Faulk Central Library

John Henry Faulk Library (as of 1995), but more commonly known as the Faulk Central Library. Originally called City of Austin Central Library.
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Faulk Central Library

Site overview

The Faulk Central Library (1979) was designed by the prominent Austin firm, Jessen Associates, Inc. The library is one of the last projects that Harold and Wolf Jessen worked on before their deaths. The building is a four story New Formalist building in white, sandblasted architectural concrete. The top three floors cantilever over the ground floor, which features floor-to-ceiling glazing. Deeply recessed windows sit behind precast concrete fins and planter boxes.

Faulk Central Library

Site overview

The Faulk Central Library (1979) was designed by the prominent Austin firm, Jessen Associates, Inc. The library is one of the last projects that Harold and Wolf Jessen worked on before their deaths. The building is a four story New Formalist building in white, sandblasted architectural concrete. The top three floors cantilever over the ground floor, which features floor-to-ceiling glazing. Deeply recessed windows sit behind precast concrete fins and planter boxes.

Faulk Central Library

Site overview

The Faulk Central Library (1979) was designed by the prominent Austin firm, Jessen Associates, Inc. The library is one of the last projects that Harold and Wolf Jessen worked on before their deaths. The building is a four story New Formalist building in white, sandblasted architectural concrete. The top three floors cantilever over the ground floor, which features floor-to-ceiling glazing. Deeply recessed windows sit behind precast concrete fins and planter boxes.

Faulk Central Library

Site overview

The Faulk Central Library (1979) was designed by the prominent Austin firm, Jessen Associates, Inc. The library is one of the last projects that Harold and Wolf Jessen worked on before their deaths. The building is a four story New Formalist building in white, sandblasted architectural concrete. The top three floors cantilever over the ground floor, which features floor-to-ceiling glazing. Deeply recessed windows sit behind precast concrete fins and planter boxes.

Faulk Central Library

Site overview

The Faulk Central Library (1979) was designed by the prominent Austin firm, Jessen Associates, Inc. The library is one of the last projects that Harold and Wolf Jessen worked on before their deaths. The building is a four story New Formalist building in white, sandblasted architectural concrete. The top three floors cantilever over the ground floor, which features floor-to-ceiling glazing. Deeply recessed windows sit behind precast concrete fins and planter boxes.
Commission

5 March 1975

Completion

11 April 1979

References

Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin; Austin History Center; The Austin Statesman (1921-1973)archives;The Austin American Statesman (1973-1987)archives; References: Austin (Tex.). Boards and Commissions. Historic Landmark Commission Records (AR.2012.040). Austin History Center, Austin Public Library; “Austin Central Library Near Completion.”Texas Architect. Nov/Dec 1977; Austin History Center. “History of our Building.” http://library.austintexas.gov/ahc/history-our-building; Austin History Center Association. “History - How We Got Here, Where We’re Going.” http://austinhistory.net/history/; Austin Public Library. “2015 Fact Sheet.” http://library.austintexas.gov/basic-page/fact-sheet. Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, Texas; ---. “The Austin Public Library - 800 Guadalupe Street.” Austin Public Library Information Office. Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, Texas. (n.d. c.1979); Harwood, Buie.Decorating Texas: Decorative Painting in the Lone Star State from the 1850s to the 1950s. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1993.; Jessen and Jessen Papers, Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin; Jessen Associates, Inc. Records and Drawings (AR.2009.018). Austin History Center, Austin. Public Library, Texas; ---.“LAMA/BES “Behind the Scenes” Preconference Library Building Dada Sheet.” June 12,1979; Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, Texas; Texas Historical Commission. Austin Public Library - National Register Listing 93000389. Listed 1993. Accessed Nov. 15, 2015. http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details/2093000389/print