Year: 2024

If The Weather Holds, You Can See a 3D-Printed Home Get Built in Fort Worth on Wednesday

By Joy Donovan / May 28, 2024 /

Space travel for tourists. Communicating through wrist watches. Self-driving cars. A woman named Alexa answering encyclopedia facts. All of these things we thought were sci-fi stuff we’d probably never really experience. We were so wrong. Here’s a new one: a 3D-printed home, and one is coming to Fort Worth Texas. Fort Worth 3D-Printed Home Cowtown’s…

Cynthia Rogers-Ellickson Tapped to Lead Dallas Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization

By April Towery / May 28, 2024 /

Following a months-long search, an internal candidate was named Dallas’ director of Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization on Thursday. Longtime city employee Cynthia Rogers-Ellickson has served as the interim director since David Noguera submitted his resignation in September. Noguera left the City of Dallas to work for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in…

Dallas Bond Project Prioritization List Slated For Release in June

By April Towery / May 28, 2024 /

The ballots are counted and a project list totaling $1.25 billion now sits on the desk of Dallas Bond and Construction Management Director Jenny Nicewander. There are more than 800 bond projects that mean a lot to the voters who approved them and their elected council members — and everyone wants their project to go…

Fort Worth Townhome Reflects Architect John Wesley Jones And His Unique Talents

By Joy Donovan / May 28, 2024 /

The clean lines and sleek look of Midcentury Modern architecture were signatures of prominent Fort Worth architect John Wesley Jones. John Wesley Jones worked primarily in Fort Worth, Dallas, and San Antonio often on residential properties. He studied at the University of Oklahoma, trained with Manville Irwin, worked for Humber Hammond Crane, and toured Europe…

An Iconic Lakewood Estate With a Surprising Architectural Provenance

By Karen Eubank / May 27, 2024 /

I’m going to ruffle some feathers, so brace yourselves because this iconic Lakewood estate has been attributed to the wrong architect for at least the past seven years. And yes, I’m also guilty of repeating lore and not facts, but I’m going to set the record straight today.  This home has been called one of…