Frank Lloyd Wright
Hillcrest Homes sounds like a new business builder, but it’s actually a fabulous little North Dallas neighborhood with homes built in the 1960s. The styles vary, as pockets of custom homes do, and you’ll find everything from traditional to ranch style to this very unique, architecturally-significant home situated at 13303 Purple Sage Road. It was…
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[Editor’s Note: This year has been a decade, right? So many things happened, lots of things were postponed, and houses continued to sell despite it all. While the CandysDirt.com team takes a hot minute this holiday season to recharge the ol’ Energizers, we’re serving up our very favorite stories from 2020. Enjoy!] Seth: Merry Christmas!…
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“Detail.” It’s a word in the residential construction that is grossly overused. Along with that word you can add: “quality,” “unique,” “craftsman,” and of course, “custom.” It’s too bad that builders and homes don’t have to pass a test before they are allowed to use those terms when describing their products. In this day and…
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Chad Hudson is an overachiever, and it shows in every square inch of his own home. Three years ago, the Rockwall-based home builder and his wife, a corporate attorney, built the home of their dreams in the influence of their favorite architectural moment — Midcentury Modern — culling elements from every Frank Lloyd Wright home…
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Last June, I wrote about a historic 1913 Frank Lloyd Wright cottage in Glencoe, Illinois, that had been recently purchased by owners who couldn’t wait to file for a demolition permit. The town and the Frank Lloyd Wright world at large were incensed. The town’s historic designation meant little but was able to forestall demolition…
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