Architecture

Dallas Architecture Forum Names 2023 Design Recognition Finalists

By April Towery / June 2, 2023 /

The Dallas Architecture Forum recognized its 2023 design recognition finalists at a May 25 event.  Among the dozens of finalists are some CandysDirt.com favorites. Those recognized for their work include the Howard Meyer residence, HALL Arts Hotel and Residences, and the Architecture and Design Exchange.  The Dallas Architecture Forum “educates, enriches and connects our community…

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Dallas Designers Embrace Technology to Build Homes Outside The Box

By Daniel Lalley / February 20, 2023 /

Architectural design exists in a perpetual state of progress, and two Dallas designers are already leveraging state-of-the-art tools to create incredible experiences even before construction. Design Through a Whole New Lens At just 23 years old, Ori Matisse Evans is an accomplished cinematographer and Experience Designer at VLK Architects of North Texas. With a background…

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Architect, Volunteer, Wife, Mom: White Rock Home Tour Chair Makes Time for Fundraising

By Joy Donovan / February 13, 2023 /

This year, the White Rock Home Tour has brought in a legitimate superhero of a woman to chair their 15th-anniversary event. How is she a superhero? You know those moms who are doing it all — wife, mother, PTA volunteer, pet owner, and business leader? The one who’s going 24/7? That’s the person you want…

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Brickitecture LEGO Exhibit Continues Through Feb. 11 at Architecture And Design Exchange

By April Towery / January 24, 2023 /

The Parthenon wasn’t built in a day, but scaled LEGO models of the Greek architectural phenomenon were constructed in just a couple of hours on a cool Saturday morning at the Architecture and Design Exchange in downtown Dallas. Blane Ladymon, representing the American Institute of Architects, gave a brief talk on Greek architecture to about…

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Broads Who Build: Women Flood Collin College Construction Management Program

By April Towery / October 10, 2022 /

It’s steadily becoming a woman’s world in the Construction Management program at Collin College.  In just four years since Craig Johnson brought his real-world education to the Allen campus of Collin College, the construction program has grown leaps and bounds. This year’s freshman class is 22 percent female — twice the 11 percent national rate…

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