Dallas home tours

Classic Swiss Avenue Prairie-Style Opens Doors For Mother’s Day Home Tour

By Joanna England / April 26, 2016 /

It’s practically an institution in Dallas, an event that brings together families to enjoy one of the city’s favorite neighborhoods. Of course, I’m talking about the Swiss Avenue Historic District Mother’s Day Home Tour, which is a two-day event on Mother’s Day Weekend (May 7-8) with a jazz brunch, an art fair, a free speaker…

Ticket Giveaway: Enter to Win Passes to Park Cities, Lake Highlands, and Turtle Creek Home Tours

By Joanna England / April 6, 2016 /

There are four home tours this weekend. I know, our brains just exploded at the thought, too. The Fort Worth AIA Homes Tour runs both April 9 and 10 from noon to 6 p.m., the Lake Highlands Area Early Childhood PTA home tour is slated for 9 a.m. to noon on April 9, the Park…

Peep All The Architecture Oak Cliff Has to Offer at the 42nd Old Oak Cliff Conservation League Home Tour

By Joanna England / October 6, 2015 /

  Oak Cliff is huge, diverse, and grand, and somehow the Old Oak Cliff Conservation League manages to paint such a sterling snapshot of the area with its fall home tour. The 42nd Annual Oak Cliff Fall Home Tour is no exception. The oldest and largest home tour in Dallas, the OOCCL Fall Home Tour…

North Dallas Home Tour Celebrates Architecture Found in Just One Square Mile

By Joanna England / September 1, 2015 /

An idea had been bouncing around in the back of Kathy Adcock-Smith’s mind for a while. How could she promote preservation inside her small North Dallas neighborhood? Walnut Hill is a tidy square mile, bounded by Royal Lane on the north, Midway on the east, Walnut Hill on the south, and Marsh on the west.…

Modern Greenway Parks Abode Kicks Off Dallas Architecture Forum Cocktail Series

By Joanna England / May 1, 2015 /

For me, there’s no better way to tour a home than with other architecture aficionados. With cocktail in hand, you can move room-to-room with other like-minded people as you each find points of interest to share. That’s part of what I love about the Dallas Architecture Forum‘s 365 Modern Living Cocktail Receptions. This series covers…