Architecture

Get Your Midcentury Modern Fix at Dallas Architecture Forum’s October Symposium

By Leah Shafer / September 15, 2015 /

If you swoon over Frank Sinatra’s style, and you marvel over Mad Men‘s Midcentury Modern, then you won’t want to miss the next Dallas Design Symposium, presented by the Dallas Architecture Forum. Titled Modernism, the focus of the symposium is the best of Midcentury Modern architecture and design. It will be held Oct. 4 from 2 – 5…

Don’t Miss the Final Architecture on Tap Discussion This Thursday in Uptown

By Leah Shafer / August 3, 2015 /

The Dallas chapter of the American Institute of Architects sponsors a lively series, Architecture on Tap, which is having its final event this week. “How big is your digital footprint?” will explore four perspectives on the use of technology and social media within the practice of architecture. The three panelists will be Bob Borson, AIA, of Malone Maxwell…

Designer of George W. Bush’s Crawford Compound Speaks at Fort Worth AIA Design Talk Tonight

By Joanna England / July 8, 2015 /

It feels like a trend: Architects are writing books all over the place. Of course, this is a trend we can get behind, especially when architects write fiction as David Heymann, FAIA, has. Heymann, who designed George W. Bush’s Crawford sustainable compound, will read excerpts from his collection of stories entitled “My Beautiful City Austin”…

Frank Welch Says His Book Signing at SMINK Was The. Best. Ever.

By Candy Evans / June 17, 2015 /

  As you know, one of the Southwest’s most important and renowned architects, Frank D. Welch, FAIA, has published a memoir, On Becoming an Architect. He chose SMINK in the Dallas Design District to autograph his very first books on June 5th. Signing signing signing! Next he goes to Midland, where he lived for more than 25…

AIA Unbuilt Design Awards Recognize Innovative Projects by Dallas Architects

By Joanna England / June 2, 2015 /

Dallas architects are designing amazing, mold-breaking structures for sites here and abroad, but not every design becomes more than a concept. Still, good ideas are worth recognizing, so the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects set out to highlight some of the most amazing unbuilt structures designed by Dallas firms. Design award recipients…