Architecture
How does great design happen? What goes into a beautiful home, landscape, or interior scheme? What inspires those who dream up these buildings? That’s what the Dallas Architecture Forum will distill in a forthcoming panel discussion featuring the best minds in Dallas design. Moderated by Robyn Menter, a native of South Africa and principal of…
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By Steve Chambers, AIA Eighteen months ago, we were approached by two geophysicists to create their forever home in East Texas. We often hear this term from both our young and senior clients. They desire homes that can change with their family’s growth, a decline in health, and withstand severe weather swings and changes in…
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From Staff Reports The Dallas Architecture forum will host Jason Long, a partner at the international firm OMA, for a lecture at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, via Zoom. In Dallas, Long’s firm is known for the Wyly Theater at AT&T Performing Arts Center, a winning proposal for The Connected City (a proposal to…
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Earlier in the week, I wrote a column about Dallas ruining its skyline. It struck a chord with tens of thousands of readers. That column resulted in a tip on a case hitting Plan Commission on Thursday that illustrates my point of Dallas not caring about its surroundings. Case Z190-226 is a trio of parcels…
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When people hear about “view protection” they think of silver spoon high-rise dwellers not wanting to share “their” sky. As a tin-spoon high-riser, there’s truth to that. Certainly, I checked nearby zoning to see what could be built in front of me (few do until it’s too late). But what about views towards the urban…
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