Frank Welch

Uncover Dallas Architectural Finds at Frank Welch Estate Sale

By Shelby Skrhak / March 13, 2020 /

Often called the Dean of Texas Architecture, the late Frank Welch artfully expanded modernism in Texas’ landscapes, materials, and style. He had an eye for beauty and his furnishings reflect that as you can see today and Saturday at an estate sale held by Art Rousseau. From the description:“The family moved to a high-rise and…

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My Heart’s on Fire For this Texas Modern Masterpiece

By Karen Eubank / February 11, 2019 /

How would you like to live in the heart of Highland Park and yet be so completely concealed from sight, your privacy is absolute? Take a peek behind the tall hedges of 3212 Dartmouth Avenue for a glimpse of a Texas Modern masterpiece with a rare provenance. The legendary architect Frank Welch originally designed this home…

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Hear Award-Winning Architect Rick Joy at The 2nd Annual Frank Welch Memorial Lecture

By Joanna England / January 18, 2019 /

Rick Joy, founder of Rick Joy Architects (Studio Rick Joy), will speak at the Dallas Architecture Forum‘s Second Annual Frank Welch Memorial Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, in the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art. Joy’s renowned Tucson, Arizona, firm is recognized for sensitive, thoughtful approaches to site, observation, process, landscape,…

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Outdoor Spaces Feature Big in these DFW Open Houses, with a Frank Welch Design

By Leah Shafer / August 9, 2018 /

A cold front during our Texas summer means temperatures in the 80s this weekend — which has us thinking of outdoor living and all its possibilities.  So for this week’s CandysDirt.com Open Houses of the Week, we’re focusing on DFW open houses that feature grand outdoor spaces in one form or another. These are three fabulous…

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Frank Welch Honored with Inaugural Memorial Lecture by Architect Ted Flato

By Leah Shafer / January 18, 2018 /

Known as the dean of Texas architecture, Frank Welch was a prolific and imminently talented architect who spent a half century designing schools, churches, commercial buildings, and homes in Dallas, Midland, and Odessa.  Welch died last June at the age of 90 and the Dallas Architecture Forum has established the Frank Welch Memorial Lecture to be…

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