THE ARCHITECTURE OF O’NEIL FORD.
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. xiv,158pp. Index. Photographs (many in color). Bibliography. Notes. Black cloth. Laid-in is a typed list of Ford’s projects in Denton, Texas. First edition. INSCRIBED. Fine copy in an equally nice dust jacket. O’Neil Ford was one of the most influential Texas architects of the twentieth century. As an architect, his focus was the blending of regional architecture with national and international modernistic trends. The author, architectural critic for the Dallas Morning News for over twenty years, presents the first critical study of Ford’s architecture and its impact. Dillon enhances his analysis through plans, drawings, photographs, and sketches. Further, he supports his study with extensive quotes from Ford as well as interviews with his colleagues, family members, friends, and critics. The result of all this is a thoroughly researched, yet highly readable, portrait of this master Texas architect.