A. Hays Town and the Architectural Image of Louisiana

A. Hays Town and the Architectural Image of Louisiana by Carol McMichael Reese   About the Book Featuring color photography by Philip Gould and architectural drawings, A. Hays Town and the Architectural Image of Louisiana by Carol McMichael Reese traces the evolution of Town’s career, including his work on the Historic American Buildings Survey, his award-winning Modernist designs, and his later houses that came to define Louisiana’s residential architecture. This work accompanies an exhibition that originated at the Hilliard Art Museum – University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2018 and has since traveled to additional venues.    Praise for A. Hays. Town and the Architectural Image of Louisiana “Hays Town was a Louisiana original . . . as much at home in vernacular historicism as in modernism, shifting with ease from landscaped residences to schools and courthouses. Carol Reese . . . has done a great job pulling together architectural plans, interviews with clients and family, and Phil