Architects Homes

Rare Chance to See Leading Builder’s Personal Home in Addison This Afternoon

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2017 /

How do they really live? I really should make us play “Who’s the Builder?”, but it is so very seldom we get a chance to take a peak inside an actual builder’s personal home. So I’ll just spill it: this is the personal home of home builder extraordinaire Mickey Munir of Sharif & Munir Custom…

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Addison Modern by Renowned Architect Shows off Splendor in the Glass

By Jon Anderson / November 18, 2015 /

Puttering around the internet on a recent Sunday turned my head to 14888 Lake Forest Drive in Addison listed for $2.559m by Mayo Redpath of Virginia Cook. And so I got my passport and pedaled up to Addison. It’s 7,724 square feet with just three bedrooms and five full and two half bathrooms – this…

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Frank Welch Says His Book Signing at SMINK Was The. Best. Ever.

By Candy Evans / June 17, 2015 /

  As you know, one of the Southwest’s most important and renowned architects, Frank D. Welch, FAIA, has published a memoir, On Becoming an Architect. He chose SMINK in the Dallas Design District to autograph his very first books on June 5th. Signing signing signing! Next he goes to Midland, where he lived for more than 25…

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Fresh New Water View Hillside Hacienda Has Location Location Location & a Paddleboard

By Candy Evans / June 16, 2015 /

Here is a home that offers you two huge plusses, well, maybe three: a paddleboard, a body of water to practice on in your backyard, and a clean slate for a new kitchen. It’s in Hillside. I don’t beat around the bush, except when paddlboarding: not only is the kitchen ripe and ready for a…

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Cole Smith is a True Renaissance Man: Architect, Artisan, and Painter

By Candy Evans / November 4, 2014 /

The beautiful new home of Joyce and Larry Lacerte was the scene Saturday evening for a private showing of the prolific and quite talented works of architect Cole Smith. He designed and recently completed this house for the Lacertes, even as he designed and helped them built their former $20 plus million estate at 5323 Park…

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