Architecture

Architectural Magnificence: A Goal Worth Having for Dallas

By Jon Anderson / March 28, 2017 /

Since the days of our 1980s architectural dalliance, I’ve panned 30-plus years of lackluster Dallas building many times. I mean, of Dallas’ tallest 20 buildings, just one … one … has been built since 1988 … what world-class city’s skyline does that?  (Psst … it’s Museum Tower and it’s only 15th tallest.  Pretty sad, eh?)…

Dallas Architecture Forum Presents Architect, Civic Leader Steve Dumez

By Cherry Kelln / March 21, 2017 /

Award-winning architect, lecturer, mentor, and civic leader Steve Dumez will speak to the Dallas Architecture Forum next week. Dumez is a partner and Director of Design at the New Orleans-based firm Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, named 2014 National Firm of the Year by the American Institute of Architects. This was for a body of work that is deeply committed…

Architecture Forum Presents Free Public Panel on Dallas Parks and Public Spaces

By Cherry Kelln / March 18, 2017 /

Due to solid public and private leadership, Dallas Parks have seen amazing growth in the last couple of decades. During this exciting period in modern urban history, parks have gone from being nonexistent in downtown Dallas and in the far reaches of the city edge to becoming major economic engines for the urban fabric throughout. This…

Architect as Developer: DAF Welcomes Jonathan Segal on March 9

By Cherry Kelln / March 1, 2017 /

  Award-winning architect and contractor Jonathan Segal lectures across the country about how to be an “Architect as Developer,” and will do so for the Dallas Architecture Forum 7 p.m. March 9 at the Magnolia Theatre in the West Village. Segal has pioneered the concept of being his own client for all of his projects, which…

Six Dallas Architects Elevated to AIA College of Fellows

By Heather Hunter / February 15, 2017 /

Six Dallas architects are among the 178 American Institute of Architects (AIA) members to be elevated  to the College of Fellows. The prestigious, merit-based honor is awarded by a jury of peers to those who have achieved professional excellence and made significant contributions to architecture and to society as a whole. Dallas professionals continue to…