Famous Architects

Acclaimed Landscape Architect Laurie Olin to Speak Tonight at DMA

By Leah Shafer / November 19, 2014 /

If you’re free tonight, make your way to the Dallas Museum of Art to hear landscape architect and luminary Laurie Olin speak as part of the Dallas Architecture Forum. Olin is internationally acclaimed, and one of only four recipients of the National Medal of Arts award from the National Endowment for the Arts. It is…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Weldon Turner-Designed Beauty at 3800 Miramar Evokes Fooshee & Cheek

By Candy Evans / August 12, 2013 /

I’m just back from the beach, so I was catching up on my news reading when I saw that there was some pretty hairy crime in the Park Cities. But I’m not going to let the news of a robbery at knifepoint make you think that Highland Park isn’t a safe place to make your…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Browse Bud Oglesby’s Final Dallas Masterpiece Tomorrow

By Joanna England / June 4, 2012 /

When some very well known art collectors asked Bud Oglesby to design their Highland Park home, they couldn’t have known that it would be the last residential building the sought-after modern architect would dream up.

I know we call it “Monday Morning Millionaire,” but this house is truly priceless. And so is this opportunity.

I Dreamed That Paigebrooke, My Favorite Home in Tarrant County*, Was Reduced to $4,999,000…

By Candy Evans / April 19, 2012 /

This reminds me of those Maidenform Bra commercials I recall from my childhood: but I really DID dream they reduced the price on Paigebrook. (Yes, I actually dream about listings.) Imagine my delight when I was tootling on Allie Beth Allman’s website today, looking at Troy’s house, daydreaming about Mt. Vernon, and I saw that Paigebrook,…

Champ d’Or Mansion in Denton County, Texas Auctioned Off, SOLD!

By Candy Evans / April 1, 2012 /

I have been on pins and needles waiting out this auction, bugging Robbie Briggs and Laura Brady at Concierge Actions all day yesterday. At about eight p.m. Friday night Robbie Briggs emailed me that “It was a fascinating process, and it appears to be successful.” Saturday morning I heard from Laura Brady who said — “we…