Dallas Architecture

Housing Styles: Why Have Interiors Leapt into the Future while Exteriors Wallow in the Past?

By Jon Anderson / July 29, 2015 /

Let’s face it, homes have always been a collection of areas for cooking, sleeping, and primping surrounding a common family or group dining and living area. Sometimes these functions occurred in a single room and sometimes a series of rooms. The more schmancy you get, the more specialized the rooms and the larger the rooms…

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AIA Unbuilt Design Awards Recognize Innovative Projects by Dallas Architects

By Joanna England / June 2, 2015 /

Dallas architects are designing amazing, mold-breaking structures for sites here and abroad, but not every design becomes more than a concept. Still, good ideas are worth recognizing, so the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects set out to highlight some of the most amazing unbuilt structures designed by Dallas firms. Design award recipients…

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Interview with an Architect: Robert Raymond Advocates Appropriate, Sustainable Design

By Leah Shafer / June 1, 2015 /

In our ongoing series, Interview with an Architect, we speak with leading voices in the North Texas architecture community and learn about their work, development issues in our community, and good design practices and principals (you can read the last one here). Robert W. Raymond, AIA, moved to Dallas in 1981 after completing his Masters in Architecture…

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Interview with an Architect: Ross Conway Champions Urban Revitalization

By Leah Shafer / May 15, 2015 /

In our ongoing series, Interview with an Architect, we speak with leading voices in the North Texas architecture community and learn about their work, development issues in our community, and good design practices and principals (you can read the last one here). Ross Conway, AIA, LEED AP, is Senior Associate and Design Director in the Lifestyle…

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Preservation Dallas Produces Exhibit on Architectural Styles of Dallas

By Leah Shafer / March 18, 2015 /

For the architecturally curious, things like the difference between Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style houses and the hallmarks of the Tudor Revival style are the stuff of late-night curious Googling. A new exhibit produced by Preservation Dallas aims to clarify such matters using iconic Dallas architecture like the Old Red Museum and the Statler Hilton to…

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