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Modern Tulsa at the TFA Archives

July 15th, 2008

Located in the basement of the Kennedy Building at 4th and Boston, the Tulsa Foundation for Architecture Archives houses over 30,000 architectural drawings, historic photographs, remnants of buildings, and other related architectural ephemera. Two of the five major collections are comprised of mostly modern designs, the Murray Jones Murray Collection and the Robert E. Buchner Collection.

Murray Jones Murray was an architectural firm formed in Tulsa in 1957 by David Murray, Robert Lawton Jones, and Lee Murray. David and Lee, brothers, attended Oklahoma State University. Robert Jones attended the University of Notre Dame as an undergrad, the Illinois Institute of Technology, studying under Mies Van der Rohe as a graduate student, and Technical University in Karlsruhe, Germany on a Fulbright Grant. Some of MJM’s designs include the Tulsa International Airport, the Tulsa Civic Center, the Robert Jones House, Center Park Plaza, First Place Tower, and the Tulsa Assembly Center. MJM’s work been recognized nationally and in Europe in publications as Bauen + Wohnen and Schoner Wohnen.

Robert E. Buchner practiced architecture in Tulsa from the early 1950s until the 1970s. After attending the University of Michigan, Robert Buchner worked at a number of different architectural firms in various cities; as draftsman for Donald McCormick in Tulsa, as a designer for Raymond Loewy in New York City, and as a designer at Sidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM) in New York City. Mr. Buchner was a founding partner of the firm Ramey, Himes and Buchner in Wichita, KS before returning to Tulsa to start his own practice. In conjunction with his architectural practice, Buchner maintained an interiors division for furniture, fabric, and accessories. This would eventually lead Mr. Buchner to open Robert Buchner Selections, a unique gift store in Utica Square. Some of Mr. Buchner’s designs include the Ponca City Savings & Loan building (7th & Boston), the Florence Park Library, Engler Photo (Springer Electric), the H.L. Singletary Residence, and the Scherbatskoy Residence.

In addition to the thousands of modern architectural drawings, the TFA Archives also houses over 300 historic photographs of modern architecture in Tulsa, including numerous photos taken by the famous modernist photographer Julius Shulman. The TFA Archives also owns an extensive collection of bound architectural periodicals such as Architecture Forum, Progressive Architecture, and Architectural Record, many featuring modern buildings in Tulsa. Because Mr. Buchner also dealt with interior design, his collection contains numerous advertising pieces, catalogs, and promotional items for vintage modern furniture.

Vist tulsaarchitecture.com or email Derek at derek@tulsaarchitecture.com for more details.

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