architect
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…
Read MoreThere 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…
Read MoreWe’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.…
Read MoreHighly-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…
Read MoreWhen 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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