Architecture

Twentieth Anniversary for Architecture Group Begins with Aga Khan Award Lecture

By Leah Shafer / October 19, 2016 /

The Dallas Architecture Forum will launch its twentieth-anniversary season next week with a lecture about the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is given every three years to projects that set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation, and landscape architecture. Through its efforts, the award seeks…

Seattle Architect Extraordinaire Tom Kundig Leads Discussion on Material Design

By Leah Shafer / October 3, 2016 /

The object we use every day were designed by someone, from forks to phones. The thought behind material object design is the subject of the next Dallas Architecture Forum Design Symposium. Taking place on Oct. 30 at the Nasher Sculpture Center, the afternoon will be focused on how outstanding design utilizes materials, from common to rare, as integral…

Jon’s Completely Biased Residential High-Rise Awards, Part 3

By Jon Anderson / July 28, 2016 /

Part 3 continues … and ends … my self-serving, completely subjective high-rise awards based on equally dubious categories.  Click here if you missed Part 1 or Part 2. 8. Best Private Club Feel: Ritz Residences  

Jon’s Completely Biased Residential High-Rise Awards; Part 2

By Jon Anderson / July 26, 2016 /

Part 2 continues my self-serving, completely subjective high-rise awards based on equally dubious categories.  Click here if you missed Part 1. 4. Most Over the Top: The Stoneleigh Residences

AIA Dallas Architecture on Tap Hosts Discussion on Midtown Development Slated For Valley View Campus

By Joanna England / July 22, 2016 /

While some people still haven’t gotten over the name of the development slated for the decaying Valley View Mall campus near the Dallas Galleria, Midtown is definitely getting closer to becoming a reality now that the city of Dallas has given the developer, Scott Beck, a deadline to get the wrecking ball swinging. To further…