h A l a b a m a A r c h i t e c t s C o n t i n u e I n v o l v e m e n t In U r b a n L i f e

A genuine c o n c e r n for the qual i ty of ur­ban lite has become increas ing ly evident in the indiv idual and col lect ive efforts of north A l a b a m a a r c h i t e c t s . Through some c h a p t e r m e m b e r s in D e c a t u r and F l o r e n c e h a v e found opportuni t ies for express ion of this c o n c e r n , it is in the " R o c k e t C i t y " that the greatest needs have been evident a r d the response most e f fect ive .

A s u r v e y of the ac t iv i t ies of the Hunts-vil le a r c h i t e c t s r e v e a l s continued involve­ment in the Model C i t i e s p r o g r a m , now on the threshold of imp lementa t ion ; a r c h i t e c t s s e r v e on three M C resource c o m m i t t e e s — H o u s i n g . Beaut i f i ca t ion and Codes and New Techno logy . One a rch i tec t personal ly c o m ­piled the " h o u s i n g " section of the init ial M C appl ica t ion .

B y m a y o r a l appointment , three a r c h i ­tects s e r v e on the C i t y of Huntsvi l le B e a u -t i f icat ion B o a r d , one a s c h a i r m a n of the B o a r d ' s C o m m e r c i a l and Industr ia l C o m ­mit tee . R e c e n t efforts by the B o a r d in draf t ing a s ign control o rd inance , encour­aging tasteful rehabi l i tat ion of Court S q u a r e through s l ide presenta t ions , and the i l luminat ion of a c i ty park a r e d i rec t by­products of the a r c h i t e c t s * p resence on the B o a r d .

S e v e r a l c h a p t e r m e m b e r s , over the past y e a r , h a v e s u r v e y e d and documented res i ­dent ia l s t r u c t u r e s in the histor ic T w i c k e n ­h a m D is t r i c t in Huntsv i l le and the L a u d e r ­da le County Cour thouse in F l o r e n c e .

R e c e n t invo lvement of Huntsv i l l e -a rea f i r m s in g r a p h i c des ign , s c r e e n i n g of utili­ty sub-sta t ions and (for the f irst t ime) par i tc ipat ion in the H o m e b u i l d e r s ' P a r a d e of H o m e s , a r e encourag ing s igns of " u r . ban c o n c e r n " on the part of publ ic offi­c i a l s and bui lders . A w a r e n e s s of the prob­lem is not su f f i c ien t : there must be con-c e r n for the h u m a n v a l u e s — c o n c e r n that b e c o m e s mot ivat ion for the appropr ia te ac t ion . A A

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D o n a l d H o r t o n . r e g i o n a l d i r e c t o r , s a i d T h u r s d a y h e b e l i e v e s t h e g r a n t c o v e r s t h e f i r s t t h r e e p r i o r i t i e s o n a r e g u e s t s u b m i t t e d to t h e U . S . D e ­p a r t m e n t of H o u s i n g a n d U r b a n D e ­v e l o p m e n t a b o u t t w o m o n t h s a g o .

T h e f e d e r a l g r a n t w i l l c o v e r t w o t h i r d s o f t h e t o t a l c o s t of t h e c o m ­p r e h e n s i v e p r o g r a m . T h e p r o g r a m i n c l u d e s c i t i e s in t h e c o u n t i e s of M o n t g o m e r y a n d E l m o r e a n d t h e c i t y o f C a r r v i l l e i n T a l l a p o o s a C o u n ­t y .

H o r t o n , w h o i s v i c e - p r e s i d e n t of t h e M o n t g o m e r y C h a p t e r of A r c h i ­t e c t s a n d p a s t p r e s i d e n t of t h e A l a ­b a m a C o u n c i l o f A r c h i t e c t s A I A . s a i d t h e f i r s t p r i o r i t y w a s f o r a h o u s i n g s t u d y t h a t w i l l s u r v e y t h e a d e g u a c y of h o u s i n g in t h e r e g i o n a n d w h a t c a n b e d o n e to b e t t e r it.

T h e s e c o n d r e q u e s t c a l l s f o r a s e w ­e r a n d w a t e r s t u d y of t h e r u r a l s e c ­t i o n of M o n t g o m e r y C o u n t y , he s a i d . T h i s s u r v e y w i l l s h o w w h e t h e r t h e r e i s p o p u l a t i o n i n t h e a r e a l a r g e e n o u g h to s u p p o r t w a t e r , f i r e p r o t e c ­t i o n a n d s e w e r s y s t e m s .

H o r t o n s a i d t h e c o s t of a f i r e p r o ­t e c t i o n s y s t e m w i l l be a b o u t d o u b l e t h a t of a w a t e r s y s t e m , a n d t h e s e w e r s y s t e m a b o u t d o u b l e in c o s t o f a f i r e p r o t e c t i o n s y s t e m .

T h e t h i r d r e q u e s t is f o r a p r e l i m ­i n a r y c o m p r e h e n s i v e d e v e l o p m e n t p l a n . H o r t o n s a i d t h i s i n c l u d e s a n i n v e n t o r y of l a n d - u s e s t u d y — w h a t l a n d i s b e i n g u s e d f o r , a n d h o w it c a n a n d c a n n o t be u s e d , s u c h a s f l o o d l a n d .

T h e d e v e l o p m e n t p l a n a l s o i n ­c l u d e s a n i n v e n t o r y of e x i s t i n g c o m ­m u n i t y f a c i l i t i e s in t h e c o u n t i e s a n d w h a t t h e y h a v e to o f f e r a t t h e p r e s ­e n t .

A n o t h e r s u r v e y w i l l b e m a d e of p h y s i c a l g r o w t h b a r r i e r s , s u c h a s t h e t y p e s o f s o i l a n d l a n d s u r f a c e s , p o p u l a t i o n d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d f o r e c a s t s , a n d a t r a n s p o r t a t i o n s t u d y , H o r t o n s a i d .

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The three au thors of this com­p e n d i u m are archi tects, John L. Schmidt a n d Haro ld Bennett O l i n , the d i rector a n d assistant director, respect ive ly , o f the archi tectura l a n d construct ion research depar t ­ment of the Un i ted States Savings a n d Loan League, w h i l e Wal ter H. Lewis is an associate professor of arch i tecture a t the Universi ty of I l l inois.

The o rgan i za t i on of this single vo l ume reference w o r k is reason­ab le a n d he lp fu l w i t h " vo lumes " devo ted to f i ve ma jo r subject a reas: l and p l a n n i n g , des ign , con­st ruct ion, a p p r a i s i n g , a n d construc­t ion loan procedures. A l t hough it w a s pub l i shed jo in t ly by ihe Amer­ican Savings a n d Loan Institute and M c G r a w - H i l l , it is c lear ly intended as a desk top reference for sav­ings a n d loan execut ives. It is of pa r t i cu la r va l ue to architects be­cause it tends to emphas ize areas of pa r t i cu la r concern to the many l end ing agencies. It contains very ca re fu l l y de ta i l ed sections on a l ­most a l l o f the s tanda rd construc­t ion methods a n d is very useful in that it conta ins specif ic sugges­t ions on the o r d i n a r y bu t of ten dif­f i cu l t aspects of remode l i ng pro­jects, such as w a l l sett lement, cracks, a n d the l ike.

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C H I T E C T wi l l be designed by archi tectura l students at A u b u r n , and wi l l feature proj­ects designed by t h e m .

The issue wi l l be compi led under the direct ion of R i c h a r d M i l l m a n . head , De­par tment of A r c h i t e c t u r e .

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