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M a n a g i ng Kditnr Mi tchel l . [ . Shit-Ids

Kdimrial Commit tee ( '.htitmtiM

N o n ya Grenader

Kathleen C author Terry Doody Stephen Fos

Lj nn I lerhi-rt Karl kill.in

Barrv M o o r e W i l l i a m 0 . Neuhaus I I I

Danny Samuels Christnl Spieler

W i l l i a m F. Stem K l i n 1 . I .11 lui

Drexel Turner Bruce C Webb

Graphic D o mil M inor Design G r o u p

Photography Paul I fester

Advertising I vim Kellv

Rice Design Alliance Board of Directors

President M a r i l y n Archer

President Tlccl lory Alexander

Vice President Thomas F. Bellows

Treasurer Larry K. Whaley

Secretary James D. Burnett

Na ta lye L. Appel Keiji Asakura

Jay Baker Minnette ti. Rood

Deborah Krochstcm Candy M . Burns

Wi l l i am Courtis I ares e l -Dahdah

Charles W . Elder Leslie K. E l k h u

Edwin A. Eubankt 1 Ion. Jessica Farrar

( ierry Tehn David T . George

Alfred {.las-ell I I I Gwendolyn 11. GofCc

N o n ya Grenader Ciuy Magstctir

lenniler I larding CI, N o r m a n I louver

Kalherine S. 1 Imve Susan Booth keetnn W i l l i a m D. Kendall

I ars I ernp China-Fung Lin K.it.i. I Longoria

Kick Lowe Charles D. M a v n a r d , ]r.

|ohn D. M i n e r W i l l i a m 0 , Neuhaus I I ]

Patrick Peters Char lot te A. Rothwel l

Jeffrey D. Hy.iu I inns I I Skidmore, |i

Wi l l i am I-'. Stern Rives T. Taylor

( yiiiln.i I ules Phoebe Tudor

James Vick Randall Walker

David I I . Watk ins Brace C Webb

Joe Douglas Welsh L. Burke W i n d h a m I I I

Executive Director Linda I.. Sylvan

Program Administrator Amanda l.ytz

Records Coordinator M a r y Swift

Hire Design Alliance Corporate Sponsors

Anchorage Fouiuution "i les.is S. L Atuli-TMin ( umpany W s Bellows I omtr i ic l ion I . up Brand » Allen Architects Inc. I I - ' K h - : . ! [ « • - I n c .

Brookstone Corporat ion I In Office nt |a mis Htirnett

C o m , Kose, Yale, H o l m , Rym.m & I I T , I't Copra Technologies Energy Group i onipsq Comptttct Corporation Comtroctonj At Associates, Inc. t realise Flooring Resources | ) M | M Keating 1 i.n Brawn l<ue, Inc. IVbncr + I (nnp.nu Btegsiu Additions Pnnin Property .mil S n i i u ^ i urp. Exxon hsk Electric Company l-olcy's I 111/ I OBlUUCliOfl Genslef I .illvMH' liinlilme l ninp.mv AlfredC. Class, II ill dol i l iua i i , Sachs \ : Cu./Phoebe . I IK ! Hubert IV tudi ir III H.iyni's Whaley Associates, Int . I lines lackwn Ac Ryan An'hiteets Kirksev and Partners Architects k l lo l l Knudson and Associates I'lie L e n a Croup I mine Is l. (instructMin t orporation Manhat tan < oiistruitlon t oinp.inv Marek Bnithers Systems, Inc. Mitrix/StructunU Eagjaecrt, Inc. I In M i ( li-.iry Partnership. Inc. M i l •'! Inc. M i lam , \ t ('• Painting, Inc. Minet -Dcdcnck Constructors, Inc. Mission t n i isOiMnts, Inc. Monttibano I umber Co.. Inc. Walter P. M imrc and A S M K i.ui's, lui Morr is Architects. Inc. I. A. Namai i • Assimatec, lite V u i m i s I iinstrnclioii Managemen t Inc. Newberry Design Studio, I I I O'Donnell/Siudcr Construction Inc. I .dward |. t lsowski P l l l i Corporat ion t lual i ls Woodwork Interiors P. I'. Reed Construction I. .C. ( li.trlotn- Kmliwel l I ouisa Studc Sarofim Sehenck and Company SJII ITII V i k m . i n Reid, Inc. T .A.S. Construction, Inc. Vanguard I mironnie ins. Ine-t K Ward ( oustrnctors, Inc W a i I iigiiicciitig Webb Architect! Welle Design, Itic. Wilson Architectural (rroup

Kicc Design Alliance Corporate Members A & I Products Co. Inc. \ IMIMI t •csriag t o. Balcer & hotts I I .P. bcrgrr Iron Works* Inc. British Aires ass Burns |)cl .aitc fie M c C o y , Inc. ccnl partners Clark Condon Associates C olouos IVosien & Voting A. Cram Construction Company, Inc. I . Barry Davidson Architects A IA . Inc. Dottguks/Gsltsgber Duke 1 nergy Corporat ion l u g n i M i s Iclland Ciuuu.i Construction Companv Creenwuod King PraperCks I loiisttm ( haprer. Associated Ciener.il

I nnir.ictiifs of America I Illusion I igliong cc Power Co. Kendall / I lea Ion Associates Lesley S: Associates, Inc. I uckwootl , Andrews cV N e w n a m M i l Associates, Inc M i DllK.ltil-Slcelc landscape Architects Minor Design C r i m p , Inc. Morgant i I l l l i , i I'avillon Pierce ( m i i J win Alexander *c' lanvil lr ITlf I 'owrll C roup Kidciss.iv's WiUHni F. stem eV Assodsta The Stone Kile Inn U)/ l i i tert i . i t ioi ial , Inc. Wal l C-ompany Printing Watkins I ianultoti Ross Weingarten Realtv Management Wil l is, Brisker Si t aniiadv. Archurcts 'Tom Wilson and Associates Architects Windham Builders Wvlie cV Associates. Inc.

Notes on Contributors

L y n n M . H e r b e r t is c u r a t o r a t the C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t s M u s e u m ,

H o u s t o n .

P a u l H e s t e r is a n a r c h i t e c t u r a l p h o t o g r a p h e r l i v i n g in

F a y e t t e v i l l e , T e x a s , a n d a l o n g t i m e c o n t r i b u t o r t o Cite.

The Elusive Cl ' fy, a n e x h i b i t o f his p h o t o g r a p h s o f H o u s t o n ,

w a s recen t ly s h o w n at T h e M e n i l C o l l e c t i o n .

B a r b a r a K o e r b l c is a n a r t h i s t o r i a n , j o u r n a l i s t , c o n t r i b u t i n g e d i t o r o f Texas Architect, a n d d i r e c t o r o f h is to r ic p r e s e r v a t i o n for the T ' a i r m o u n t A s s o c i a t i o n in F o r t W o r t h .

J . P i t t m a n M c G c h e c , an E p i s c o p a l pr ies t a n d J u n g i a n a n a l y s t

in H o u s t o n , lectures a n d w r i t e s ex tens ive ly o n p s y c h o l o g y

a n d r e l i g i o n .

H a r r y M o o r e , p r e s i d e n t a n d m a n a g i n g p a r t n e r o f S J K B / H o u s -

i n i i . is a n a d j u n c t p ro f e sso r at the G e r a l d D . H i n e s C o l l e g e o f

A r c h i t e c t u r e , U n i v e r s i t y o f H o u s t o n , a n d d i rec ts its C e n t e r fo r

H i s t o r i c A r c h i t e c t u r e .

B a r r i c S c a r d i n o w a s f o r m e r l y m a n a g i n g e d i t o r o f Cite. She i n i w lives iii Ness l u r k , w h e r e sin- is c o m p l e t i n g < layton's Galveston, w h i c h w i l l be p u b l i s h e d th is fa l l b y T e x a s A & M U n i v e r s i t y Press.

M i t c h e l l J . Shie lds is m a n a g i n g e d i t o r o f C i t e .

P a u l a J . W e b b is a u t h o r o f the nove l Domestic Life. She

o r g a n i z e s a n d teaches w r i t i n g w o r k s h o p s t h r o u g h th e W r i t e r s

C o l l a b o r a t i v e .

J i m Z o o k is a H o u s t o n - b a s e d w r i t e r a n d a c o n t r i b u t i n g e d i t o r

f o r Metropolis.

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43: Winter 1999

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Citelines: Revising Chapter 42/Rcthinking Main Street/ 16 Houses/RDA Gala

looking for Cod's House J. Pittman McCiehee and Paula J. Webb

Art and the Sacred I ynn VI. I lerbert

The Churches and Synagogues of Gary Cunningham Barbara koerhle

Houses of the Holy Phoio I ssa> by Paul I lesrer

To Die For Mitchell J. Shields

Building a Houston Practice: The Career of S.I. Morris Harry Moore

The State of the Park: Hermann Park Update Jim Zook

Places of Prayer Barrie Seardino reviews I leathcote and Spells' Church Huilders