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Jon Anderson: It Took Dallas 12 Years to Kill a Skyline

By Jon Anderson / October 12, 2020 /

When people hear about “view protection” they think of silver spoon high-rise dwellers not wanting to share “their” sky. As a tin-spoon high-riser, there’s truth to that. Certainly, I checked nearby zoning to see what could be built in front of me (few do until it’s too late). But what about views towards the urban…

Walk Dallas: Experience The City As You Never Will Again

By Jon Anderson / April 29, 2020 /

Can I walk on the Katy Trail? What day is it? Are the restrictions by first name or last name? Here’s an idea, don’t go. I haven’t walked the length of the trail in many weeks. I go elsewhere. Even if you think you know your city – your neighborhood – you don’t. I used…

30 Years Later, Completed AMLI Fountain Place Joins Skyline (Almost) as Henry Cobb Intended

By Heather Hunter / March 9, 2020 /

With cranes disappearing from Fountain Place plaza, AMLI Fountain Place nears completion. Some 30 years after I.M. Pei’s iconic tower graced the Dallas skyline, we’re finally seeing the companion building architect Henry N. Cobb always intended. Well, almost as he intended. AMLI Fountain Place a Fraternal Twin Cobb’s original design called for two identical towers,…

Dallas AIA Unbuilt Design Awards Need More Dallas

By Jon Anderson / June 11, 2019 /

Back in May, the day I.M. Pei died, the Dallas chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) held their annual awards for unbuilt projects along with a separate student design award. As I walked around the entries with our founder and publisher, Candy Evans, I began to notice that the buildings I liked most…