Robert Moss

Background

Ayres was born in San Antonio to Atlee B. Ayres and Olive Moss Ayres.

Education

Upon graduation from Haverford, he studied architecture with Paul Philippe Cret at the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

Ayres spent a year with an architectural firm in New York City before returning to San Antonio. In 1921, his father announced he had joined his firm, partnering as Atlee B. and Robert M. Ayres, Architects. He worked on a number of projects with his father, including the following:

200 block of Mary Louise in Monticello Park, San Antonio

McNay Art Museum

Menger Hotel modernization and addition of a new wing.

Smith-Young Tower (1929)

Administration Building (Randolph Air Force Base), known as the "Taj Mahal" (1931)

Nave, Royston, Memorial, Victoria

Old Cameron County Jail

San Antonio Municipal Auditorium, for which he and the firm a gold medal from the American Institute of Architects in 1929 for the design

He was president of the San Antonio chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Connections

Partner:

Atlee Ayres