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Urban Commons Community in Lake Highlands Is a Sophisticated Taste in Modern

By Shelby Skrhak / May 22, 2022 /

Diane Cheatham will admit her new modern Urban Commons community in Lake Highlands isn’t for everyone. The developer responsible for the award-winning Urban Reserve has designs on a new section of Northeast Dallas at LBJ and Abrams Road — a low-impact sustainable community with high design. She assembled an impressive lineup of architects and master…

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Rare Chance To Snag an Award-Winning Urban Reserve Hill Country Modern

By Joanna England / October 2, 2019 /

Most of the homes inside Urban Reserve have sleek, linear facades and metallic sheathing. All with different shapes, sizes, and elevations, they follow a common theme of modern sustainability in an urban environment. But it just so happens that one of our favorite homes in Urban Reserve is the stone-and-wood clad modern in the Texas…

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Frank Welch Reconstructs George C.T. Woo’s Symphony House in University Park

By Karen Eubank / November 3, 2016 /

Walking through Architect George C.T. Woo’s “Symphony House” in University Park is like reading a good book, and one you can’t judge by its cover. That’s on purpose. Woo likes a good surprise as much as anyone. So he created a subtle façade that does very little to prepare you for having your proverbial socks…

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