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Follow the Build Progress of This Little Forest Hills Home by NeatBuilt’s Lou Simmons

By Nikki Barringer / October 29, 2023 /

I don’t always get to do nice things for nice people, but when I do, I like to make it about me. Over a decade ago, I was looking for a rental and came across a special little house in Little Forest Hills near White Rock Lake. Now back then I was an idiot and…

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This Mansion Park Townhome Is Four Levels of Flawless With a Capital F

By Nikki Barringer / April 8, 2023 /

There are few certainties in this world. We all know two of them – death and taxes. Now here’s another one. If you ever have the opportunity to buy an architect’s personal residence, you do it. I’m going to lay out my case room by room over the next, oh, let’s say 500 words. This…

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Today’s Lull, Tomorrow’s Deal: Time to Engage Architects, Designers, and Realtors

By Jon Anderson / April 23, 2020 /

We’re all a little bored. We’ve run out of aloe for screen-burned eyeballs and we’re not feeling the burn bench-pressing soup cans – not to mention the angst at losing all those Flowbees on eBay. Yes, we’re at the point where a Flowbee must be backordered to a “wish list” or wedding registry on Amazon.…

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Respected Dallas Architect, Phillip Shepherd, Dies at 77

By Candy's Dirt / July 12, 2019 /
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Highly-respected Dallas architect Phillip W. Shepherd Sr. died Thursday, July 11, 2019, a longtime family friend confirmed to CandysDirt. He was 77. Reared in Graham, Shepherd graduated with a degree in architecture from Texas Tech University in the 1960s. He began his firm, PWS Architects, in 1963. When you look at the current landscape of…

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Dallas Architect Transforming Architecture Conversations, Focusing on Big Questions

By Leah Shafer / December 22, 2016 /

When hiring an architect, a lot of people think mostly in terms of the style of their home and details they want in the house. Makes perfect sense, right? But a truly successful relationship between architect and client begins with a different way of thinking, says William Briggs, founder and owner of William S. Briggs…

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