Charles Dilbeck

This Bluffview Home Might be The Best Dilbeck in Dallas

By Karen Eubank / September 25, 2023 /

It’s inspirational to see what happens when intelligence and thoughtful design meet a deep consideration for history. This Bluffview Dilbeck offers an exemplary model of taking an architecturally significant home and making it work for modern lifestyles without losing the architect’s signature elements.  Nothing I can think of is truly more defining of our architectural…

David Stocker Transformed a Historic Preston Hollow Charles S. Dilbeck For a New Generation

By Karen Eubank / July 24, 2023 /

Architecturally significant historic homes are in demand, especially those designed by Charles S. Dilbeck. Finding one that retains many of the original characteristics but has been sensitively ushered into the 21st Century by one of the best architects in Dallas is rare. No one was better suited to the challenge of updating this home than…

Highland Park High School’s Parade of Playhouses Entry is Inspired by Charles Dilbeck

By Nikki Barringer / July 18, 2023 /

Highland Park High School means business. They have a MAPS program that stands for “Moody Advanced Professional Studies.” It’s a three-pronger that includes brain science and health, engineering design, and environmental architecture. The program was designed to create a “profession-centered approach to education.” Now here’s where I’m about to tie it all up in a…

The Foremost Example of a Charles Dilbeck Ranch Duplex is in University Park

By Karen Eubank / June 8, 2023 /

This University Park Charles Dilbeck ranch duplex is a rare opportunity to have it all. It’s a completely updated historic home designed by one of the most important Dallas architects of the 20th century and in one of our most sought-after neighborhoods. Willis Winters is the national authority on Dilbeck and the founder of The…

Dilbeck Does it Again on Simondale Drive

By Seth Fowler / May 23, 2023 /

When Realtors Laura Ladner and Susanne Burt asked me to write a Tarrant County Tuesday of their new listing on Simondale Drive in Fort Worth, after looking at the photos of the home I thought, “Wait a second, I’ve already written about this home!” Nope. In 2017 Tarrant County Tuesday featured an enchanting home designed…