Architecture

Why Can’t Dallas Have Nice Things: Pritzker Prize Winner Arata Isozaki

By Jon Anderson / April 30, 2019 /

Begun in 1979 by the Hyatt Hotels’ founding Pritzker family, the Pritzker Prize in architecture is considered to be the Nobel Prize for architects – in fact, if you Google “Nobel Prize architecture,” the Pritzker Prize is the first result.  The prize is awarded annually for a body of work versus a single building. The…

Dallas Design Experts Offer Inspiring Panel Discussion Mar. 5

By Amy Puchaty / March 2, 2019 /

Staff Reports Gear up for the spring season with inspiration from Dallas’ leading architects, designers, and landscape architects at the Dallas Architecture Forum spring 2019 panel discussion! The Dallas Architecture Forum, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing public education about architecture, design and the urban environment, continues its Spring 2019 Panel Discussion Series on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 with “Design Inspirations…

Thomas Woltz Sheds Light on Green Space With Feb. 6 Lecture

By Joanna England / February 6, 2019 /

When Dallas thinks about public green space, the first thought that bubbles up is our scarcity of it. Sure, we’ve tried to bring more public spaces to our urban core with great, though expensive, outcomes. With a city whose built environment weighs heavily on the side of car culture, how do you add green space…

NYT Publishes Emily Summers’ Highland Park Preservation Home & Design Book!

By Candy Evans / January 29, 2019 /

They got a few real estate numbers wrong, but what does it matter? It’s the New York Times, right, and they got the design story spot on. Check out this splendidly glowing write up on Emily and Steve Summer’s house (with a well-deserved plug for her forthcoming book, “Distinctly Modern Interiors,” ) in the “affluent Dallas…

Hear Award-Winning Architect Rick Joy at The 2nd Annual Frank Welch Memorial Lecture

By Joanna England / January 18, 2019 /

Rick Joy, founder of Rick Joy Architects (Studio Rick Joy), will speak at the Dallas Architecture Forum‘s Second Annual Frank Welch Memorial Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, in the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art. Joy’s renowned Tucson, Arizona, firm is recognized for sensitive, thoughtful approaches to site, observation, process, landscape,…