Alicia Quintans
Combine vision, passion, entrepreneurship, enthusiasm, and a talent for connecting people, and you have Michaella Ramler. Michaella is a dynamo developer who was learning about profit margins at nine while reselling Hello Kitty merchandise in the corner of her mom’s shop in the historic Lancaster town square. She is not your average developer by any…
Hollywood Heights is widely regarded as having the largest collection of stone-embellished Tudor homes in America. What most people don’t know is that the neighborhood has a couple of Pueblo Revival homes, which might be the only two in Dallas. We almost lost one of them. I have some inside dirt here because I live…
Writing about historic preservation weekly puts me in touch with the best preservation experts in Dallas. It’s given me a lot of insight. Although I’m just the messenger, I regularly get emails from readers like this one: Dear Karen,I bought a beautiful historic home with the intention of remodeling and updating it. Now, my builder…
One of the most exciting aspects of historic preservation is adaptive reuse. It is the process of preserving a structure built for one purpose and using it for a new purpose. It’s smart, economically and environmentally sound. We are excited to have a guest post today from award-winning architect Alicia Quintans about the exciting new…
This iconic compound is the most exciting live-work-play property on the market in Dallas. It’s an extraordinary opportunity to land an architectural gem of a work-play space and a Preservation Dallas award-winning home. Talk about the best of both worlds! I’ve always loved the 4,569-square-foot studio photographer Manny Rodriguez built in West Oak Cliff just up from…
