University of Texas Health Science Center - IATRO Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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The Prudential building (alias Houston Main building) was originally a luxury hotel. Designed by Kenneth Franzheim in 1952, it is the clean, polished art-deco of the time. The palm-shaded pool now serves as a refuge for students of the state. Perhaps more utilitarian is the oddly symmetrical Hermann Professional Building (which too was designed by Mr. Franzheim, in 1957) (right). A portion of M. D. Ander- son Hospital rises like the fortified spires of a castle (below), pink granite towers of medicine. Outside of the Robertson pavilion is the micro-scale tribute to the gothic cathedral, heavy buttresses supporting a stained-glass skin.

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{ aes Eee te Sat se: Houston: Objet D’art When the Hermann estate constructed their hospital in 1924, it was well out of town. As Houston grew, so did Hermann Hospital giving rise to the impressive complex comprising the focus of UTHSC. The elegant Spanish construction of the Cullen Pavilion makes it the most colorful structure of the entire medical center. In 1948 the next extension (the Robertson Pavilion by Kenneth Fran- zheim) was created. The Jones Pavilion is the most recent addition (1970). These three units give Hermann Hospital a rather eclectic face representing five decades of growth. a NN a. ] . 1 ae rywT lt Mee m4 I ae rie an Gf a8 at

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The Jones Pavilion was constructed at the same time as the medical school, appearing as one long continuous structure, an ivory tower lying on its side. Here, (middle left) is a scene that many will remember (note newly-completed cyclotron). On the other hand, (middle right), when it comes to Favrot Hall, most of us want to forget (note the aspiring perspiring marathoner Charles Harper). Fossil-filled limestone forms the walls of the Houston city hall, a WPA construction project replete with right-minded proletarian bas-relief insets and tiny neon clocks. Humble and squat, it looks curious against the towering downtown skyline.