Russell Norton Buchanan (b. 1961)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born February 11, 1961 in Bryan, Texas, Russell Buchanan attended Texas A&M University earning a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree in 1983. He promptly began an architectural internship at Harwood K. Smith & Partners and then attended the Architectural Association in London from 1985 to 1986 in the History and Theory Programme. While in London, he began designing furniture. Shortly thereafter, Buchanan returned to the United States to complete an architectural internship at HKS, Inc, and began furniture design and fabrication in earnest. In 1988, he became a registered architect, and in 1990 he resigned from HKS to become the Project Architect at Cunningham Architects, and 1992, he founded Russell Buchanan: Architect.  

Adapted from
DMA unpublished material. 

NOTES
DMA unpublished material = Collections Records Object File (1994.19)

ASSOCIATED CONTENT CHUNKS (list applicable note links)

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IMAGE ASSETS 
Caption: Karen Buchanan and Russell Buchanan at a DMA gala, 2006. 256517877: UMO

WEB RESOURCES 
Dallas Morning News~Read about one of Buchanan's iconic houses in Dallas, Texas.

ARCHIVAL RESOURCES (digitized/non-digitized)

FUN FACTS 
Russell Buchanan designed the Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History digital library located in the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas: http://www.buchananarchitecture.com/

TEACHING IDEAS 

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General Description
Born February 11, 1961 in Bryan, Texas, Russell Buchanan attended Texas A&M University earning a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree in 1983. He promptly began an architectural internship at Harwood K. Smith & Partners and then attended the Architectural Association in London from 1985 to 1986 in the History and Theory Programme. While in London, he began designing furniture. Shortly thereafter, Buchanan returned to the United States to complete an architectural internship at HKS, Inc, and began furniture design and fabrication in earnest. In 1988, he became a registered architect, and in 1990 he resigned from HKS to become the Project Architect at Cunningham Architects, and 1992, he founded Russell Buchanan: Architect.  

Adapted from
DMA unpublished material. 

Fun Facts
 
Russell Buchanan designed the Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History digital library located in the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas: http://www.buchananarchitecture.com/

Archival Resources
(digitized/non-digitized)
Web Resources
 
Dallas Morning News~Read about one of Buchanan's iconic houses in Dallas, Texas.

Notes
DMA unpublished material = Collections Records Object File (1994.19)

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