Lecture
David
Waggonner, FAIA
Waggoner and Ball, Architects
http://www.wbarchitects.com/
Tuesday,
January 17th, 2012
6:30 PM
Wyly Auditorium
Louisiana Tech University
School of Architecture
David Waggonner was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He graduated from
Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971 and Yale University
with a Master of Architecture in 1975. Employed previously by the Architect
of the Capitol, Bechtel Corporation, and DMJM/Curtis and Davis, he has
been principal in the present firm and its predecessor since 1981. He
has taught Architectural design at Tulane University and the University
of Oregon, is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and is
a member of the Association for Preservation Technology and the Society
of Architectural Historians.
Located in New Orleans’ historic Garden District, the eighteen person
firm of Waggonner & Ball Architects has authored award winning designs
in the educational, retail, office, religious, government, residential
and planning categories. The firm has designed numerous institutional
and municipal master plans, and was a key participant in the Unified New
Orleans Plan for District 2 and the post-Katrina Recovery Plan for St.
Bernard Parish.
According to the firm’s profile, “While maintaining a historical restoration
specialization and expertise as the bedrock that informs and raises the
quality of our practice, we have over the years shifted our emphasis and
moved towards new construction in which contemporary design idioms are
prevalent. The development of a current day architectural language for
use in historical, traditional or well-established settings has been a
firm concern since the beginning. In concord with each client’s mission
and program, belief in the primacy of site and the land, and respect for
the importance of context and culture influence in basic ways the architectural
form developed. Techniques of construction and the nature of materials
available in the particular locale appropriate to the project are criteria
precedent to design. The combination of an understanding of history with
a rooted yet critical appreciation of regional vernaculars has resulted
in our work becoming focused on concerns more fundamental than style.
Employing a modern sensibility, our attempt is to get to the essence of
true architecture, which is timeless.”
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