Dallas Architecture Forum Names 2023 Design Recognition Finalists

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 by presenting programs and events, creating experiences, and engaging global and local thought-leaders from the design fields to enhance how we live,” according to its website. 

Looking Back, Residential Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Back” category, Residential subcategory, included: 

• Addition to Stretto House (Max Levy Architect, Emily Summers Design Associates, Datum Engineers, Hardy Construction, and James Cinquemani, Metal Craftsman)
• Brookview Residence (Morrison Dilworth + Walls, Rocky Owens, Datum Engineers, 2c Lighting, Hardy Construction)

• Douglas Residence (Ron Wommack, Architect and Ron Wommack, General Contractor)
• East Dallas Infill Project(NIMMO, Alex Kagan and Garrett Ratner, Contractors and Developers
• Glendora House (Lionel Morrison, Architect, and Steven Hild Custom Homes
• Greenway Residence (smitharc architecture + interiors, The Garden Design Studio, Erin Sander Design, MJ Structures, Kienast Homes)
• Highland Park Residence (Alterstudio Architecture, HOCKER, SZPROJECTS, Essential Light Design Studio, Brobus Technologies, Steven Hild Custom Builder, and Texas Land Care)
• Miramar Residence (Oglesby Greene, HOCKER, Wendy Konradi Interior Design, Hardy Construction, and Texas Land Care)
• Philip Johnson’s Beck House Renovation (Bodron/Fruit, Architecture, Bodron/Fruit, Interior Design, Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architects, Sebastian Construction Group, Craig Roberts Associates, Walker Structural Engineering, Dan Euser Water Architecture)
• Preston Hollow Residence (Specht Architects, HOCKER, Magni Kalman Design, Sebastian Construction Group, Architectural Engineers Collaborative)
• Ricks Circle Residence (NIMMO, HOCKER, William Nash Design, Douglas Architectural Lighting, S.H. McCombs Company, VL King)

Looking Back, Interior Design Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Back” category, Interior Design subcategory, included: 

• Architecture and Design Exchange (LauckGroup, Telios, LUM, RSM Design, OMNIPLAN, Datacom Design Group, Datum Engineers)
• Howard Meyer’s Lipshy House Renovation (Bodron/Fruit)
• Miramar Residence (Wendy Konradi Interior Design, Byrdwaters Design, Oglesby Greene)
• Philip Johnson’s Beck House Renovation (Bodron/Fruit)
• Pump House (Emily Summers Design Associates, Scott Oldner Lighting Design, Rens van Luxemburg/Dorsserblesgraaf)
• Williamsburg Residence (Bodron/Fruit)

Looking Back, Landscape, Urban Design, Public Space, And Master Plan Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Back” category, Landscape, Urban Design, Public Space, and Master Plan subcategory, include: 

• AT&T Discovery District (Gensler, Studio Outside, Studio 11, The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry, DFW Consulting Group, NOVA, JQ, Kimley-Horn, PHDC Lighting Design, The Beck Group)
• Downtown Parks Master Plan Update (Park and Recreation Department, Parks for Downtown Dallas, Hargreaves Jones)

• Fountain Place Public Space (James Carpenter Design Associates, Gensler, Goddard Investment Group, Turner Construction, Walter P. Moore, Henderson Engineers/Blum Consulting, Dot Dash Lighting Design)
• Highland Park Residence (HOCKER, Alterstudio Architecture, Steven Hild Custom Builder, Texas Land Care)
• Klyde Warren Park (The Office of James Burnett, Thomas Phifer and Partners, Bjerke Management Solutions, Focus Lighting Design, Jacobs Engineering, Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, Dal-Tech Engineering, McCarthy Building Companies, Valley Crest Landscape Development)
• Miramar Residence (HOCKER, Oglesby Greene Architects, Hardy Construction, Texas Land Care)
• The Power Station (HOCKER, Ron Wommack Architect, Jacob Kassay, Artist, Texas Land Care)
• Turtle Creek Pump House (MESA, D.I.R.T. Studio, Cunningham Architects)
• Urban Reserve (Kevin Sloan Studio, Urban Edge, DSGN Associates, Brockette Davis Drake)

Looking Back, Commercial Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Back” category, Commercial subcategory, include: 

• 6 X 10 X 6 (Shipley Architects, ShipBuild, Frank Reedy Structural Engineer)
• Baylor Scott & White Administrative Center (Perkins&Will, Studio Outside, Corgan, PHA Lighting Design, Austin Commercial, KDC / BSWH,  Abadi Accessibility, RLG Consulting Engineers, Morrison Hershfield, Telios Engineering, LA Fuess, Pacheco Koch)
• Richards Group Headquarters (Perkins&Will, Talley Associates, Pacheco Koch, JJA, Thornton

• Tomasetti, Manhattan Construction Company, PBRS Development, Accessibility Resource Specialists)
• The Rolex Building (Kengo Kuma, KKAA, LA Fuess, Halff Associates, Blum Engineering, HDF, HCMS, Sadafumi Uchiyama, Suminori Awata)
• Toyota North America Headquarters (Corgan, KDC, Austin Commercial)
• Turtle Creek Offices (Mithun, BOKA Powell, Emily Summers Design Associates, Thornton Tomasetti, Blum Consulting Engineers, RLG, Inspec Sustainability Group, Lang Lighting, Balfour Beatty Construction, Hillwood Urban)

Looking Back, Infrastructure and Transportation Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Back” category, Infrastructure and Transportation subcategory, include: 

• Able Pump Station No. 3 (GSR Andrade Architects, HDR, Halff Associates, Garcia Land Data, Caye Cook & Associates)
• Dallas Fire Station 27 (Perkins&Will, TCA Architecture-Planning, David T. Retzsch Design, Rex Kare Studio, Intaglio Composites, Pacheco Koch, B&H Engineers, Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, Fred Cawyer, Accessibility Resource Specialists)
• Love Field Airport Modernization Project (Corgan, LA Fuess,Jacobs Engineering Group, TLC Engineering Solutions, Huitt-Zollars, Pacheco Koch, Vic Thompson Company, Hensel-Phelps)
• Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge (Santiago Calatrava, The Texas Department of Transportation, Williams Brothers Construction Company, Mike Albert, Ark Contracting Services, Choctaw Erectors, Construzioni CIMOLAI Armando, Cosme SRL)

Looking Back, Education Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Back” category, Education subcategory, include: 

• Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy (Stantec Architecture, Jacobs, Satterfield and Pontikes Construction, AG&E, Linda Tycher & Associates, Pacheco Koch, DP Acoustics, Balfour Beatty Construction, Texas Scenic)
• Lamplighter School Innovation Lab (Marlon Blackwell Architects, Talley Associates, Essential Light Design Studio, Reed, Wells, Benson, and Company, Raymond L. Goodson Jr., Access by Design, SSTL Codes)
• Richard J. Lee Elementary (Stantec Architecture, Balfour Beatty Construction, CMTA Consulting Engineers, Glenn Engineering, Talley Associates)

Looking Back, Health and Wellness Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Back” category, Health and Wellness subcategory, include:

• Legacy ER – Allen (5G Studio Collaborative, SMR, Datum Engineers, Jordan Skala Engineers, UEB Builders)

• Parkland Hospital (HDR / HDR Engineers, Corgan, A.G.& E., Datum Engineers, Charles Gojer & Associates, Balfour Beatty Construction, Austin Commercial, H.J. Russell & Company, Azteca Enterprises, Parkland Health & Hospital System)

Looking Back, Retail, Mixed Use, And Hospitality Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Back” category, Retail, Mixed Use, And Hospitality subcategory, include:

• Addison Circle (City of Addison, CRTKL / Arcadis)
• HALL Arts Hotel and Residences (HKS, Abeyta Tibbs Architecture, Bentel & Bentel Architects, Emily Summers Design Associates, Access By Design, Acoustonica, Brockette Davis Drake, The Office of James Burnett, Byrdwaters Design, KGM Architectural Lighting, Blum Consulting Engineers, Austin Industries, Hall Group)

• NorthPark Center Expansion (OMNIPLAN, Datum Engineers, ARJO Engineers, Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Candela, MESA Design Group, Northpark Management Company)
• The Pittman Hotel (Perkins&Will, Talley Associates, Busta Studio, Kimley-Horn, Schmidt & Stacy, Thornton Tomasetti, Balfour Beatty Construction, Westdale Real Estate & Asset Mngmnt)
• The Sound at Cypress Waters (O’Brien Architects, Studio Outside, Juanjo Novella, Guido Deleu, Specified Art, Hunt & Joiner, Jordan & Skala Engineers, Nedderman & Associates, Johnson – Kelley Associates, Billingsley Company)
• W Dallas – Victory (HKS, Abeyta Tibbs Architecture, Cadwallader Design, Access by Design, Brandt Engineering, Brockett Davis Drake, JMEG, SWA Group, PHW Architectural Lighting Design, McCarthy, Hillwood)

Looking Back, Adaptive Re-Use, Preservation, And Non-Residential Restoration Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Back” category, Adaptive Re-Use, Preservation, And Non-Residential Restoration subcategory, include:

• 1217 Main St. (5G Studio Collaborative, Armstrong-Douglass, RTM Associates, Paul Helms Design Consultants, Hill & Wilkinson)
• All Saints Church (Cunningham Architects, HOCKER, MEP Systems)
• Cliff House (DSGN Associates, MEP Systems, Forward Concept)
• The Pittman Hotel (Perkins&Will, Talley Associates, Busta Studio, Kimley-Horn, Schmidt & Stacy, Thornton Tomasetti, Balfour Beatty Construction, Westdale Real Estate & Asset Mngmnt)
• The Pump House (Cunningham Architects, D.I.R.T Studio, MESA Design Group, Emily Summers Design Associates, Scott Oldner Lighting Design, Thornton Tomasetti, MEP Systems, Rens van Luxemburg/Dorsserblesgraaf, Thomas S. Byrne Construction Company)

Looking Back, Civic, Cultural, And Public Art Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Back” category, Civic, Cultural, And Public Art subcategory, include:

• AT&T Discovery District (Gensler, Studio Outside, Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Fluidity, Kimley-Horn, PH|DC, JQ, The Beck Group)
• Charlotte and Donald Test Pavilion at the Arboretum (Buchanan Architecture, SWA Group, Urban Structures, G&S Consulting Engineers, The Brannon Corporation, Lang Lighting Design, ConsalFSD, Rogers-O’Brien Construction)
• Columbarium – St. Michael and All Angels Church (Max Levy Architect, GSI Structural Engineers, The Beck Group, James Cinquemani, Element, Naud Burnett)
• Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum (OMNIPLAN, Walter P Moore, Datum Engineers, Blum Consulting Engineers, Talley Associates, Schuler Shook, Abadi Accessibility, Carolynne Harris Consulting, Berenbaum – Jacobs Group, RSM Design)
• Dallas Park Pavilion (Rhotenberry Wellen Architects, Shipley Architects, MK Engineers and Associates, Henneberger Construction, City of Dallas I Park & Recreation Dept)
• Dallas Park Pavilion Program (City of Dallas | Park & Recreation Dept, Various Architects and Designers)
• Dallas Police Memorial (Edward M. Baum and John P. Maruszczak, Oglesby Greene Architecture, Datum Engineers, Austin Commercial, Big D Metalworks, City of Dallas)

• Eisemann Center for Performing Arts (CallisonRTKL / Arcadis, City of Richardson,  Datum Engineers, BL& P Engineers, Schmidt & Stacy, Kimley-Horn, Huber, Hunt & Nichols)
• Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (LEGORRETA, Bennett Partners, Linbeck Construction)
• Irving Convention Center (Studio Hillier, Cannon Design, Datum Engineers, Vanderweil Engineers, Jacobs Carter Burgess Engineers, Zahner Company, Austin Commercial, Terracon, Lisa Roth Landscape Architect, Wet Design, Illumination Arts)
• John Bunker Sands Wetland Center (GFF, Meloncon Consulting, Alan Plummer Associates, McInnish Engineering, Group Structural Engineers, Hill & Wilkinson)
• Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Kendall-Heaton Associates, Linbeck Construction, Thornton Tomasetti/Ellisor-Tanner, CHP & Associates, Gary Poole, Huitt-Zollars, SWA Group, George Sexton Associates, Waterscape Consultants, Peter M. Muller)
• Moody Performance Hall (SOM, Corgan, McCarthy Building Companies, Schuler Shook, Jaffe Holden)
• Nasher Sculpture Center (Renzo Piano Building Workshop, The Beck Group, Peter Walker and Partners, Ove Arup & Partners International, Halff Associates, Datum Engineers, Arjo Engineers, 2 X 4)
• Perot Museum of Nature and Science (Morphosis, GFF, Datum Engineers, John A. Martin Associates, Buro Happold, URS Corporation, Talley Associates, JA Weir Associates, Terracon Consultants, Balfour Beatty Construction)
• Plano Pavilion, Kimbell Art Museum (Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Kendall-Heaton Associates, Pond & Company,  Arup Consulting Engineers, Arup Lighting, Paratus Group, The Beck Group, Guy Nordensen and Associates, Huitt-Zollars, Henley- Johnston Associates, Front, Inc.)
• Singing Hills Recreation and Senior Center (Perkins&Will, Kevin Sloan Studio, JC Commercial, Mart, and 3i, Basharkhah Engineers, JQ, Pacheco Koch)
• Temple Emanu – El (Cunningham Architects, HOCKER, Jim Cinquemani,  Suzanne Tick, Thornton Tomasetti, MEP Systems, Andy Lang, The BECK Group)
• Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House (Foster + Partners, Kendall/Heaton Associates, Theatre Projects Consultants, Sound Space Design, Buro Happold, Thornton Tomasetti, Michel Desvigne, Battle McCarthy, CHP & Associates, Claude Engle Lighting, 2×4, Linbeck, AT&T Performing Arts Center)
• Dee and Charles Wyly Theater (OMA / REX, Kendall/Heaton Associates,  Theatre Projects Consultants, Renz Van Luxemburg/DHV, Michel Desvigne, Magnusson Klemenic Associates, Transsolar/Cosentini/Plus, Tillotson Design Associates, 2×4, McCarthy Building Companies, AT&T Performing Arts Center)

Looking Forward, Residential Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Forward” category, Residential subcategory, include:

• Outcrop (NIMMO, Childress, Constructive Modern, Urban Edge)
• Two White Sparrows (FAR+DANG, Skaggs Engineering, DFW Housing Partners)

Looking Forward, Landscape, Urban Design, Public Space, And Masterplan Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Forward” category, Landscape, Urban Design, Public Space, and Masterplan subcategory, include:

• Cool Schools (Texas Trees Foundation, Studio Outside, Dallas ISD)
• Harold Simmons Park (Trinity Park Conservancy, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates)

• Harwood Park (Parks for Downtown Dallas, Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, The BECK Group, Pacheco Koch, McCoy Collaborative, SPEC Play, Datum Engineers, Mazzetti, MEP Systems,  Greenscape Pump)

Looking Forward, Commercial Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Forward” category, Commercial subcategory, include:

• 23 Springs (GFF Architects, Westwood, GFF Landscape, LA Fuess, Schmidt & Stacy, Inspec Sustainability Group, Curtainwall Design Consulting, Essential Light Design Studio, CPP Wind Engineering & Air Quality Consultants)
• Harwood No. 14 (Kengo Kuma, KKAA, HDF, Corgan, LA Fuess, Halff Associates, Blum Engineering, HCMS)
• Shady Brook Office Building (Cunningham Architects, HOCKER, MEP Systems,  Stantec, Lightspek, Joe Funk Construction, Half Price Books, Accessibility Resource Specialists)

Looking Forward, Retail, Mixed Use, And Hospitality Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Forward” category, Retail, Mixed Use, and Hospitality subcategory, include:

• PS 1200 (Marlon Blackwell Architects, D.I.R.T. studio, Datum Engineers, Studio Outside, Root Engineering Services, The Sadler Group, Salcedo Group, Prince Concepts)

Looking Forward, Adaptive Re-Use, Preservation, And Non-Residential Restoration Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Forward” category, Adaptive Re-Use, Preservation, and Non-Residential Restoration subcategory, include:

• Fair Park Updated Master Plan (Perkins&Will, Overland Partners, Studio MLA, OVG 360, Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, Fair Park First)

• Granger Annex Adaptive Re-Use (OFFICIAL, C3 Consulting Engineers, Stenstrom-Schneider,  R-Delta, Access By Design, City of Garland)

Looking Forward, Civic, Cultural, And Public Art Finalists

Finalists in the “Looking Forward” category, Civic, Cultural, and Public Art subcategory, include:

• Crow Museum at UT-Dallas (Morphosis, GFF, Lord Cultural Resources, Talley Associates, Datum Engineers, Buro Happold, Campos Engineering, Pacheco Koch, Office for Visual Interaction, DataCom Design Group, Access By Design, The Beck Group, University of Texas at Dallas)

• Portal Park Slice by Robert Irwin in Carpenter Park (Robert Irwin, Hargreaves Jones, GFF Landscape, Pacheco Koch, Charles Gojer & Associate, Shipley Architects, Scott Oldner Lighting Design, BEI Engineering, The BECK Group, Parks for Downtown Dallas, Dallas Park & Recreation Dept)