William Kirby Lockard papers
1962 architectural rendering of 443 industrial house, designed by William Kirby Lockard.
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: 1956 to 2005
The William Kirby Lockard papers collection includes original architectural drawings and sketches in various media, specifications, correspondence, photographs, slides, transparencies, and clippings related to residential, commercial, and religious architecture, community projects, teaching, and publications between 1956-2005. Personal, professional, and faculty papers consist of biographical information, project lists and portfolios, photographs, slides, pamphlets, ephemera, correspondence, reference files, association and committee activities, awards, and nominations.
William Kirby Lockard was born in Cobden, Il. on July 24, 1929. He attended Kemper Military Institute and served in the U.S. Army for two years. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 1952 from the University of Illinois and moved to Tucson, AZ where he worked for the architectural firm of Scholler and Sakellar, a highly influential firm known for the use of progressive Modern architecture. Lockard left the firm to pursue a Masters in Architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1962. Upon graduation Lockard returned to Tucson and taught in the College of Architecture at the University of Arizona, retiring as professor emeritus in 1999.
Lockard guest lectured at over twenty-five universities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Great Britain. He held numerous national and international workshops for teachers, students and architectural professionals and was a founder of the national Design Communication Association. While teaching, Lockard maintained a private architectural practice and published several books on architectural rendering. In 1965, Lockard was selected to design the Dove of Peace Lutheran Church in Tucson, a major commission that was widely published and resulted in Lockard receiving an award of merit from the Western Regional chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). He joined the leadership of the Southern Arizona Chapter of the AIA in 1968 and designed his own home, designated a Historic Landmark by the City of Tucson in 2020. Lockard was appointed to the Tucson Planning and Zoning Commission by the Mayor and Council and in 1972 was elected president of the commission.
Lockard received professional recognition for his work in education and design and was awarded the University of Arizona Creative Teaching Award and “Acknowledged as one of the top teachers of architectural graphics in the United States” in 1976. In 1989, he received the AIA Western Mountain Region’s highest award and the AIA inaugural Educator Award in 1995. Lockard died in 2007.
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