Thomas Gordon Smith, who died at age seventy-three on June 23, 2021, was an architect and teacher who over the course of his career inspired two generations of designers and scholars to pursue the revival of classical architecture as a corrective for the failings of the contemporary built environment.
It all began when the small band of black monks stepped off the plane from France in September of 1999, and arrived after midnight at the hilly area in the backwoods of Cherokee County Oklahoma named Clear Creek.
The Pantheon, as we know (or don’t know) it, has been the object of puzzlement for several centuries.
by Duncan G. Stroik and John Burgee
Duncan Stroik sat down with John Burgee to discuss the life and legacy of a great colleague and friend, Thomas Gordon Smith, who passed away in June of 2021.
In my Father’s house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you, for I go to prepare a place for you. --John 14:2