Architecture Study Center
Price Tower Arts Center and its community are already a proven magnet for those who love and appreciate architecture. The city is graced with buildings by Edward Buehler Delk, John Duncan Forsyth, Frank Lloyd Wright, William Wesley Peters, Bruce Goff, and Welton Becket. These, added to the Arts Center's landmark building, existing collections, and the implementation of the Architecture Study Center provide - in the words of the Dean of Architecture School at the University of Texas - "a center for studies in American architecture in the American heartland."
The Architecture Study Center houses the rapidly growing architecture and design collections of over 3,000 objects mainly concentrated in four areas: works by Frank Lloyd Wright and his firm, material by architect Bruce Goff, Dennis Oppenheim and Zaha Hadid. The group of Goff material - second only to those of the Art Institute of Chicago - includes architectural fragments, over 200 renderings (line drawings, original drawings and presentation drawings), paintings, and personal effects. Important supporting collections of archival material include original correspondence from Wright, contemporary film and photography documenting the construction of Price Tower and related Price Company material.
The outcomes of collaborations between the Arts Center and architecture schools throughout the country will be a vital program that will serve as a model for other universities and museums in advancing the understanding of the disciplines of architecture and design and providing access to key resources in the form of both collections and buildings.
The Study Center makes possible:
- Accessible Price Tower Arts Center's architectural collection for scholarly research and dialogue
- The continued preparation of and expansion of on site storage of works on paper by Frank Lloyd Wright and Bruce Goff in a manner that will allow them to be available to students and scholars.
- Formal establishment of partnerships with colleges and universities which include expanded education opportunities through the Architecture Study Center.
- An educational resource for the general public to utilize in their quest for knowledge about art, architecture and design. See sustain:ABILITY series.
Outcomes:
- Scholars and student will deepen their understanding of Bruce Goff, Frank Lloyd Wright, and other architects by studying original drawings, plans, archival material as well as completed buildings in the area.
- Students will include the study of the Price Tower Arts Center collection as part of their degree-seeking experience.
- The public will make use of the facility as a means to learn more about these areas of culture
Resources Available:
- Two computer workstations through which to research online databases and collection information.
- Library of related architectural, art, and design books, periodicals, journals, and magazines.
- PTAC's collections and archives of drawings, paintings, correspondence, blueprints, sculpture, models, and more.
- Knowledgeable staff members to assist in research and offer information from their own careers and education.
Price Tower's Center for studies in American architecture in the American heartland is a compelling vision. We believe it is essential in order to produce great architecture, great architects, and great clients for generations to come.
The Architecture Study Center opened to the public October 13, 2006.
Hours of Operation
Tues- Thurs 10am to 12pm (open to the general public, students and scholars)
And by appointment
All requests to view specific collection items in detail need to be made in advance and are available by appointment only. For more information contact Kay Johnson, Registrar/ Manager of the Architecture Study Center at 918.336.4949 ext. 111.
Students may become an intern with the curatorial department for a semester.View Internship Opportunities.