REMEMBERING THE FUTURE WITH HERB GREENE
A full-length documentary film on Herb Greene and the untold story of Organic Architecture.
THE FUTURE WITH HERB GREENE
Our film project seeks to document and research archival materials related to Herb Greene’s student years and subsequent career as an educator, practicing architect and artist. If you have photographs, video, sound recordings, media publications or written correspondence please consider sharing your digital files with our ongoing archive for the project. Contributions will inform our documentary film research and further a broader understanding of Greene’s life and career. Please click on the button below to contact us regarding a contribution.

The Prairie House under Construction, Norman, OK. Arn Henderson Collection, 1960. American School Archives, OU Libraries

The Prairie House, Norman, OK. Photo by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

The Cunningham House, Oklahoma City, OK Photo by Robert A. Bowlby

Herb Greene with Bruce Goff at the drawing table, 1950. Photo courtesy of Herb Greene

The Prairie House, Norman, OK. Photo by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

The Cunningham House, Oklahoma City, OK. Photo by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

The JoyceHouse, Snyder, OK. Photo by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

The Joyce House, Snyder, OK. Photo by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

The Cunningham House, Oklahoma City, OK. Photo by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

The Cunningham House, Oklahoma City, OK. Photo by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

Cunningham Residence, Oklahoma City, OK. Photo by Robert A. Bowlby

The Prairie House, Norman, OK. Photo by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

Herb Greene in the painting studio, Kentucky. Courtesy of Herb Greene

Herb and Mary Greene, Prairie House, Norman, OK. Photo by Robert A. Bowlby

Herb Greene in the Prairie House studio, Norman, OK. Photo by Robert A. Bowlby

Herb Greene, 1964. Photo courtesy of Herb Greene

Herb Greene at the Joyce House, Snyder, OK. Photo by Robert A. Bowlby
Herb Greene, 2021,Joyce Residence. © JD Merryweather. Courtesy of Norman Arts Council

Prairie House, Norman, OK. Photo by Robert A. Bowlby

Prairie House, Norman, OK. Photo by Robert A. Bowlby

The Prairie House, Norman, OK. Photo by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

The Joyce House, Snyder, OK. Photo by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

The Joyce House, Snyder, OK. Photo by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)

Prairie House, Norman, OK. Look Magazine, 1962

Prairie House, Norman, OK. Look Magazine, 1962

Prairie House, 1974. Photo by Gerardo Brown-Manrique. Courtesy of the Western History Collections Archive, University of Oklahoma

OU architecture students gathered in the Prairie House, 1974. Photo by Gerardo Brown-Manrique. Courtesy of the Western History Collections Archive, University of Oklahoma

Herb Greene at the Prairie House, 1974. Photo by Gerardo Brown-Manrique. Courtesy of the Western History Collections Archive, University of Oklahoma

University of Kentucky, The College of Design School of Architecture. Courtesy of Herb Greene

University of Kentucky, The College of Design School of Architecture Faculty,. Courtesy of Herb Greene

The Prairie House, Norman, OK. Photo by Julius Shulman. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)