Gary Wooten Smith, AIA
Associate
Dean for Research and Post-Professional Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
CURRICULUM VITA
EDUCATION
Master of
Architecture—Certificate of Specialization in Historic Preservation, 1993,
Texas Tech University. Master’s Thesis: Sylvan Blum Haynes: The Dean of
Bachelor
of Architecture—Design, 1973, Texas Tech University.
CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Architect,
National
Council of Architectural Registration Boards, #41350, 1991
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Tau Sigma Delta, National
Architecture Honor Society
American
Institute of Architects
Lubbock Chapter, American
Institute of Architects: President, 2006; President-Elect, 2005; Third Year
Director, 2003-2005; First Year Director, Board of Directors, 2002;
National
Council of Architectural Registration Boards
Society
of Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Dean for Research and
Post-Professional Graduate Studies, College
of Architecture, Texas Tech University (September 2008 to present)
Associate Professor, College of Architecture, Texas
Tech University (September 2001 to present)
Facilities Manager, City of
$21M in
Capital Project Management Annually
$2M
Annual Operating Budget for Building Maintenance and Custodial Services
Two million square feet of
facilities (200+ structures)
Architectural Tour Guide
“The Grand Tour", 1995, Madrid,
Sevilla, Barcelona, Sitges, Segovia, Toledo, and El Escorial, Spain
Lecturer,
Thesis
Advisor—Two Semesters
TSA
Charrette Advisor—Two Years
Gary W. Smith, AIA, Private
Architectural Practice (1991—August 1993)
Principal, McLarty Smith Meyer Architects,
AIA/McLarty Smith Architects, AIA, 1919 Broadway,
Design
Architect on over 500 projects
Managed
staff of 13 with annual billings of $500K
Architectural Intern, Project Designer-Project
Architect, Danny D. McLarty, Architect, 1979—1982
Designer/Draftsman
on Commercial and Residential Projects
Architectural Intern, Don L. Kittrell, Architect,
1976-1979
AWARDS
2007 Barnie E. Rushing
Outstanding Researcher, College of Architecture
2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize
for Bis sa’ani, Honorable Mention, given by the Historic American Building
Survey, The American Institute of Architects and The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Excellence Award for Leadership
and Service,
Commercial Renovation Regional
Award for
Award for Restoration of United
ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE
COURSES TAUGHT
Lecturer: Fall 1993 to Fall 1995
Arch 1341—Delineation I
Arch
4000—Delineation II
Arch
1402—Design II
Arch
2401—Design III
Arch
2401—Design I
Arch
3351—Construction Drawings
Arch
4501—Design VII
Arch
4502—Design VIII
Associate Professor, Fall 2001 to Spring 2009
Arch 2401—Design I
Arch
2402—Design II
Arch
3501—Design III
Arch
3502—Design IV
Arch
4601—Design V
Arch
5325—Conservation Policies
Arch
5365—Arch Research Methods
Arch
5395—Master Design Studio I
Arch 5604--Urban Design Studio
Arch
5692—Master Design Studio II
Arch
7000—Research
Guest Critic
ARCH 2402—Design II: Spring 2004
ARCH 4605—Advanced Architectural Design Studio: Spring 2004
ARCH 4601—Comprehensive Design Studio V: August 2002
ARCH 5605—Advanced Design Studio: August 2002
ARCH 5604—Urban Design Studio: May 2002
ARCH 5604—Urban Design Studio: April 2006
Guest Lecturer
5321—Conservation, Restoration Technology, and Documentation: Lecturer, “Preservation from the Municipal Perspective”
March 29, 2005, February 10, 2004, and Sept 10, 2002. Guest critic at October 29, 2002, student
presentations.
5322—Preservation Workshop: Lecturer, “Preservation in the Public Sector”
April 3, 2002. Guest critic at April 8
student presentations.
1311—Design, Environment and Society: Lecturer, “Regional Architectural Traditions of the
Southwest” March 7 and October 22, 2002, October 27, 2005
5324—Architectural Preservation and Conservation: Lecturer, “Municipal Preservation Policies, Programs, and
Ordinances” March 4, 2002.
Graduate Advisor
Spring Semester 2009
MS Thesis Committee Chair for Randy Wallace
Fall Semester 2008
Faculty Advisor for Master Design Studio I Students Diego
Barrera, Kim Gilkerson, and Grace Vergara
MS Thesis Committee Chair for Randy Wallace and Abhilasha
Shrivastava.
Spring Semester 2008
Faculty Advisor for Master Design Studio I Students Diego Barrera, Kim
Gilkerson, and Grace Vergara
Faculty Advisor for Master Design Studio II Student Cole Pittman
MS Thesis Committee Chair for Randy Wallace and Abhilasha
Shrivastava
Fall Semester 2007
Faculty Advisor for Master Design Studio I Student Cole Pittman
Faculty Advisor for Master Design Studio II Students Mike Jones, Felicia
Santiago, Brandon Weinheimer, and Clay Weiland
MS Thesis Committee Chair for Abhilasha Shrivastava
Spring Semester 2007
Faculty Advisor for Master Design Studio II Students Jessica
Vasquez and Logan West
Faculty Advisor for Master Design Studio I Students Mike Jones, Felicia
Santiago, Brandon Weinheimer, and Clay Weiland
Fall Semester 2006
Committee Member for Master of Architecture Candidate Rani
Chandra
Faculty Advisor for Master Design Studio II Students Garrett
Biltoft, Carolyn Stojanik, and Nicholas Garza
Spring Semester 2006
Faculty
Advisor for Master Design Studio I Students Garrett Biltoft and George Castro
Fall Semester 2005/Spring Semester 2006
Faculty
Advisor for Master Design Studio I/II Students Chris Hellstern and Jamie Smith
Spring Semester 2005:
Faculty
Advisor for Master Design Studio II student Kevin Pauzer
Fall Semester 2004:
Faculty
Advisor for MS Student Kris Key
Spring Semester 2004:
Faculty
Advisor for Thesis Research Schematics student George Castro
Fall Semester 2003:
Faculty Advisor for Thesis Student Jose Chavez
Spring Semester 2003:
Faculty Advisor for Thesis Students Kyle Bodine, Miles
Hardaway, Chris Rutledge, and Alejandro Mireles
Fall Semester 2002:
Faculty Advisor for Thesis Students Rogelio Hernandez and
Chris Osborne
Faculty Advisor for Thesis Research Schematics students
Miles Hardaway, Jose Chavez, Chris Rutledge, and Alejandro Mireles
Faculty Sponsor for McNair Scholar, Kylan Sanders
Spring Semester 2002:
Faculty Advisor for Thesis Research Schematics student
Rogelio Hernandez
Faculty Advisor for Zeke Fortenberry,
RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
CONFERENCES/PAPERS
Steering Committee Member/Curator, SWC Exhibit Committee for
the Fall 2008 Texas Medieval Association Meeting, Lubbock.
“The Influence of the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares on
Two Southwestern American Universities.”
February 17, 2005, Natural History and the Art & Literature of
Place, Texas Tech University History Department, Science Spectrum, Lubbock,
Texas.
“Historical Documentation and an Analysis of Two Significant
Ranch Headquarters in the
“Spanish Renaissance Precedent in 20th Century Southwestern
American Architecture:
The Influence of the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares at
Texas Tech University and the University of San Diego,” Annual Congress of the
Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, Universidad Complutense
de Madrid, Spain, July 2-5, 2003.
Session Co-Chair, 2002 State Historic Preservation
Conference, Abilene, Texas, "Documentation of the 6666 Ranch House,
Guthrie, Texas" April 19, 2002, Texas Historical Commission 2002 Historic
Preservation Conference, "New Technology in the Documentation of Historic
Structures: The 6666 Ranch House, Guthrie, Texas." Emphasis on the history and architectural
description of the 6666 Ranch House.
Co-authored with
Session Co-Chair, 2002 Mosaic of
Session Co-Chair, 1997 Certified Local Government Workshop,
Lubbock, Texas, “Management Tools for Preservation Commissions”.
Session Chair, 1994 State Historic Preservation Conference,
PUBLICATIONS
HALS Documentation of the Arneson River Theatre, San Antonio
Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas, 2007.
Smith, Gary W. “Spanish Renaissance Precedent in 20th
Century Southwestern American Architecture: The Influence of the Universidad de
Alcalá de Henares at
Smith, Gary W.
“Spanish Renaissance Precedent in 20th Century Southwestern American
Architecture: The Influence of the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares at Texas
Tech University and the University of San Diego,” Society for Spanish and
Portuguese Historical Studies Bulletin, Vol. XXVIII, n. 1-2, Spring/Fall
2003, edited by Geoffrey Jensen, 58-59.
“Mallet Ranch Headquarters”, Historic American Buildings
Survey Documentation, 2005.
“Bis sa’ani
“Kin yazhi Pueblito”, Historic American Buildings Survey
Documentation, Library of Congress, 2004.
Smith, Gary W. and Sally Abbe. “
Smith, Gary W. and Dennis Wilson. Design Standards
for the Central Business District.
“City of Lubbock Zoning Ordinances” CB-1, CB-2, CB-3, and
CB-4 Districts, 2000, Co-author with others.
HISTORIC
PRESERVATION RESEARCH
2006/2007
NCPTT Grant on Pilot Project for the Documentation of a Portion of the San Antonio
Riverwalk, Arneson Theatre, San Antonio, Texas.
$40,000 grant awarded July 2006.
Completed 2007.
Author of
2006 National Register Nomination on the Charles Goodnight Ranch House,
Goodnight, Texas. $3,279.
Author of
2006 Historic Structures Report on the Virginia City Hotel,
Grant
Writer for 2006 Historic Structures Reports and Additional Facility Design for
The Gillespie County Country Schools.
$135,000. Determination as to
funding in December 2006.
Grant
Writer for 2006-07 NCPTT Grant on a “Pilot Project for the Documentation of a
Portion of the
Organization
and Establishment of a National Ranching Heritage Center Document Archive,
Lubbock, Texas, Jan. 2004--Dec. 2006, Inter-departmental project between the
College of Architecture, the Southwest Collection, and the National Ranching
Heritage Center. Grant from the Helen Jones Foundation awarded and funded on January
1, 2004 in the amount of $15,000.
Budget
Preparation for a grant from the American Embassy in
3D Laser
Scanning of Spruce Tree House, Mesa Verde National Park, June 2005.
Historic
Structures Report, Mallet Ranch Headquarters, Summer 2005.
Documentation
of Bis sa’ani Pueblo (900 year-old Anasazi ruin) for the National Park Service
and the Bureau of Land Management
2002-2003.
Documentation
of Kin yazhi Pueblito (300 year-old Pueblo defensive ruin) for the National
Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
2002-2003.
Historic
Structures Report on the 1887 Charles Goodnight Ranch House. Grant from the Helen Jones Foundation, $9,000. Article in the “Houston Chronicle”, January
25, 2004, cited the report and included quotes.
2003.
Grant
writer on the Documentation and Historic Structures Report for the Harold Dow
Bugbee Ranch House near
Mallet Ranch Documentation, Sundown,
Daniels Ranch,
6666 Ranch House,
SPECIALIZED
TRAINING
Teaching Survival Skills and Ethics,
Snowmass, CO. University of
Pittsburgh. 2008
AIA Grassroots, February, 2005, Washington, D.C.
Cyra Laser Scanner Training,
Developing and Automating
Effective Facilities Management Operations, August 1999,
Integrated Emergency Management
Course, FEMA,
RECENT INDEPENDENT DESIGN WORK
Guadalupe Community Center Renovation, City of Lubbock,
Co-Designer with Ben K. Shacklette
Residence Renovation and Addition, Diane Perl Residence,
2005.
Bob and Shery Goodwin Residence Addition and Renovation,
Lubbock, 2004—2005.
Tim and Rosa Keho Residence Addition and Renovation,
William Curry Holden/Constance Goodwin Residence,
Lubbock. Preservation, Restoration and
Addition, 2003-2004.
Lynn and Mary Hatfield Residence Renovation, Lubbock, 2003.
Lothringer Residence Addition and Renovation,
Residence Addition for Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bertram,
SERVICE
TTU
Upward Bound Instructor/Advisor, Spring 2005.
Book Reviewer for Nominee for the TTU President’s Book
Award, Provost’s Office, 2004.
STATE Committee
TTU COMMITTEES
Chair, Task Force on Institutional Ethics, Quality
Enhancement Plan, Summer 2005—Spring 2009
COA Committees
Architecture Research and Design Center Committee, Spring
2005-Spring 2006. Chair, Fall
2008-Spring 2009.
Chair: Post-Professional Graduate Council, 2008-2009.
Awards Committee, 2006-2009.
College of Architecture Historic Preservation Program,
Spring 2005—Spring 2006.
College of Architecture Research Committee Chair, Fall
2003—Fall 2004.
College of Architecture Historic Preservation Ad Hoc
Committee Member, Fall 2002—Spring 2005.
Chair, Facilities Task Force, 2001—Summer 2002.
State Employee Charitable Campaign,
SECC Co-Chairman of College of Architecture 2002 Campaign,
Fall 2002
Juror, 2006 Historic Preservation
Awards for the Built Environment,
CITY OF
City of
Lubbock County Historical Commission, Spring 2005—Fall 2009:
Chair, Spring 2007 through Fall 2008.
nON-pROFIT oRGANIZATIONS
American Institute of Architects, Lubbock Chapter President,
2006.
Lubbock Heritage Society Heritage House Relocation and Preservation
Plan. Assistance with the plan,
renovation, and cost estimate for the move of a small house in Overton North to
a new site in Overton South.
Co-Chairman, WTMA Kite Fest, West Texas Museum Association,
1986 and 1987.
City Staff
Liaison:
Millennium Advisory Committee, 2000
Sports and Venue Advisory Committee, 2000
Auditorium/Coliseum Advisory Committee, 1997
TRAVEL
USA:
Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,
Nevada, New Mexico, New York City, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia, Washington State, Washington, DC, West Virginia
SIGNIFICANT ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS
2001—2007
New Construction and Restoration
· Renovations
to the Guadalupe Community Center, City of Lubbock, Co-Designer with Ben K.
Shacklette, 2007
· Addition
and Renovations, Diane Perl Residence,
· Addition
and Renovations, Shery and Bob Goodwin Residence,
· Addition
and Renovations, Tim and Rosa Keho Residence,
· Restoration
of and Additions to "Casa Grande" (Curry Holden's adobe home), 3009
20th Street, Lubbock, TX, 2002-2006
· Renovation
of the Lynn and Mary Hatfield Resident, Lubbock, 2003-2004
·
Addition to the James Bertram Residence,