Dick Clark (architect)
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Dick Clark is the principal of the firm Dick Clark Architecture
located in Austin, Texas
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School of Architecture and Harvard Graduate School of Design
. He has practiced architecture in Boston, Knoxville, Managua, Aspen, Copenhagen, as well as throughout Texas. His projects include commercial buildings, resorts, hotels, retail, multifamily housing, golf facilities and residential projects, including more than one hundred custom homes. Dick Clark has many award-winning restaurants and entertainment venues in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Austin’s downtown Warehouse District. With over 30 years of experience in the Austin, Dick Clark is well known in the community and has a reputation of creating spaces that are warm, inviting and integral to the city fabric.
Dick Clark has contemporary design sensibilities with particular attention to combining humble and rich materials to bring interest and value to a project. His respect for renewable resources combined with his design talent garnered him the first Green Building Design Award from the City of Austin. Dick Clark was honored with the city’s first Downtown Austin Alliance Downtown Impact Award for contributing to the standard of excellence in design.
Dick Clark taught at the University of Tennessee
from 1974-1976. During this time Mr. Clark lead a team a students in Masaya, Nicaragua. They arrived just after the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake
that decimated most of Managua. There they worked with the local government and citizens to plan and rebuild some of what was lost. Their efforts were supported by Mick Jagger
who, with the Rolling Stones donated $300,000 to build 3000 homes south of Managua. Most of the money was raised during the Rolling Stones Pacific Tour 1973
.
Presently Mr. Clark serves on the Advisory Board for the University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture where he participates regularly in Design Review Jury's.
Dick Clark Architecture
Dick Clark Architecture, LLC is an Austin, Texas-based architectural firm.The firm, founded in 1979 by Dick Clark III, designs contemporary architecture. Dick Clark Architecture's projects include residential, commercial, educational and restaurant design. They are also involved in the...
located in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
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Background
Dick Clark III, was educated at the University of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
School of Architecture and Harvard Graduate School of Design
Harvard Graduate School of Design
The Harvard Graduate School of Design is a graduate school at Harvard University offering degrees in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning and Design.-History:...
. He has practiced architecture in Boston, Knoxville, Managua, Aspen, Copenhagen, as well as throughout Texas. His projects include commercial buildings, resorts, hotels, retail, multifamily housing, golf facilities and residential projects, including more than one hundred custom homes. Dick Clark has many award-winning restaurants and entertainment venues in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Austin’s downtown Warehouse District. With over 30 years of experience in the Austin, Dick Clark is well known in the community and has a reputation of creating spaces that are warm, inviting and integral to the city fabric.
Dick Clark has contemporary design sensibilities with particular attention to combining humble and rich materials to bring interest and value to a project. His respect for renewable resources combined with his design talent garnered him the first Green Building Design Award from the City of Austin. Dick Clark was honored with the city’s first Downtown Austin Alliance Downtown Impact Award for contributing to the standard of excellence in design.
Influences
From 1969 through 1971 Mr. Clark worked for Bud Oglesby in Dallas, Texas. He was inspired by Mr. Oglesby's contemporary style and unique design abilities.Dick Clark taught at the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
from 1974-1976. During this time Mr. Clark lead a team a students in Masaya, Nicaragua. They arrived just after the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake
1972 Nicaragua earthquake
The 1972 Nicaragua earthquake was an earthquake that occurred at 12:29 a.m. local time on Saturday, December 23, 1972 near Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. It had a magnitude of 6.2 and occurred at a depth of about 5 kilometers beneath the centre of the city. Within an hour after the main...
that decimated most of Managua. There they worked with the local government and citizens to plan and rebuild some of what was lost. Their efforts were supported by Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
who, with the Rolling Stones donated $300,000 to build 3000 homes south of Managua. Most of the money was raised during the Rolling Stones Pacific Tour 1973
The Rolling Stones Pacific Tour 1973
The Rolling Stones Pacific Tour 1973 was a concert tour of countries bordering the Pacific Ocean in January and February 1973 by The Rolling Stones. The tour is sometimes referred to as the Winter Tour 1973...
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Presently Mr. Clark serves on the Advisory Board for the University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture where he participates regularly in Design Review Jury's.