Taniguchi Evan's guest appearances

Taniguchi Evan

Austin History Center

John Anderson

Raul Alvarez

Margaret Wright

Mike Martinez

Sydney Porter

Jose Trevino

Michael McGraw

Emily Clip1

Kathleen Cobb

Jake Harding

Gus Garcia

Gilbert Rivera

Carlson Mike

Perla Cavazos

Endelia Obregon

OwlTail

Alan Yamato Taniguchi was born in 1922 and grew up on a farm in Brentwood, California. Upon completion of high school he entered the University of California at Berkeley. His education was interrupted by World War II when his family was interned in Crystal City, Texas. Taniguchi went back to college after the war and graduated in 1949. After graduation he began working for Anshen and Allen in San Francisco, but by 1952 he had relocated and begun his own firm in Harlingen, Texas. In the late 1950s Taniguchi became associated with the University of Texas School of Architecture and in 1968 he became the Dean of the School of Architecture. In 1968 he also founded his firm of Taniguchi Shefelman Vacker and Minter. Notable projects were the Labor Building in Washington, D.C. which he worked on while working for the Austin firm of Brooks Barr Graeber and White, Wiess College at Rice University in Houston, the U.S. Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana, the Clarksville Clinic and the Manchaca Road Brank Library in Austin. He was also the author of the original Town Lake Master Plan. (Interview was done with Alan’s son, Evan Taniguchi.)

Ahc 3283 Taniguchi Evan: Full Interview

Evan Taniguchi reflects upon his father Alan Taniguchi's love of architecture.

Ahc 3283 Taniguchi Evan: Clip 2

Evan Taniguchi discusses Austin architect, Alan Taniguchi, his father and the influence of Eichler homes upon his work.

Ahc 3283 Taniguchi Evan: Clip 1