John A Shaver / Tucson Modern

I was in Tucson this past weekend and spotted a school with a series of buildings with thin-shell concrete roofs and breezeblock. 

Walter Douglas Elementary School was completed in 1961. John Shaver was the architect.  The structural engineer was Jim Foulds.

John Alden Shaver (1918-2010) graduated with a degree in architecture from Kansas State University in 1941. He then did post-graduate work at Stanford. In 1945 he joined his father, Charles W. Shaver, in his Salina, Kansas architecture firm.  John grew the practice into one the largest educational design firms in the United States.

There are six hyperbolic flower dome buildings on the campus.

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Montgomery Central High School in Cunningham, Tennessee was designed by John Shaver in 1970.

Source: Modern Seeker

I wonder how many kids  have been pushed into the water? 

High School can be rough!

Source: Tupelo Quarterly

 In 1973 Shaver designed the world's first permanent tensioned membrane roofing system for the 47,500 square foot Sports Science and Athletics Pavilion at the University of La Verne, La Verne, CA.

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Shaver's firm is credited with over 300 school projects around the country.